Hazmat Suit is F tier strictly because of its poison resist. Remember, just starting Old World Blues automatically gives you the Heartless perk, which makes you immune to poison. In other words, it’s effect is already pointless by the time you find it, and Heartless doesn’t lock you out from wearing armor with better DT and effects
Its DT alone should make it at least top of C tier. You can also gain some benefit from the poison resistance by giving it to companions when going to cazador-heavy areas like Callville Bay or west of Red Rock Canyon. Or you could always swap back to your original heart after finishing OWB, which replaces the immunity with 50% resistance in exchange for extra healing item effectiveness.
@@bannedcommander2932 I’ll concede on companions, cause I actually never thought about that. But as far as Courier use, it’s still useless. Even if you get your old heart back, the perk plus the suit will add up to 133% poison resistance. Best case scenario, that’s poison immunity with extra steps. Worst case scenario, the poison resistance hits a cap (like DT and rad resistance) that prevents immunity while still using a mediocre DT suit with no other benefits.
@bsgfan1 true on all counts, resistances are capped in FNV if memory serves. The hazmat suit is still better than most types of leather armor, which are all over C tier, so high C or low B tier looks reasonable to me. Personally, I use the hazmat suit for my courier on playthroughs where I go to Big MT first because it has much higher DT compared to any other light armor available there. If you do what most of the community does and go to Zion first, then of course Joshua Graham's armor would make the hazmat suit obsolete from a gameplay perspective. Still, one can't deny the coolness factor of dressing up in the hazmat suit and darklight cowl while sporting a bear trap fist. The ghost trapper's in town!
@@bannedcommander2932honest hearts last because I love having a perfect build for being a tribalistic savage, going in with nothing but my duster from lonesome road
@@giovannicervantes2053 if I’m doing a crit build I use light armour but other than that I find medium is most effective for most builds. I think the slowed movement speed of power armour makes the DT boost kinda useless and once you get past level 10 ish and start getting hunted down by death squads light armour doesn’t really hold up in 4v1 gun fights
You made a mistake re: All-purpose science suit. You get it from the Followers safehouse, and also imo it's not A-tier because you can't wear headwear with it, preventing you from stacking additional DT and other useful benefits
And you can rock the 1st recon beret WITH the riot helmet for that smexy +5 crit boost (even though it looks ridiculous clipping through the helmet in 3rd person) lmfao
Gecko backed reinforced leather armor is my absolute favorite, it has the same defense as regular combat armor, is very strong against cazadores, fire weapons, and has decent rad resistance, and is very durable. It fits the road warrior aesthetic perfectly, and does what armor is supposed to do; it keeps you alive.
@@ReapeeRonit does have rather steep survival requirements, but if you can work around that as well as get enough turpentine, it’s easy enough to make. I can get it relatively early in Zion with a bit of pre planning, and the armor is more than sufficient until the end of HH where I tend to usually stick to Joshua’s armor because it’s simply peerless, aside from Ulysses’ duster perhaps.
Love light armor, my only gripe is that I think light armor is a bit over-tuned in this game when you consider light touch and travel light on TOP of the fact heavier armor makes you slower (and run speed is already notoriously slow in FNV) Ulysses duster+1st recon beret+ Halo from OWB is optimal, even for melee/unarmed builds, basically everything other than pure explosives. I kinda wish they added some heavy armor perks because as it stands, the ~10 DT boost you get from rocking remnants armor doesn't really justify using it for much more than role-playing (again, if you aren't going pure explosives). And if you are playing on very hard difficulty, then you really can't face-tank high-level non-human enemies regardless of the DT difference (at least not much more than you normally would with a slasher+med-X+battle brew combo). I try not to min-max too much in this game for immersion's sake, but it's hard sometimes lol like I said, a few heavy armor perks would have gone a long way.
Agreed on all accounts. I tend to gravitate towards light armor, but with all the benefits it gets how can you not? It’s simply the most viable option, at least in most cases unless your game is modded.
