A mod idea for power armor. Suggestions,opinions and cheese dip welcome.

[Raider1]

I don't usually play with power armor but in my latest play through I've taken the plunge and I am annoyed.   I don't want god armor, but I find it a bit ridiculous that ferals can kill you by slapping your armor with bare hands, and that rad roach's, mirelurk hatchlings and giant insects can do the same if your low enough level or get stupid.   Who would design and wear armor that provided no real protection.  If a roach can bite you through it, then its not going to stop a bullet or a knife. 

 

Anyway, all that aside, I got to thinking that if such a thing (power armor)existed and it made the wearer stronger wouldn't they have designed special weapons packages for use with armor.   Heavier, larger weapons that could only be used while in power armor.   Say a tribarrel 25 mike mike weapon, or a cut down 120m tank gun.  Maybe even a over sized suit scaled gauss gun.

 

on the modeling side it would be cool to have blades that emerged from the forearms of the armor for melee, maybe some kind of energy blade powered by the suit as well as add on energy and ballistic weapons packages on the fore arms and shoulders.   add in jump jets to bounce around the battle field picking off targets on the fly and you have suit thats actually worth something. 

 

the hard part would be giving it realistic weakness's for game balance.   Limited ammo for ballistic weapons, core drain from energy weapons,  a low percentage for damage from regular melee weapons.  Lets face it, a pipe or even a sledge hammer is not going to do much of anything but scratch the paint.   A knife, if used properly might be used against a weak point and do damage, but a hatchilng, or a rad roach not even close.  A flying blood bag could be treated like a knife, a lucky strike on a weak point, but spitting blood or acid on you, nope. 

 

anyway, I'm messing around with the creation kit checking options and possibilities and just wanted to see what you folks thinks and what ideas you have on the topic.

 

I'd love to pull this off, because then I can crank up deathclaws and behemoths and have some really killer battles against them.  not to mention the brother hood and other factions that use power armor would be even tougher at higher levels.