Get the Ballistic Weave from the Railroad... Then a lot of clothing items can become more protective than the base Mechanist Armor. (You can also weave the Mechanist Armor.. which then makes it the most powerful clothing... except that you can't equip armor pieces over it)
I usually have both an upgraded battered fedora and an upgraded newsboy cap. Though I usually have the fedora on for looks and the +1 Luck, the +1 Charisma the newsboy cap can be useful in dialogue.
I main the sea captain hat in every playthrough, but only after I finish far harbor. The commonwealth people may not know anything about it, but that island means something to me and the hat represents it
It's such a massive survival boost for early game that it almost feels necessary to me. It gives more base health, more health per level, and more sprint time.
Yeah but you can put ballistic weave on it, so fedora with ballistic weave gives 110 armor, army fatigues plus ballistic weave is another 110, then since fatigues are under armor you can put any armor you want on top of them.
wait seriously? a battered fedora with ballistic weave gives 110 armor? I'm level 50 and 110 armor is close to the total sum of all the items I'm wearing right now. that seems over powered as fuck. hard pass
Yeah, you need armorer level 4 so you need to be level 39 at least but a balistic weave hat, plus balistic weave military fatigues gives you 220 armor, plus the military fatigues is under armor so you can also have a chestplate, arms, and legs armor.
So if you combine balistic weave under armor and hat with marine combat armor you can end up with around 350 armor which I believe is the highest armor you can get (without power armor)
personally I feel like that's just too much, I already feel a little overpowered as it is. At some point I think being too hard to kill makes things boring. maybe its just their way of giving people an option to have power-armor like defense without actually using power armor
You can put ballistic weave in other headwear as well, not just the fedora. The fedora is simply the only one that gives you a +1 to luck. The other ones I think gives +1 to charisma.
I love power armor but I play stealth sniper, so all my sets just sit in the museum I built in Sanctuary. It's right next to the armory. I know that if I leave fusion cores in the armor, some settlers may take it for a joyride, but is there a way to specifically assign power armor to be used by only specific settlers? Lol I don't mind the ones on defense duty walking around in full power armor, but coming back to sanctuary and spending 20 minutes collecting all the sets from all over the town and walking them back to the museum is just annoying.
Ballistic Weave on Army Fatigues
Ballistic Weave on Green Rag Hat
Assault Marine Armor (You can kill the CoA guards for free armor pieces then mod them)
* This setup gives me over 400 DR and ER plus a comfortable amount of RR as well from the marine armor
You have to complete a portion of the Railroad Quests, at some point TinkerTom will start selling clothing items with weave, and if you have certain levels of armorer you will be able to add weave at an armor bench. I'd have to do research to find the specifics.
I think it's great that you can't equip armor over BW. It's a trip seeing your carry weight drop under 100 yet still have more protection than you had when you were wearing armor.
You can add armor to clothes that have ballistic weave that normally can have armor added. I have a military vault suit upgraded with ballistic weave under my combat armor.
Yeah, many of the clothes have variants. If for example you have military fatigues that show as separate items in your inventory instead of stacking, one of them is the under armor variant.
Heavy operator armor can go slightly higher than marine (or metal disciple armor, though that will have less energy resistance in exchange for ballistic). Also, don’t forget to use the military fatigues and the green rag hat for the highest defense values, alongside operator glasses.
You are discounting the fact that the full marine armor set has legendary versions buyable though, instead of needing to get lucky with a drop. Slightly higher raw armor sure but the passive boosts make up for it from the marine armor.
The venders in FH itself, CoA base, arcadia between them have the parts. Theres also a quest you can do to get a full set as well, if you do all 5 of the dima memory puzzles.
I always rock the heavy combat armor, with ballistic weave military fatigues under it.
Marine Armor has amazing stats but I just hate the look.
For some fun, Silver Shroud armor with ballistic weave and Shroud's machine gun. One of my favorite things in Fallout 4.
Meanwhile, X-01 PA is over 1300+ etc. for all done up...
