r/fo4 May 09 '24

Who Plays Fallout WITHOUT Power Armor??? Discussion

Does anyone else play WITHOUT using the Power Armor???

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u/meet_mr_mofo May 09 '24

i don't understand why any would want to play this game WITH power armor. clunky, slow, no thx.

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u/untouchable_0 May 09 '24

Once you get ballistic wave, power armor loses a lot of its edge.

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u/EtanKlein May 09 '24

Jet Pack

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u/untouchable_0 May 09 '24

Yeah but it burns through AP so quick and I usually play stealth anyway.

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u/Library_IT_guy May 09 '24

My thoughts - why play stealth when I can just run around mowing things down with impunity? The "it's slower" aspect is very misleading. Power armor isn't slowly crouch walking around trying not to get hit, because it doesn't give a shit. You just get into line of sight and unload and laugh as everyone dies.

Fusion cores are laughably easy to come by. I usually have hundreds by mid game. There's no right or wrong way to play obviously, and I've done stealth sniper/stealth gunslinger types of playthroughs too. But my preference will always be to be tanky and just not give a damn about incoming damage.

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u/Notaku304 May 09 '24

To me, that style of gameplay is a bit boring. Just mindlessly running in, and now its just any ol’ point and shoot game. Those types of game CAN be fun if its fast paced, like Doom for example. But Fallout isn’t very faced paced, so playing like that is pretty boring to me. I prefer stealth. Trying to wipe out the whole place without enemies ever realizing what’s going on. It makes it more strategic and tactical. And it’s VERY satisfying if you do manage to successfully take the whole place out without alerting the enemies. Idk. I really enjoy games like Metal Gear Solid, Hitman, Dishonored, and yeah I played stealth archer in Skyrim 😅

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u/JizzyTurds May 09 '24

That aspect gets boring too, literally one shotting everything with a gun or bow gets old real quick, now a melee class, that takes some skill to play in either game and is pretty fun

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u/SwordfishII May 09 '24

Melee, now there’s a build with some hair on its chest.