I truly just wanted to make this to hopefully help the 76 community out with deciding, because I know gold bullion can be a GRIND to get.. Not to mention, the time spent trying to get the right legendary piece with legendary modules can be a grind too.. I hope this comprehensive review over things we can purchase with gold bullion helps you out! Thanks everyone for checking out my video. Special thanks to the Xbox gamertags below for helping with the footage to make this video. LazarusOfDeath Cephalon Saibot Kelcaroo9212 Agent Slink xKokaneZombiex MysticStorm9431 If you're looking for something specific through this video here's the timestamps. I also labeled the time bar so things would be easier to locate throughout this video because I know it's a long one, but highly informative too. 0:00 Introduction 1:54 Full Secret Service Armor Set Review 4:18 Good Secret Service Modifications to Choose 5:44 How to Make Legendary Armor & Weapons 8:18 Full T-65 Power Armor Set Review 9:50 Why T-65 Power Armor is Better Than Strangler Heart Power Armor 14:22 Good T-65 Power Armor Modifications to Choose 15:49 Secret Service Underarmor & Modification Review 17:08 Weapons Worth Gold Bullion Introduction 17:43 Gauss Pistol Review 19:27 Plasma Caster Review 20:41 Gauss Minigun Review 23:19 The Gauntlet Review 25:26 Gauss Shotgun Review 26:15 Gold Bullion Weapons Conclusion 26:58 Things Worth it From the Settlers 27:14 Chinese Stealth Suit Review 30:02 Turbo Fertilizer Review (Max Settler Reputation Reward) 32:01 Chemist Backpack Modification Review 33:06 Grocer's Backpack Modification Review 34:02 Ammunition Converter Machine (Max Raider Reputation Reward) 35:20 Conclusion
Just so you know you’re comparison at 22:20 is unfair the Gauss minigun is primed with a tri barrel and the plasma caster is standard receiver i know you didn’t intentionally do it just want you to know
Thanks for this. On my way to get more gold bullion 😅. Finished the heist yesterday and shared with Paige, as I want to help the Settlers. Didn't spend any yet as I was overwhelmed by the choice I got, but this will help for sure. Gonna need a lot for my Secret Service Armor dream to come true. My Chinese Stealth Armor I got from the mission will have to help me a bit more 🙈.
Plasma caster is worth it from an ammo efficiency standpoint. I'm a heavy guns build and have a caster with instigating, it one shots pretty much all regular mobs and is very accurate.
I keep coming back to this video at least 3 times a week because it’s so damn helpful. Thank you for taking time to create such helpful content for the community!
I don’t typically ever leave comments, but: You’re one of the few personalities on YT who’s opinion I can listen to. Your genuine passion for the series I love is apparent, and I just wanted to say how much I appreciate you, sir.
@@Bobalazs there’s Grindy and then there’s BS this games grind is BS it’s not fun it’s purposely put there to time gate rewards so people log in every day that’s not grind if it was a legitimate grind done right no life players would be able to knock it out in a few days or a week but this game time gates artificially so it takes months
Another great video! Happy to have helped! It's good to see another video from you, I got the notification and got excited, immediately ran to my laptop and went to watch it. Very informative, I might even try out the gauntlet! I LOVE the fert bomb, it is extremely helpful with making chems! Thank you again for the video, keep up the great work!
The plasma caster is fantastic, if you compare it to the Gatling Gun, which is its real ballistic counterpart. It works well for long-range combat, as well as enemies you don't feel like wasting your other ammo on.
New to the game and I've doing research and this is by far the best video out there explaining things for noobs like me. It's concise and well put together. And thank you for not having a weird European accent.
Thanks so much for putting this up when you did! I’m so torn on what to purchase with my gold bullion. You convinced me NOT to get the plasma caster and the pistol, actually, so thanks a TON for that. Looks like I’ll be getting the SS armor and the minigun (when I Max out the reputation requirement).
You won’t believe what was in my recommended it was the old door smash intro it’s crazy to think how much riffle has changed from a crazy hype guy to a sensible chill guy
Glad to see you upload man. I know you've been busy with your family with everything going on in the world, so its good you guys are safe and doing well.