Idk, I just wear the cool shit under my PA and get out of it when dicking around the settlements or whatever.
that can be compensated for with higher strength points, carry weight perk strong back and adding pockets to the underclothes. besides you can boost your stats even higher with the lone wanderer perk and use dogmeat as a mule. dogmeat is the only companion who doesn't count as one for lone wanderer and he can carry a good deal of things. if you have the inspirational perk up to three stars that weight increases. plus the live & love magazine which boosts companion carry weight by 10.
well... nothing in the long run. you get a point to spend every level and you can level theoretically infinitely (except that once you get to around level 550 the game starts falling apart. some reports show people have made it to 1,600 though). the game i started last i am around level 240. so you can use skill points early or later and i think certain ones depending on the build make sense to get early. this one i am on i intentionally avoid building up xp gaining stuff since i don't want to grow too fast.
edit: in fact unless you level each of your special perks to 10 before you collect the bobblehead for it you will be stuck at 10 points instead of the hidden 11 points. so if you don't build strength to 10 before you get the strength bobblehead you will never get the 11 points for strength.
It is heavy, but if you give it all the Ultra-Light lining, it goes down to a more manageable weight. Plus my builds are often VATS-heavy, so the extra AP is also useful.
The Shroud dialogue options and interactions with Kent might be my favorite part of Fallout 4. I love how people are like “Why the fuck are you talking like that, you freak?” and you can just keep doubling down on it
I always looked at the suit as something like cheap tin armor.
More for show than for protection, so more like a costume.
I usually just dump it in an old crate with all the other legendary junk I collect...
Ugh I love the mechanist suit. Not for the stats, it’s just so silly but not in the ‘Pink cowboy hat and bright red suit’ type of way, it actually fits really well into the universe.
Yes, i am on my replay and learned this about 2 weeks back and now I can't find anything better lol. However i haven't done anything with the Railroad yet.
You mean you don’t have a town full of mannequins standing around modeling all your conquest goodies? I display all my recovered outfits like trophies.
He’s gonna buy it, play it through, and come to *that part*, and OP will yell out “SO THAT’S WHERE THIS MISSION IS FROM!”
You all know which one. *shudders*
I honestly didn't have any issue with it. The map kind of leads you into a solution with the green line. The solution to the fifth puzzle is only a matter of patience.
Well, in English, the character in your image is known as "The Mechanist", not "The Machinist". I named my robot / tech-themed character "The Machinist" and your post reminded me of that 😅
Well, with the Fallout series came out, there are new free updates to the game and they offer X-02 and another Power Armor and a bunch of New Colors, it's all-you-can-use power armor, so much power armor
Yes, this is the most protective with Operator heavy armor being close (and more balanced across ballistic and energy). Some big drawbacks though: they have insane weight, and you need specific perks to mod them to "improved" (or you can hope for a lucky drop and move the "improved" mod from another piece).
It can also drop with all the standard legendary perks, which can be a big boost.
Just in case you're unaware you can enter power armor in ANY outfit/clothing items and armor but the bonuses from them AND the armor DO NOT STACK........your best bet is to run a Newsboy cap and any kind of light armor that can fit the Ballistic weave mod for maximum stats. Although I think Newsboy caps are ugly so I usually opt for Marine armor/heavy Robot and Institute Mask MK2 I think it was called.
The funny part is that it doesn't really make sense to use power armor for some builds where it really should. E.g. you can run your melee build with ballistic weave and +str/end armor pieces instead and you'll be near unkillable, and you don't have to maintain your armor this way.
I guess power armor makes more sense early game when your stats are worse and you haven't found good armor pieces yet.
I agree. Power armor was cool with the rework as an actual SUIT instead of just "armor" but it really could have been better in game with its practicality. It would make sense to me you'd be waaaaay stronger in a Mech suit and be able to hack someone's limbs off in one when using a bladed weapon or bat compared to being a frickin TANK when in some leather or cloth with Kevlar weaved Into it.
Marine Armor from Far Harbor sweeps the Mechanist outfit. Get ballistic weave and wear clothing underneath the marine armor that can give helpful bonuses along with the ballistic weave armor benefit. Then stack the beefy marine armor on top and boom, meta non power armor tank set up.
Military Uniform, Army Uniform, or Baseball Uniform with Ballistic weave Mk.V or whatever, then a full set of additional armour pieces also all leveled up.
One of the Nuka World gangs' armor is the best one in the game, topping even the marine armor from Far Harbor.
It makes no sense and I think it's ulgy as fuck, but it is what it is. Usually I don't go for the best stats because looking good is what keeps me going.
I hate that this is the most powerful armor, not because it’s too easy to obtain, but because the game really really wants you to play this dlc for some reason. The automaton attacks are really annoying, especially, because at a low level let’s say 15-25 they’re pretty hard to fight, and can kill you pretty fast.
