Highest armor defense rating without power armor

[Nash]

What's the highest possible defense rating you could achieve that's not a power armour?

[AriDeer]

I wana say heavy combat armor with enough modifications.

[Alucard †]

about 200+
ballistic weave mark 5 on any suitable clothing + polymer heavy combat armor on top of that

[Nash]

HMMM that would mean having to join the Railroad... something that won't make sense for my character's playthrough...

[Alucard †]

Originally posted by Nash:

HMMM that would mean having to join the Railroad... something that won't make sense for my character's playthrough...

you will have to join them at some point and you only have to do 2 to 3 PAM's cache missions then talk to Tinker tom he will offer you to sell clothing that looks like normal clothing but its armored .. after that you will have the upgrade option at any armor workbench available

after that you can murderize them all
i have the ballistic weave on my institute playthrough
its pretty much a must have

[Shad]

Ballistic Weave on Maxxon's Battlecoat, a few perks, and you'll have:
275 Base DT, 325 Standing Sfill.

[Jason Wang Dang ✅]

sneak is highest armor because nothing hits you.

[Baron01]

It should be way more than 200 because standard combat armor + helmet and ballistic weave all with max upgrades get me over 200 already. There are sturdy and heavy combat armors that should push you way higher than standard combat armor. I do not think there is any upgrade available for helmet past Commando or Synth helmet though, at least I havent run into one.

The only real threat at 200+ defense are explosives, rocket launcher and Fat man. Fat man is stupid because you can happily stroll around killing raider and suddenly one of them whips out Fat man, you hear that whistling sound and boom!

[Alucard †]

yes thats why i added that + at the end of 200
i dont remember the exact values but its pretty high even without perks

[Baron01]

Originally posted by The Crimson ♥♥♥♥♥♥:

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i have the ballistic weave on my institute playthrough
its pretty much a must have

Ballistic weave is bit too powerful for my liking. It weights nothing and it provides same level of protection as full set of standard combat armor. It is nearly mandatory and does not have any other alternatives, which is bad for open world games where gearing is big focus.

There is general problem with The Railroad because it provides essential gear very early such as The Deliverer and also ballistic weave later, which almost forces you to cooperate with them at least for a while.

[Alucard †]

Originally posted by Baron01:

Originally posted by The Crimson ♥♥♥♥♥♥:

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i have the ballistic weave on my institute playthrough
its pretty much a must have

Ballistic weave is bit too powerful for my liking. It weights nothing and it provides same level of protection as full set of standard combat armor. It is nearly mandatory and does not have any other alternatives, which is bad for open world games where gearing is big focus.

There is general problem with The Railroad because it provides essential gear very early such as The Deliverer and also ballistic weave later, which almost forces you to cooperate with them at least for a while.

i don't mind .. as long as i can still look sexy in my clean lab coat and have 100 armor rating ^^

[Uaaargh]

Originally posted by Baron01:

...I do not think there is any upgrade available for helmet past Commando or Synth helmet though, at least I havent run into one...

Some hats can have balistic weave.

[Stanley]

i have ballistic weave on a trilby's hat witch alone adds +110/+110 damage resistances 0.o

[Alucard †]

Originally posted by Stanley:

i have ballistic weave on a trilby's hat wich alone adds +110/+110 damage resistances 0.o

lmao you can pretty much make an anime character that wears a swaggy clothes and soaks up bullets like you have a fully military gear on

[Harr]

Protip: Always loot (dirty) military fatiques. Can put ballistic weave on it and wear under armor.

[Skaldy]

Originally posted by Jason Wang Dang:

sneak is highest armor because nothing hits you.

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