I so love how i came back to this game after getting nostalgic, and you're here to guide my way once more :)) love ya rifle gaming, been watchin since your days as a Guardian
To the new players, nowadays the Power Armor for Gold Bullion is no longer worth getting. T-65 may have the highest resistances, but around 500 the value's diminishing returns become VERY apparent and adding anymore doesn't do much at all for damage mitigation. Other than the damage reduction stat, it doesn't offer anything special. Hellcat is better because it offers ACTUAL damage reduction against ballistic damage and Union Power Armor is better because it gives you +75 carry capacity and +150 acid resistance. Also, getting the Overeater's legendary effects on them all gives WAY more damage mitigation than a static T-65 power armor set. The Gold Bullion is better used on other things like resource production items, weapons, and Secret Service armor. Not to mention, the Hellcat armor can be earned from doing specific sets of quests and the Union Power Armor can be farmed for any time you want during the day for as long as you want, unlike Gold Bullion that's limited to 400 a day with the 300 bonus you can get per week.
I main heavy weapons and i think the plasma caster is fantastic. its ammo economy is great, whenever i need a boost in ammo i just do 1-2 runs of daily ops and ill leave with like 200 more rounds than when i started, and it deals enough damage to 1-2 shot most enemies with headshots (especially with a bloodied build). I switch to either my gauss minigun or ultracite gatling laser for boss fights/events but for general gameplay and clearing out trash, the plasma caster is awesome
Totally agree, gauss minigun is fine but generally seems on par with other heavy energy weapons. I find myself not bothering with 2mm ammo when it's so easy to make ultracite cores. It's not worth the rep grind or even the gold. Plasma caster, on the other hand, fills a unique role for heavies, with no rep grind and a reasonable price.
I have to thank you for this video, at first I fell in love with the secret service armor, but I foolishly bought the T-65 power armor chest, at first I thought I made a big mistake, but then after seeing your video I feel more comfortable wanting to go for the power armor, so my focus is no longer in the secret service armor but in the t-65 power armor, the only thing I wished is that they made red vipers paints for the power armors in the season "Ace power" since I prefer red more than blue... other than that I'm grinding for that T-65.
I grinded for SS PA and maxed out the settlers and raiders. My friend convinced me to grind for the regular SS armor for the jetpack. Safe to say I'm burnt out with all this grinding. The new season pass didnt help. But I this video is very informative. Think my favorite is the Gauss Shotgun, Plasma Caster and the SS jetpack mod.
Just one thing in terms of armor from Regs. Thorn armor is a consideration for stealth builds, since it gives you the best stealth buff along with great resistances. Only other armor that is comparable is the chinese stealth suit, and that is only better in high rad areas (nuke areas).
My favorite stuff so far is the Strangler Heart Power Armor, The SS armor, The Gauss Minigun, Gauss Shotgun, Plasma Caster, the Armco ammo machine, Turbo Fert Fertilizer, and the Chinese Stealth Suit.
I really wish Bethesda added more ways to get gold bullion and increased the daily limit for gold bullion to 500. It's going to take me over a month and a half to get a full set of T-65 with the mods I need, and that's if I play everyday grinding out the 2 faction dailies and events, which is just completely ridiculous, I know it's end game content but surely. 🙃
Power armor stats is not as significant a point of interest. Better stats are better, but they are not a lot better. The difference between the best and worst power armor is much smaller compared to normal armor, it does not make as significant difference as the numbers look like. The 42% natural damage reduction does the lion's share of the work, the dr is pretty meaningless in comparison Using the single hardest hitting attack in the game, a glowing super mutant behemoth's 250 damage melee hit. A level 15 raider pa with it's 160 resistance will reduce the damage to ~70 A level 45 raider with 341 resistance will get you to ~50 A maxed out T-65 with it's meaty 565 will reduce it to ~45 That is against the attack where having the most armor makes the biggest difference, against all smaller attacks the effects are reduced significantly. For a 100 damage hit (max level scorchbeasts do 95) the difference for the 3 armors breaks down to 20, 15, 13. And any shared perks, buffs, or damage resistances reduce the effects even more. So yes the armor has better stats, and does make an improvement over other things, but the difference is not so significant because the biggest factors in making you tanky in power armor are shared by all armor types, and make the differences that exist only a secondary factor. If you take the blocker perk, which is one of the best for defense, you make it almost irrelevant what power armor you wear because there is almost 75% of the melee damage removed before the armor even factors, and when calculated out the diminishing returns hit more than twice as severe for the higher tier armors. It's better than the others, but the difference between any other good set like ultracite or t-51 is not so big as to make a huge difference. And even the humble level 15 raider armor that is the first power armor you can get your hands on makes it so you can take on the toughest enemies and shrug off over 3/4 of their damage. In order to make the resistance stats meaningful would take literal factor of ten stats.(so like 5k+) Edit, Also things like emergency protocols also diminish the value of stats dramatically.