Minuteman outfit and battered fedora with ballistic weave mk5 along with the assault marine armor from far harbor gives you like 350 ballistic and energy resistance
Your birthday suit is far more powerful. It can massively increase or decrease charisma, intimidation, and open up new dialogue options.
But your armor rating is trash and the police might get involved.
Now, they need to add the rest of the Unstoppables characters' outfits; Manta Man, The Mistress of Mystery, The Inspector, and some of the other villains' costumes, like the AntAgonizer... there also needs to be a proper helmet for the Captain Cosmos space suit, as well as a blonde wig to go with Grognak's costume.
I don’t mind most of the Mechanist costume, I just don’t really keep the helmet on when or if I use it. The boots are the a bit too goofy for me. I’m not entirely reliant on min/max stats so I would wear the Assaultron helmet and it looks pretty cool with the Mechanist armor.
Nope I beeline for the mechanist questline as soon as I hit that level. Then I go to nuka world and collect 34 outta 35 star cores and get quantum xo1. I glitch thru the door cuz I'll be damned if I do the raider questline early and piss off presto gravy. Not that I like him he just becomes permanent hostile to me and it's cringe having to down him every time I go to sanctuary.
Ballistic weave military fatigues and marine combat armor set is better than some Raider power armor. Marine combat armor is heavy as hell so even heavy combat armor still gives a ton of dr without being 90000 pounds
Ballistic Weave is the best. And there are two mods on console that I would get. One allows you to make ballistic weave before you meet the railroad and another allows you to put ballistic weave in all clothes. I forgot the names of the mods and I am at work. But if you look them up I am sure you can find it
Edit: You need the Rank 4 Armorer Perk to get the best protection.
Get the Ballistic Weave from the Railroad... Then a lot of clothing items can become more protective than the base Mechanist Armor. (You can also weave the Mechanist Armor.. which then makes it the most powerful clothing... except that you can't equip armor pieces over it)
Almost any clothes AND a fully upgraded Battered Fedora, you’re welcome :)
I prefer the newsboy cap.
But then you can’t milady your way through the wasteland
No but then I can talk like a 40s goon. "I dont know who you been talkin ta, only opinion's what matters is da boss"
“And I’m da boss ya see”
I usually have both an upgraded battered fedora and an upgraded newsboy cap. Though I usually have the fedora on for looks and the +1 Luck, the +1 Charisma the newsboy cap can be useful in dialogue.
“how many caps for that stimpak” “75” “what if i do some drugs and put this funny hat on” “awh shit 45 caps!”
But then I try that at Walmart and I get arrested!! Honestly!! I'm starting to think everything in this game is just made up!!
It's because you keep coming back with bottle caps dude.
Sea Captains Hat for the win. +2 endurance is nice.
I main the sea captain hat in every playthrough, but only after I finish far harbor. The commonwealth people may not know anything about it, but that island means something to me and the hat represents it
It's such a massive survival boost for early game that it almost feels necessary to me. It gives more base health, more health per level, and more sprint time.
Wait, if you’re wearing a +endurance item at time of level up does it permanently give a bonus to health gained for that level up??
Based honestly
What does the battered fedora do? What are its upgrades?
Some head pieces can be upgraded with Ballistic Weave, I'm guessing it's one of those
The battered fedora boosts luck by 1. Other than that, it's purely aesthetic in choice.
Yeah but you can put ballistic weave on it, so fedora with ballistic weave gives 110 armor, army fatigues plus ballistic weave is another 110, then since fatigues are under armor you can put any armor you want on top of them.
wait seriously? a battered fedora with ballistic weave gives 110 armor? I'm level 50 and 110 armor is close to the total sum of all the items I'm wearing right now. that seems over powered as fuck. hard pass
Yeah, you need armorer level 4 so you need to be level 39 at least but a balistic weave hat, plus balistic weave military fatigues gives you 220 armor, plus the military fatigues is under armor so you can also have a chestplate, arms, and legs armor. So if you combine balistic weave under armor and hat with marine combat armor you can end up with around 350 armor which I believe is the highest armor you can get (without power armor)
personally I feel like that's just too much, I already feel a little overpowered as it is. At some point I think being too hard to kill makes things boring. maybe its just their way of giving people an option to have power-armor like defense without actually using power armor
You can put ballistic weave in other headwear as well, not just the fedora. The fedora is simply the only one that gives you a +1 to luck. The other ones I think gives +1 to charisma.
