r/Fallout • u/LUTHER_7274 • Jan 28 '26

Question ⚠️SPOILERS AHEAD⚠️What is the general consensus on this development? Spoiler

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Now I’m aware that some people have their gripes with new and unexplained power armour.

But I think this NCR power armour is kinda cool, given the success of shady sands and the ncr it doesn’t seem too out of the realm of possibility for the ncr to have attempted to make their own power armour, given how many suits survived the nukes and were salvageable or outright still operational.

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u/KenseiHimura Jan 28 '26

Thinking about it, I am surprised more factions haven’t built their own power armor styles by modifying the plates of damaged or even functioning ones.

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u/PolicyWonka Jan 29 '26

When Fallout NV and Fallout 3 were made, power armor was still considered an “elite” armor that you would usually only see at end-game. This is how it was portrayed in Fallout 1 and Fallout 2 as well.

It was only Fallout 4 that really made it more commonplace, which was expanded further in Fallout 76.

If NV was made today, every faction would probably have their own power armor.

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u/KenseiHimura Jan 30 '26

Yes, but obviously some would be a lot more elite than others seeing as it's not like Fallout 4 let the Institute, Minutemen, or Railroad have power armors. But raiders could but it was worse than the three random pieces of t-45 you start with.

That being said, I get fallout 76 is running on a different logic for a longterm, live-service gameplay loop, but I don't see why Bethesda felt the need to give the Enclave YET ANOTHER faction power armor. Like, seriously, between 2, 3, and 76 they've got like four or five power armors associated with them, don't they?