Grinding out my full set of unyielding secret service armor was a pain, but now my commando character is a destroyer of worlds. I though legacy weapons just meant weapons you can't get with certain prefixes because I have an double explosive harpoon gun, neither of which are now available on a harpoon gun drop. Double is weak and was replaced by quad so that's not actually any advantage but an explosive harpoon gun with the flechette modification is a big explosive shotgun that you never run out of ammo for because you get more than one harpoon back when you loot the body.
Just a bloodied plasma caster with a bloody heavy build can regularly hit 400 ballistic and 400 energy damage it's fun for vats great for crowd control
A long video, but very worth the watch. It could potentially be broken down into “Armor worth gold bullion” etc with new intros, but I did appreciate having it all in one place. I already knew the T-65 was worth it, didn’t realize the secret service armor was also top-tier. Will definitely be basing my shopping list on this video. Much appreciated!
Just bought Fallout 76 on Steam Winter sale. So glad I found your channel. A wealth of information. Thank you. I am binge watching as many videos as I can when I’m not working.
Plasma cluster vs guass minigun has to do with perks. If you have an instigating plasma caster,it is powerful. I did 1346 damage without drugs and this ain't bloodied. Now the rest,guass minigun is average at everything else but it all comes down to the legendary modification and how it couwoperats with the fire rate of the gun. And rifle if you do get an instigating plasma cluster try it.
Up until the other night, I didn't even know Gold Boullion existed, let alone how to use it or what to use my treasury notes on. This definitely helped me figure out what I was missing o.O
Bro glad to see you posting again. I dont use twitter that much but you made me check it the other day because I noticed you haven't posted here and wanted to make sure you was good.
What perk load out did you have to get to 2000+ damage with the Gauss Shotgun? Mine currently has a damage of 650. I use a lot of heavy guns, so I run a lot if those cards, but I’m interested to see what you were using and try to work them in.
@@IloveJellow I’d agree with everything except the Two Shot part. Two Shot doesn’t double the damage, it divides it between the projectiles. So with a Shotgun, it would divide it between the 16 projectiles. There is a slight percentage increase for each projectile, I just do remember how much.
Yeah, and in the comparison he wasn’t really fair, having Gauss Minigun with Prime capacitor and Plasma Caster with Standard one. But I’d only use Plasma Caster with VATS, its hatbox is wonky AF.
Oh god I thought he left the Fallout 4 community. I’m glad he’s still covering this mod. Sure the mod has its ups and downs but it’s a good way to relax. Especially walking the Appalachian Trail.
That Chinese stealth suit is ridiculously OP. Nothing ever sees you when crouched. You can just walk around them picking them off. I did the Monongah Mine quest today twice with three other players and not a single wendigo saw me. I just wandered around crouched with my Final Word and we put the colossus down in 5 minutes. I never died once.
Wait.. I missed this video.... Such a shame I had to wait a day to get through this video... Love the video and a great compilation of all the plans!! Thanks for the hard work... it shows that you had to put in so much time to make it...even based on the gold grind alone you'd be grinding for months to buy it all
great timing rifle. hit allied with both two weeks ago and sitting on 2,5k bullions with no idea what to do with it bc i dont really "need" anything. lets see what i will go for :) must have been so many work, thanks for taking the work for us!
Bent Paper I recommend you to use the dense mod because it almost denies fire and explosion damage (if used along with fireproof you can stand a double shot mirv fat man with almost no damage (4 damage)
I just got the jetpack and it sucks. It barley propels you up with the amount of ap used. You better have a ton of Ap and faster than normal ap regeneration otherwise it's a waste of precious bullion.
Lots of good info in this video. I'm not nearly as invested in this game as you are but I have recently found myself with alot more time on my hands. I will be checking out other how to videos and logging more hours in the future. Currently only lvl 109 with 400ish hours.
Keep in mind that the Gauss Shotgun and Minigun he showcased are bugged "magic" weapons. Unless you have a magic effect, you will not be dealing as much damage as he does. That was very deceptive of you, Rifle. Shame on you.