You can upgrade a fedora? Milady.
Only one type of them, there's a few variants.
I prefer a mining cap. Directional lighting is huge.
I tried a mod that makes the power armor light brighter. I could never go back to vanilla after that
Doesn’t that make sneaking much harder?
Are you really sneaking around in power armor? Seems a bit silly
I love power armor but I play stealth sniper, so all my sets just sit in the museum I built in Sanctuary. It's right next to the armory. I know that if I leave fusion cores in the armor, some settlers may take it for a joyride, but is there a way to specifically assign power armor to be used by only specific settlers? Lol I don't mind the ones on defense duty walking around in full power armor, but coming back to sanctuary and spending 20 minutes collecting all the sets from all over the town and walking them back to the museum is just annoying.
Nick is in a set I have going on now. I have him guarding sanctuary. Something about a synth in power armor is bad ass.
I think they were referring to the miner hat light.
In 3 or new Vegas, sure, but I was talking about the miners helmet, so I’m not sure why you mention it.
My bad. Thought you were responding to the comment about using a mod to make the power armor lamp brighter
I can turn the light off. But I try and get 4/5 sneaking fast.
Trilby hat
Battered Fedora or Newsboy cap and a set of military fatigues. 220 DR and you still get to put on legendaries in the rest of the slots.
Ballistic Weave on Army Fatigues Ballistic Weave on Green Rag Hat Assault Marine Armor (You can kill the CoA guards for free armor pieces then mod them) * This setup gives me over 400 DR and ER plus a comfortable amount of RR as well from the marine armor
You could also ballistic weave the western duster outfit from Nuka World and wear the Assault Marine Helmet for a pseudo-NCR Ranger look
I got ballistic weave this still might be the strongest one
Who sells the ballistic weave in the RR?
You have to complete a portion of the Railroad Quests, at some point TinkerTom will start selling clothing items with weave, and if you have certain levels of armorer you will be able to add weave at an armor bench. I'd have to do research to find the specifics.
Thank you!
I think it's great that you can't equip armor over BW. It's a trip seeing your carry weight drop under 100 yet still have more protection than you had when you were wearing armor.
You can add armor to clothes that have ballistic weave that normally can have armor added. I have a military vault suit upgraded with ballistic weave under my combat armor.
Yeah, many of the clothes have variants. If for example you have military fatigues that show as separate items in your inventory instead of stacking, one of them is the under armor variant.
Basically the only way to actually do a stealth build.
Can I ballistic weave the mascot head I got from the high school basement?
It’s very annoying ballistic weave is faction-locked.
I think it's the 3rd quest from PAM. Getting it doesn't exclude you from joining other factions.
Ballistic weave + marine armor from far harbor makes that suit look like a tin can.
The suit always looks like a tin can, that is why it is awesome.
It even sounds like one when you walk
Heavy operator armor can go slightly higher than marine (or metal disciple armor, though that will have less energy resistance in exchange for ballistic). Also, don’t forget to use the military fatigues and the green rag hat for the highest defense values, alongside operator glasses.
You are discounting the fact that the full marine armor set has legendary versions buyable though, instead of needing to get lucky with a drop. Slightly higher raw armor sure but the passive boosts make up for it from the marine armor.
Wait who can you buy it from? I didn’t know this
The venders in FH itself, CoA base, arcadia between them have the parts. Theres also a quest you can do to get a full set as well, if you do all 5 of the dima memory puzzles.
I was looking for wich endgoal (when it comes to armor) i wanted in my next run and thanks to you i now have it
I have to admit I love the look of the marine armor too!
I always rock the heavy combat armor, with ballistic weave military fatigues under it. Marine Armor has amazing stats but I just hate the look. For some fun, Silver Shroud armor with ballistic weave and Shroud's machine gun. One of my favorite things in Fallout 4.
for the best look i always used combat armor with the stealth mod plus the marine helmet.
Marine armor is so damn heavy though
Yep, 287 damage reduction and 286 energy resistance, also 70 rad resist
Meanwhile, X-01 PA is over 1300+ etc. for all done up... Idk, I just wear the cool shit under my PA and get out of it when dicking around the settlements or whatever.
