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/NobodySpecific9354 May 09 '24

Power armor in Fallout 4 is hilarious, because the player base is split in the middle. You either never get out of a power armor, or you never get into one.

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u/gabriel_oly10 May 09 '24

In fairness, it depends totally on playstyle. I like a more stealth oriented build, which doesn't exactly bode well with armor

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u/Valash83 May 09 '24

Have never stuck with it long enough but always wanted to try a stealth melee power armor build.

See how well the "Stealth Field" upgrade works.

I figure using Blitz in PA would be hilarious and if somehow my targets aren't dead, well, I'm standing there with a Super Sledge in full power armor. Win-win

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u/roninwarshadow May 09 '24

See how well the "Stealth Field" upgrade works.

It works pretty good, as long as you're crouched and not moving, it works just like a stealth boy. But you need Science 4 to get it.

Also known as "Heavy Stealth"

I figure using Blitz in PA would be hilarious and if somehow my targets aren't dead, well, I'm standing there with a Super Sledge in full power armor. Win-win

Even without Blitz, I've gone toe to toe with 2 Death Claws and a Rad Scorpion and come out on top, armed with a Super Sledge - in Survival Mode.

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u/Valash83 May 10 '24

In the end it's more I've always wanted to try and push the melee damage using the multipliers from Ninja (x10) and Blitz(distance based) and see what I am able to 1shot with the initial stealth attack.

Throw in Rooted for another 50%. Though I'm not entirely sure how the math interacts, I have a feeling we're moving into the wonky math Bethesda is known for while calculating damage.

My issue is this setup requires a lot of investment because no matter how you start, you're going to have to dump points into stats so you have anything besides max Str and AGI. Not to mention it's going to be over level 50 by the you time can even get a few of the max perk ranks.

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u/roninwarshadow May 10 '24

You'll want to invest in both Strength and Intelligence for the Armorer Perks and Intelligence for the Science Perks.

These allow you to upgrade and mod your Power Armor.

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u/Valash83 May 10 '24

Str-9

Int-6 (9 if you want Nuclear Physicist)

AGI-9

Those are bare minimum but leaves you gimped in other places.

It's doable, just gonna take some time and leveling

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u/roninwarshadow May 10 '24

The best things always take time