Thanks for all of the info and advice! I'm really glad to see this post from you. It had been so long, I was getting worried. You stay safe out there, too, in the Wasteland and IRL.
Three years ago the video was made but people still use it today like myself thank you for the great video
Quite literally... Just finished getting the secret service parts expect the jetpack... going for t65 now lol
Same! Lol! I just got the SS Jetpack and have already had buttressed for a while now. So guess I'm going for t65 and ammo generator
Someone know where I have the mask?
Anyone else watch this, get hyped to go grind, and then remember the bs daily cap on everything we need to make this happen?
yeah
The bs cap is there so we dont rush through ^^ sucks, but yeah
Some of us continue the grind anyway, then show up in out brand new, shiny, T-65 PA; then everybody who gave up can't do much except get jealous.
@@SophiesDriver I like you ^^ still 4 weeks and I'm done with the full moded T65
pretty much, half of the reason I started a second character is because of all the daily limits
I truly just wanted to make this to hopefully help the 76 community out with deciding, because I know gold bullion can be a GRIND to get.. Not to mention, the time spent trying to get the right legendary piece with legendary modules can be a grind too.. I hope this comprehensive review over things we can purchase with gold bullion helps you out! Thanks everyone for checking out my video.
Special thanks to the Xbox gamertags below for helping with the footage to make this video.
LazarusOfDeath
Cephalon Saibot
Kelcaroo9212
Agent Slink
xKokaneZombiex
MysticStorm9431
If you're looking for something specific through this video here's the timestamps. I also labeled the time bar so things would be easier to locate throughout this video because I know it's a long one, but highly informative too.
0:00 Introduction
1:54 Full Secret Service Armor Set Review
4:18 Good Secret Service Modifications to Choose
5:44 How to Make Legendary Armor & Weapons
8:18 Full T-65 Power Armor Set Review
9:50 Why T-65 Power Armor is Better Than Strangler Heart Power Armor
14:22 Good T-65 Power Armor Modifications to Choose
15:49 Secret Service Underarmor & Modification Review
17:08 Weapons Worth Gold Bullion Introduction
17:43 Gauss Pistol Review
19:27 Plasma Caster Review
20:41 Gauss Minigun Review
23:19 The Gauntlet Review
25:26 Gauss Shotgun Review
26:15 Gold Bullion Weapons Conclusion
26:58 Things Worth it From the Settlers
27:14 Chinese Stealth Suit Review
30:02 Turbo Fertilizer Review (Max Settler Reputation Reward)
32:01 Chemist Backpack Modification Review
33:06 Grocer's Backpack Modification Review
34:02 Ammunition Converter Machine (Max Raider Reputation Reward)
35:20 Conclusion
Thanks Rifle - sharing this everywhere I can. The time Codes - thanks so much!
Hey rifle can you please link your bloodied melee build I am looking to change my build tia
Just so you know you’re comparison at 22:20 is unfair the Gauss minigun is primed with a tri barrel and the plasma caster is standard receiver i know you didn’t intentionally do it just want you to know
Thanks for this. On my way to get more gold bullion 😅. Finished the heist yesterday and shared with Paige, as I want to help the Settlers. Didn't spend any yet as I was overwhelmed by the choice I got, but this will help for sure. Gonna need a lot for my Secret Service Armor dream to come true. My Chinese Stealth Armor I got from the mission will have to help me a bit more 🙈.
Thanks bro! Super mutant helpful.
Plasma caster is worth it from an ammo efficiency standpoint. I'm a heavy guns build and have a caster with instigating, it one shots pretty much all regular mobs and is very accurate.
Haven't seen you on UA-cam for why I'm glad to see you're back
At least I knew he was alive cause I saw him online a few times
@@skipper398 lmao always good to make sure the worst dint happen
Same
ya checked his over media and worried, cause Rona shitt
Same
The rarest part of these weapons, are their damn ammo.
you get ammo from daily ops depending on the weapons you use
@@cobrakingofeart Did cave men have iPhones?
@@dontmindme.justaguy es gibt keinen grund diese Person fertigzumachen, vor allem wenn diese versuchen dir nen Tipp zu geben
@@biggusdickus6330 And I'm simply asking the question, did cave men have iPhones. Maybe I have a history report tomorrow.
@@dontmindme.justaguy no
I keep coming back to this video at least 3 times a week because it’s so damn helpful. Thank you for taking time to create such helpful content for the community!