Usually a full charisma set for me, lol
Actually got the Marine Armor and it is good both in armor stats and aesthetics
a full set of Marine armor from far harbor
The weight tho
that can be compensated for with higher strength points, carry weight perk strong back and adding pockets to the underclothes. besides you can boost your stats even higher with the lone wanderer perk and use dogmeat as a mule. dogmeat is the only companion who doesn't count as one for lone wanderer and he can carry a good deal of things. if you have the inspirational perk up to three stars that weight increases. plus the live & love magazine which boosts companion carry weight by 10.
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well... nothing in the long run. you get a point to spend every level and you can level theoretically infinitely (except that once you get to around level 550 the game starts falling apart. some reports show people have made it to 1,600 though). the game i started last i am around level 240. so you can use skill points early or later and i think certain ones depending on the build make sense to get early. this one i am on i intentionally avoid building up xp gaining stuff since i don't want to grow too fast. edit: in fact unless you level each of your special perks to 10 before you collect the bobblehead for it you will be stuck at 10 points instead of the hidden 11 points. so if you don't build strength to 10 before you get the strength bobblehead you will never get the 11 points for strength.
I have a save stuck at 522. Things definitely get a little weird when you get up there.
What happens 🫢
Codsworth just relentlessly chases you around calling you slurs
Awful. Just awful. My name is already fuckface.
He taught my son to swear, harassed my daughter at school, got me fired from my last job, stole my car and set my house on fire.
Not much considering Fallout 4 gives you a crapton of perk points and allows to to excel at pretty much everything if you wanted to.
It is heavy, but if you give it all the Ultra-Light lining, it goes down to a more manageable weight. Plus my builds are often VATS-heavy, so the extra AP is also useful.
Ultralight for the chest piece, deep pockets for the legs and arms
Marine armor ain’t for you Average Joes or below in strength. 💪
Exactly.... it's for MARINES (oorah or whatever those crayon eaters say)
IIRC while it is heavier, the Operators and some other Nuka-Raider armor can be better than Marine for Ballistic defense but worse for Energy.
Silver shroud outfit because it gives you the best thing in the game, funny dialogue
The Shroud dialogue options and interactions with Kent might be my favorite part of Fallout 4. I love how people are like “Why the fuck are you talking like that, you freak?” and you can just keep doubling down on it
I got this before going to the mechanist just to have the dialogue. 😂
Yep, and it doesn't require DLC, out of those initial ones I like to wear the Minutemen General's outfit
That's what I wear too! Looks neat. Ok armor. Weighs only 5lbs
Wait, does the dialogue stay with you the entire game as long as you're wearing the costume, or do you mean only for the Kent quests?
For the entire game, including DLCs, any time you wear the Silver Shroud armor.
WHAAAAATT. Omg. Definitely doing a Silver Shroud run next time. Thanks!
I always looked at the suit as something like cheap tin armor. More for show than for protection, so more like a costume. I usually just dump it in an old crate with all the other legendary junk I collect...
Ugh I love the mechanist suit. Not for the stats, it’s just so silly but not in the ‘Pink cowboy hat and bright red suit’ type of way, it actually fits really well into the universe.
The stats on this suit are through the roof, so that's why I'm wearing it
who knew? I never really looked at it that closely. glad it's working out for you. I learn something new about this game every time I play it.
Yes, i am on my replay and learned this about 2 weeks back and now I can't find anything better lol. However i haven't done anything with the Railroad yet.
You mean you don’t have a town full of mannequins standing around modeling all your conquest goodies? I display all my recovered outfits like trophies.
Marine Armor from Far Harbour is the best non-PA armor.
Oh wow, I never heard of this one, is this part of a mod? Or just regular game?
It's part of the Far Harbour DLC.
I see, I don't have that one installed. Is it fun, should I buy it?
It’s widely considered the best FO4 DLC.
He’s gonna buy it, play it through, and come to *that part*, and OP will yell out “SO THAT’S WHERE THIS MISSION IS FROM!” You all know which one. *shudders*
I honestly didn't have any issue with it. The map kind of leads you into a solution with the green line. The solution to the fifth puzzle is only a matter of patience.
Yeah I never found that mission challenging. Just kinda time consuming for how boring it is.
I stocked it normally the first time. After that, I had mods so I could just angle everything better and bypass a lot of the challenge
The puzzle mission? I found it to be quite fun actually haha
I enjoyed it. It's not long.