I’m back again!! Still a fantastic video!
I don’t typically ever leave comments, but:
You’re one of the few personalities on YT who’s opinion I can listen to. Your genuine passion for the series I love is apparent, and I just wanted to say how much I appreciate you, sir.
0:41 This is why I’m subscribed I love your content
Wow, I just finished the grind for T-65 a few weeks ago. Didn’t realize how much I grinded
Same and it’s actually a good set of power armour and the plus is the the stats and only a few amount of people have it Which makes it rare to see
Does it break often like like the ultrasite armour
Nope hasn’t got to 1/2 durability yet
How long did u grind?
Ghost _115 about 2 months if I did it consistently.
the dome in the room with space wallpaper is really creative and gives me some building ideas so i got a lot out of this video
Haven't seen content in a bit. Good to see you're well and back. Hope you have been getting some time to ride, been great riding weather in my area
Bethesda needs to either lower the cost of all the items or remove the daily cap and let more events and maybe daily challenges award treasury notes
Why, it's a MMo. We need the grind. otherwise all is pointless.
@@Bobalazs there’s Grindy and then there’s BS this games grind is BS it’s not fun it’s purposely put there to time gate rewards so people log in every day that’s not grind if it was a legitimate grind done right no life players would be able to knock it out in a few days or a week but this game time gates artificially so it takes months
@@hotpepper2491 rather than paywall
@@Bobalazs or just stop making excuses for crappy game design and greedy developers
it took me almost two months to get the jetpack -_-
Another great video! Happy to have helped! It's good to see another video from you, I got the notification and got excited, immediately ran to my laptop and went to watch it. Very informative, I might even try out the gauntlet! I LOVE the fert bomb, it is extremely helpful with making chems! Thank you again for the video, keep up the great work!
Did you finally get the plan?
@@lazarusofdeath3123 I need to get my bullion back up first, but I will to play around with it.
The plasma caster is fantastic, if you compare it to the Gatling Gun, which is its real ballistic counterpart. It works well for long-range combat, as well as enemies you don't feel like wasting your other ammo on.
Kept looking for a comprehensive video like this one for a while now to choose what’s worth the grind for me. Thank you sir! Have a wonderful day
Whenever I feel like I'm falling out of love with this game your videos always remind me of stuff I can do to revamp my game play. Thank you
last time i was this early nukes didn't even work
last time i was here rifle gaming was a destiny1 youtuber :( and he had broken door intro
last I was here, he was still playing borderlands and also had a broken door intro
Nani m HOLY SHIT! This is the same Bo2 guy!?!?!
@@postingwhateveriwant4454 Yeah lol
@Panzerkampfwagen Tiger Ausf. B haha look guys he insulted fallout 76!!!! (I think we should laugh now)
New to the game and I've doing research and this is by far the best video out there explaining things for noobs like me. It's concise and well put together. And thank you for not having a weird European accent.
Very informative video, thank you for putting it together!
im always so happy to see a new rifle video
Quality content that I can always appreciate. I've been following you since destiny 1 and have never been disappointed. Stay safe out there!
Glad to see your still making helpful videos like this, you are very appreciated by myself and the rest of the Fallout 76 community.
The backpacks basically boil down to do you want to lose 3 strength on Traveling Pharmacy or 3 agility on Thru Hiker
Thanks so much for putting this up when you did! I’m so torn on what to purchase with my gold bullion. You convinced me NOT to get the plasma caster and the pistol, actually, so thanks a TON for that. Looks like I’ll be getting the SS armor and the minigun (when I Max out the reputation requirement).
You won’t believe what was in my recommended it was the old door smash intro it’s crazy to think how much riffle has changed from a crazy hype guy to a sensible chill guy
The SS helmet has a super bright flashlight. Worth the gold on those dark, lonely nights.
Thank you for taking the time to do this for all of us . Very appreciated
Glad to see you upload man. I know you've been busy with your family with everything going on in the world, so its good you guys are safe and doing well.
I so love how i came back to this game after getting nostalgic, and you're here to guide my way once more :)) love ya rifle gaming, been watchin since your days as a Guardian
I was so hyped, got the plans, went to craft and……. Need flux lmao
To the new players, nowadays the Power Armor for Gold Bullion is no longer worth getting. T-65 may have the highest resistances, but around 500 the value's diminishing returns become VERY apparent and adding anymore doesn't do much at all for damage mitigation. Other than the damage reduction stat, it doesn't offer anything special. Hellcat is better because it offers ACTUAL damage reduction against ballistic damage and Union Power Armor is better because it gives you +75 carry capacity and +150 acid resistance. Also, getting the Overeater's legendary effects on them all gives WAY more damage mitigation than a static T-65 power armor set. The Gold Bullion is better used on other things like resource production items, weapons, and Secret Service armor.
Not to mention, the Hellcat armor can be earned from doing specific sets of quests and the Union Power Armor can be farmed for any time you want during the day for as long as you want, unlike Gold Bullion that's limited to 400 a day with the 300 bonus you can get per week.
I main heavy weapons and i think the plasma caster is fantastic. its ammo economy is great, whenever i need a boost in ammo i just do 1-2 runs of daily ops and ill leave with like 200 more rounds than when i started, and it deals enough damage to 1-2 shot most enemies with headshots (especially with a bloodied build). I switch to either my gauss minigun or ultracite gatling laser for boss fights/events but for general gameplay and clearing out trash, the plasma caster is awesome
Totally agree, gauss minigun is fine but generally seems on par with other heavy energy weapons. I find myself not bothering with 2mm ammo when it's so easy to make ultracite cores. It's not worth the rep grind or even the gold.
Plasma caster, on the other hand, fills a unique role for heavies, with no rep grind and a reasonable price.
And you can spam the trigger and aim to get it to fire faster it's kinda weird but it's pretty fun
Thank you for the video.
Very informative.
I didn't realize you could lock the ammo maker.
I have to thank you for this video, at first I fell in love with the secret service armor, but I foolishly bought the T-65 power armor chest, at first I thought I made a big mistake, but then after seeing your video I feel more comfortable wanting to go for the power armor, so my focus is no longer in the secret service armor but in the t-65 power armor, the only thing I wished is that they made red vipers paints for the power armors in the season "Ace power" since I prefer red more than blue... other than that I'm grinding for that T-65.
This video is amazing! it answered all of my questions and more! thank you so much for the hard work making it! :)
I was starting to wonder if you were okay. Glad to see that you are .
As a returning player this was a great help. Thank you!
I grinded for SS PA and maxed out the settlers and raiders. My friend convinced me to grind for the regular SS armor for the jetpack. Safe to say I'm burnt out with all this grinding. The new season pass didnt help.
But I this video is very informative. Think my favorite is the Gauss Shotgun, Plasma Caster and the SS jetpack mod.
Love that ya dont care to make a long video. i prefer this format. good man.
Just one thing in terms of armor from Regs. Thorn armor is a consideration for stealth builds, since it gives you the best stealth buff along with great resistances. Only other armor that is comparable is the chinese stealth suit, and that is only better in high rad areas (nuke areas).
Nice
You always do a great job on these Rifle, you're an 'old hand' at this type of video. keep up the good work!
My favorite stuff so far is the Strangler Heart Power Armor, The SS armor, The Gauss Minigun, Gauss Shotgun, Plasma Caster, the Armco ammo machine, Turbo Fert Fertilizer, and the Chinese Stealth Suit.
Just came over from your live stream! Love the guides keep em coming!
when were is his streams, his twitch says his last was 19 days ago ?
I really wish Bethesda added more ways to get gold bullion and increased the daily limit for gold bullion to 500. It's going to take me over a month and a half to get a full set of T-65 with the mods I need, and that's if I play everyday grinding out the 2 faction dailies and events, which is just completely ridiculous, I know it's end game content but surely. 🙃
Thanks! I am putting this into my favorites because this is a lot of knowledge and work on your part that saves me a lot of frustration!
Turns out the helmet is actually very important.
Because it counted as a set for perks
Not on the SS set helmet not needed
no, it doesn’t
This is one of the greatest videos and most informative videos I've ever seen thank you so much
Power armor stats is not as significant a point of interest. Better stats are better, but they are not a lot better. The difference between the best and worst power armor is much smaller compared to normal armor, it does not make as significant difference as the numbers look like.
The 42% natural damage reduction does the lion's share of the work, the dr is pretty meaningless in comparison
Using the single hardest hitting attack in the game, a glowing super mutant behemoth's 250 damage melee hit.
A level 15 raider pa with it's 160 resistance will reduce the damage to ~70
A level 45 raider with 341 resistance will get you to ~50
A maxed out T-65 with it's meaty 565 will reduce it to ~45
That is against the attack where having the most armor makes the biggest difference, against all smaller attacks the effects are reduced significantly.