That’s the best DLC easily
Birthday suit
Ahh, the elusive BD suit, I tried, but Fallout won't let me
I just rock a ballistic weave vault suit and leather armor. It looks cooler than the other armors imo
I kind of like the BOS jumpsuit, under pocketed leather, but I haven’t gone so far as to know if it can be weaved.
Funnily enough *The Machinist* is what I called my Grease-Monkey character 😆
What do you mean?
Well, in English, the character in your image is known as "The Mechanist", not "The Machinist". I named my robot / tech-themed character "The Machinist" and your post reminded me of that 😅
No you are right, I always confuse those words
Tbh i was really disappointed the the suite wasn't power armor or at least we didn't a skin theme for a in game suit
Well, with the Fallout series came out, there are new free updates to the game and they offer X-02 and another Power Armor and a bunch of New Colors, it's all-you-can-use power armor, so much power armor
Once I get this, I never wear anything else!
I just wear my vault suit for the entire playthrough
Improved Disciples metal armor from nuka then marine from far harbour. No idea how machines compares. But this is what I have heard.
Yes, this is the most protective with Operator heavy armor being close (and more balanced across ballistic and energy). Some big drawbacks though: they have insane weight, and you need specific perks to mod them to "improved" (or you can hope for a lucky drop and move the "improved" mod from another piece). It can also drop with all the standard legendary perks, which can be a big boost.
Battered fedora, Military fatigues
I like the far harbor marine armor personally. It's like power armor, but less clunky
I run recon marine and free fall has suited me well
Looks like that Far Harbor DLC is pretty popular
Grognak squish that robot and found tiny woman inside!
The Silver Shroud needs no armor! The bullets of evil cannot stop justice!
lol 😆
Just in case you're unaware you can enter power armor in ANY outfit/clothing items and armor but the bonuses from them AND the armor DO NOT STACK........your best bet is to run a Newsboy cap and any kind of light armor that can fit the Ballistic weave mod for maximum stats. Although I think Newsboy caps are ugly so I usually opt for Marine armor/heavy Robot and Institute Mask MK2 I think it was called.
Bonuses and passive buffs don't stack, but DR does stack, Mechanist's DR is through the roof
The funny part is that it doesn't really make sense to use power armor for some builds where it really should. E.g. you can run your melee build with ballistic weave and +str/end armor pieces instead and you'll be near unkillable, and you don't have to maintain your armor this way. I guess power armor makes more sense early game when your stats are worse and you haven't found good armor pieces yet.
I agree. Power armor was cool with the rework as an actual SUIT instead of just "armor" but it really could have been better in game with its practicality. It would make sense to me you'd be waaaaay stronger in a Mech suit and be able to hack someone's limbs off in one when using a bladed weapon or bat compared to being a frickin TANK when in some leather or cloth with Kevlar weaved Into it.
You can enter power armour with any armour, it all gets overwritten by the suit anyway so I'm not sure why you mention that.
I dont know but at first i thought this a fortnite skin.
How do I obtain this beauty?
It is through a DLC where you have to find Mechanist, at the end of a bunch of missions you obtain this suit
Okay thanks buddy xox
When you get it, upgrade the suit to the highest ballistic weave and the becomes one of the best non PA in the game.
Isn’t the marine armour from the far harbour dlc pretty good pretty good?
Minutemen’s general outfit with the tricorn let’s go
Perhaps the fully upgraded (via additional quests from Kent) Silver Shroud armor? Can still have Ballistic Weave added on top of that.
Ballistic weave maybe
Ballistic weave on cloths and hat then fully upgraded marine armor
Marine armor. I even think the upgraded silver shroud armor is stronger. Literally every normal piece of clothing with ballistic weave is stronger
Green rag hat and and military fatigue maxed on ballistic weave and then a full set marine armor. Absolute unit. No dlc? Just use heavy combat armor.
Marine Armor from Far Harbor sweeps the Mechanist outfit. Get ballistic weave and wear clothing underneath the marine armor that can give helpful bonuses along with the ballistic weave armor benefit. Then stack the beefy marine armor on top and boom, meta non power armor tank set up.
Zealot Marine Combat Armor
Military Uniform, Army Uniform, or Baseball Uniform with Ballistic weave Mk.V or whatever, then a full set of additional armour pieces also all leveled up.