For a 100 damage hit (max level scorchbeasts do 95) the difference for the 3 armors breaks down to 20, 15, 13.
And any shared perks, buffs, or damage resistances reduce the effects even more.
So yes the armor has better stats, and does make an improvement over other things, but the difference is not so significant because the biggest factors in making you tanky in power armor are shared by all armor types, and make the differences that exist only a secondary factor.
If you take the blocker perk, which is one of the best for defense, you make it almost irrelevant what power armor you wear because there is almost 75% of the melee damage removed before the armor even factors, and when calculated out the diminishing returns hit more than twice as severe for the higher tier armors.
It's better than the others, but the difference between any other good set like ultracite or t-51 is not so big as to make a huge difference. And even the humble level 15 raider armor that is the first power armor you can get your hands on makes it so you can take on the toughest enemies and shrug off over 3/4 of their damage. In order to make the resistance stats meaningful would take literal factor of ten stats.(so like 5k+)
Edit, Also things like emergency protocols also diminish the value of stats dramatically.
What do you mean "emergency protocools diminish the value of stats dramatically?
Grinding out my full set of unyielding secret service armor was a pain, but now my commando character is a destroyer of worlds. I though legacy weapons just meant weapons you can't get with certain prefixes because I have an double explosive harpoon gun, neither of which are now available on a harpoon gun drop. Double is weak and was replaced by quad so that's not actually any advantage but an explosive harpoon gun with the flechette modification is a big explosive shotgun that you never run out of ammo for because you get more than one harpoon back when you loot the body.
Just a bloodied plasma caster with a bloody heavy build can regularly hit 400 ballistic and 400 energy damage it's fun for vats great for crowd control
A long video, but very worth the watch. It could potentially be broken down into “Armor worth gold bullion” etc with new intros, but I did appreciate having it all in one place. I already knew the T-65 was worth it, didn’t realize the secret service armor was also top-tier. Will definitely be basing my shopping list on this video. Much appreciated!
For the price of the ss helmet it should have stats or defensive capabilities
I was so mad after I purchased it. Didn’t know it was just a cosmetic item
Agreed
Just bought Fallout 76 on Steam Winter sale. So glad I found your channel. A wealth of information. Thank you. I am binge watching as many videos as I can when I’m not working.
Why would anyone give this video a thumbs down???? The effort alone deserves a thumbs up! This had to be a full day of editing. Good work Rifle.
This is awesome video. I was curious about some the items you discussed. Thanks!
Plasma cluster vs guass minigun has to do with perks. If you have an instigating plasma caster,it is powerful. I did 1346 damage without drugs and this ain't bloodied. Now the rest,guass minigun is average at everything else but it all comes down to the legendary modification and how it couwoperats with the fire rate of the gun. And rifle if you do get an instigating plasma cluster try it.
Up until the other night, I didn't even know Gold Boullion existed, let alone how to use it or what to use my treasury notes on. This definitely helped me figure out what I was missing o.O
I would update this letting people know that Minerva sells the Secret Service Armor for a lot cheaper
Bro glad to see you posting again. I dont use twitter that much but you made me check it the other day because I noticed you haven't posted here and wanted to make sure you was good.
The gauss pistol in a power armor with the legendary board power armor legs and arms skin makes u look like a space marine from 40k
Great video. Really helped me decide what to focus on for gold.
The excavator PA gives you bonus carry weight when you wear the full set.
Thanks for the pro tip lol
@@I3arbarian lol, Just pointing out the obvious.
Finally a truly great tips and tricks video to intermediate Fo76 players. Thanks a bunch my guy
All of these items are nerfed now
@@michaelbrown5009 But still top notch ;)
What perk load out did you have to get to 2000+ damage with the Gauss Shotgun? Mine currently has a damage of 650. I use a lot of heavy guns, so I run a lot if those cards, but I’m interested to see what you were using and try to work them in.
all shotgun perks with vats crits and bloodied or two shot gauss shotgun my guess is.
@@IloveJellow I’d agree with everything except the Two Shot part. Two Shot doesn’t double the damage, it divides it between the projectiles. So with a Shotgun, it would divide it between the 16 projectiles.
There is a slight percentage increase for each projectile, I just do remember how much.
Hey Rifle gaming haven’t watched you in a while. Glad to see your still making videos. I used to watch your Skyrim videos years ago.
A bloodied plasma caster with a vats damaged increase is really good it’s a 1 shot for 90% of all creatures
Yeah, and in the comparison he wasn’t really fair, having Gauss Minigun with Prime capacitor and Plasma Caster with Standard one. But I’d only use Plasma Caster with VATS, its hatbox is wonky AF.
hey man, really awesome video, enjoyed it alot, very informative! :>
thanks alot for putting in all the work, much appreciated!
Aye a rifle upload!
It's about time 😆
That's cool...props to both u guys!
This is extremely helpful, thanks RG.
I just got fallout 76 for the series x and I want all of this..I know I'm in for a longgggg grind 😣
Most definitely. Leveling up can be a pain also theres some missions you should wait to be level 50 for just because the rewards at the end
that’s part of the fun though :)
I started playing last week & only doing events. I’m lvl 38 now. Gonna do all my missions once I reach 50
Thank you for your work and great content. I highly enjoy your work.
Welcome back rifle 🙏
I was just wondering what you were up to! Hadn't seen you upload in awhile! Glad to have ya back!
Oh god I thought he left the Fallout 4 community. I’m glad he’s still covering this mod. Sure the mod has its ups and downs but it’s a good way to relax. Especially walking the Appalachian Trail.
Different game not a mod
Much respect. You’re just a regular humble dude and not a bro. Your vids are exceptionally helpful.
That Chinese stealth suit is ridiculously OP. Nothing ever sees you when crouched. You can just walk around them picking them off. I did the Monongah Mine quest today twice with three other players and not a single wendigo saw me. I just wandered around crouched with my Final Word and we put the colossus down in 5 minutes. I never died once.
Wait.. I missed this video....
Such a shame I had to wait a day to get through this video...
Love the video and a great compilation of all the plans!! Thanks for the hard work... it shows that you had to put in so much time to make it...even based on the gold grind alone you'd be grinding for months to buy it all
I know you won’t see the probably but on stream a while back ago I gave a deathclaw mask and I would like to know if you like it or not
great timing rifle. hit allied with both two weeks ago and sitting on 2,5k bullions with no idea what to do with it bc i dont really "need" anything. lets see what i will go for :)
must have been so many work, thanks for taking the work for us!
The max
It maxes out at either 3 or 6 don't remember
I got an ad about silver trump coins
Love your channel so much. Subbed on two accounts just to boost your count! Not your number 1 fan but easily top 10,000
Last time I was this early, people were making jokes about being early.
Was worried about you, friend! Thanks for the video, I REALLY needed it at this moment.
I’m just going secret service chest piece and jet pack mod
Bent Paper I recommend you to use the dense mod because it almost denies fire and explosion damage (if used along with fireproof you can stand a double shot mirv fat man with almost no damage (4 damage)
I just got the jetpack and it sucks. It barley propels you up with the amount of ap used. You better have a ton of Ap and faster than normal ap regeneration otherwise it's a waste of precious bullion.
Sam 94 i got it by the trading glitch for free and i still wanted my gold bullion back
It is to early for me to do jokes.
ENDERCIBORG263 I appreciate the info, but I am running a commando stealth beserker build so I don’t wear armor it makes my gun weaker
I was looking for something like this. Thank you!
Holy yap session
Nice man good to see a video been wondering where ya went
Its bulion not BuLioN
Who asked?
Great video, exactly what I've been looking for. Two thumbs up.
2 mins of waffle
Lots of good info in this video. I'm not nearly as invested in this game as you are but I have recently found myself with alot more time on my hands. I will be checking out other how to videos and logging more hours in the future. Currently only lvl 109 with 400ish hours.
Keep in mind that the Gauss Shotgun and Minigun he showcased are bugged "magic" weapons. Unless you have a magic effect, you will not be dealing as much damage as he does. That was very deceptive of you, Rifle. Shame on you.
Magic effect?
Thanks for all of the info and advice! I'm really glad to see this post from you. It had been so long, I was getting worried. You stay safe out there, too, in the Wasteland and IRL.
really informative video, thanks a bunch mate :D
i am SO glad we got some new content todsy
Thanks man. This in one vídeo worth The likr and the divulgation.
Thanks for the upload! And all the info.
Thank you for the video! Lots of useful info ...
Your accent is very fitting for the Pitt update.