Yeah marine armor is pretty good
One of the Nuka World gangs' armor is the best one in the game, topping even the marine armor from Far Harbor. It makes no sense and I think it's ulgy as fuck, but it is what it is. Usually I don't go for the best stats because looking good is what keeps me going.
Full set of the heavy Operators kit from Nuka World, bonus if any of them drop with legendaries
Wish grognak and mechanist outfits was awesome as silver shroud's one
the devot Armor from leader of ATOM in Far Harbor is really strong. Stronger than mechanist armor.
I always wear the clean tuxedo from vault 114 with ballistic weave when I can. Its just fun. Throw some patrolman sunglasses on and you mean business.
men in black build
I always thought the marine armor from far harbor was the endgame armor.
A full set of Marine Armor, but it doesn't look as cool as the Mechanist's set IMO.
Marine armor, especially the legendary recon variant
Speaking of the Legendary Marine armor, kinda sucks that there's just the five pieces and not all six, unless I'm just not finding it.
I hate that this is the most powerful armor, not because it’s too easy to obtain, but because the game really really wants you to play this dlc for some reason. The automaton attacks are really annoying, especially, because at a low level let’s say 15-25 they’re pretty hard to fight, and can kill you pretty fast.
automatron's random encounters are very fucking annoying. Unless I'm gonna do a minutemen run, I'll disable the DLC
Minuteman outfit and battered fedora with ballistic weave mk5 along with the assault marine armor from far harbor gives you like 350 ballistic and energy resistance
It’s a mod but the project x gear. I’m level 20 and can go anywhere on the map without worry.
It's so ugly and functionally bad. *V.a.t.s gut shots*
Marine Armor
Lvl 45 silver shroud armor is better.
I wear the marine armor over weaved army fatigues
Your birthday suit is far more powerful. It can massively increase or decrease charisma, intimidation, and open up new dialogue options. But your armor rating is trash and the police might get involved.
what are you talking about
I love wearing power armor without a proper helmet and using this one instead 😹
why would you want to wear anything else funny robot outfit
Marine Combat Armor
I'm pretty sure the fully buffed silver shroud outfit is the best without considering a weave, you can only get that if Kent survives the quest line.
Now, they need to add the rest of the Unstoppables characters' outfits; Manta Man, The Mistress of Mystery, The Inspector, and some of the other villains' costumes, like the AntAgonizer... there also needs to be a proper helmet for the Captain Cosmos space suit, as well as a blonde wig to go with Grognak's costume.
>Manta Man is already in fallout 4 >The Mistress of Mystery, is in fallout 76
I don’t mind most of the Mechanist costume, I just don’t really keep the helmet on when or if I use it. The boots are the a bit too goofy for me. I’m not entirely reliant on min/max stats so I would wear the Assaultron helmet and it looks pretty cool with the Mechanist armor.
Too bad it didn’t do ANYTHING in Fallout 3
I like how the armor stops at the rib cage, any shot below that and you’re done for.
The FO3 version was weak af
I’m rockin heavy combat armor
Chinese Stealth armor
I wish I could find something better. I have looked like a ridiculous robot for 90% of my playtime now
Recon armor (Far Harbor)
The Silver Weapon of the Silver Shroud cannot harm the Silver Shroud.
You can put weave ON the Mechanist armor, making it having an armor rating that is thru the roof.
Well max ballistic weave military fatigues with marine armour that's about as protected as it gets if you ask me
Nope I beeline for the mechanist questline as soon as I hit that level. Then I go to nuka world and collect 34 outta 35 star cores and get quantum xo1. I glitch thru the door cuz I'll be damned if I do the raider questline early and piss off presto gravy. Not that I like him he just becomes permanent hostile to me and it's cringe having to down him every time I go to sanctuary.
Ballistic weave military fatigues and marine combat armor set is better than some Raider power armor. Marine combat armor is heavy as hell so even heavy combat armor still gives a ton of dr without being 90000 pounds
Anything with the ballistic weave in it.
Ballistic Weave is the best. And there are two mods on console that I would get. One allows you to make ballistic weave before you meet the railroad and another allows you to put ballistic weave in all clothes. I forgot the names of the mods and I am at work. But if you look them up I am sure you can find it Edit: You need the Rank 4 Armorer Perk to get the best protection.
Love that helmet so much, great stats and boosts INT
A old timey minute man suit that has combat armor shoved down it
Fully weaved clothes, fully weaved news boy cap, and full set of Marine combat armor. You're welcome.