Well, there is one heavy armour perk with "In Shining Armor". Just a shame that it's bugged and doesn't do anything, and even with mods that fix it it's pretty bad, but they did try.
i'd pick the assassin suit over the chinese stealth suit mainly because the helmet is stuck to the CSS, meaning you can wear other hats and helmets on top of it. while some might see it as a way to stack bonuses, i don't like how the models clip.
Offensive-Ulysses' duster (10 percent crit chance from the armor alone... nuff said) Defensive-Sierra Madre armor, reinforced (love it for heavy handed melee builds) Middle ground-Joshua Graham's armor
It looks cool, has DT on par with Medium Armor for a Light Armor peice, easy to repair and excellent paired with Travel Light and Light Touch. Basically you sting like a bee with it!
Duster is just a little bit better with crit chance, but looks-wise I totally agree with you. Classy snakeskin boots, snakeskin belt, a shirt with mormon sign on it and ballistic vest to justify high DT, what's not to love?
@@mangosteak It depends. If your build can handle fights in LR, you can complete it first and enjoy all of F:NV using top tier gear (and even smuggle Rawr's Claw into Sierra Madre).
It's strange, Dead Money is my least favorite of the DLCs, but it's got a bunch of my favorite equipment in it, between the holorifle, the reinforced Sierra Madre armor and the bear trap fist. Other than that, Joshua Graham's armor is my favorite light armor for looks, defense and ability.
it's sad to hear that people dislike DM so much, for me it's up there with OWB. i dont get why the Survival Horror style and taking your time to think things through is such a bad thing.
DM is cool the first time, you are learning the history through terminals and tapes. Everything is still new and surprising. Subsequent playthroughs it just feels like a chore. Granted on my current character it was pretty easy even on VH difficulty because I was prepared. I waited till ~lv. 30 and I had a few things to make it easier like Light Step for the traps, Thems Good Eatin' for the healing, and crafted Fist of Rawr.
Ulysses duster is S++ tier. Along with 1rst recon beret + unique Halo. If you go pure performance, there is nothing that even gets close. Armor gets you so far when you destroy everything from max distance.
It would be cool to hear your opinions on armor ranked based purely on how cool they look! The light armor I think looks the coolest from all these is the reinforced leather armor, definitely B tier in terms of stats but whoever designed that did a dang good job
It's a very effective strategy to head to Lonesome Road early and grab the items in the Hopeville Bunker. You can avoid all combat if you're quick and get some great items. Plus having ED-E able to repair your weapon for free once a day is amazing to get early and makes the trip worth it just for that. The Marked Scout armour is nice early on as well, so it's typically my low level go-to choice.
Absolutely. Hopeville Bunker at level 2 or 3 immediately after Goodsprings or Primm is the best start. I see too many players think that you have to go all the way to the end and confront Ulysses before returning to the Mojave.
On the Merc armour, I hear you and agree with everything you said, but the unmatched early game drip of the Merc Troublemaker outfit and the Desperado cowboy hat makes it worth it for me 😅
Fire resistance would have been a good bit of flavor. They could've memed it and gave it MAX fire resist like 200% lol but i really think they should have just given it a much higher durability.
In my current playthru I gave joshua graham's armor and the 1st recon cap and Raoul goes absolutely insane with the medicine stick and mysterious magnum especially after I got raoul upgraded thru his quest.
This was my favorite clothing review you’ve done as this class of armor is based more on bonuses and trade offs - you have to be intentional with light armor
I've been rocking the Space Suit since I picked it up. Great DT to weight ratio(especially when you add the helmet, which has 4 DT itself). The +40 rad resist is awesome for areas like Vault 34, and it has a really unique look(sunglasses under the bowl!). I just hit lvl 20, so I'll probably be replacing it soon, but it has been a great early-mid game item for me.
@CliffSedge-nu5fv yea no kidding. I kept waiting for something new to stack up, and nothing did. Until I finished Honest Hearts. Been rocking Joshua Graham's armor ever since.
I can see why light armor is very popular. Not because of the perks like Light Touch, but because there are so many light armors in Fallout: New Vegas.
I don't use the reinforced Sierra Madre armor much outside of Dead Money these days since I tend to go for the Desert Ranger armor through the rest of the game, but I used to use it until the end. It is, in my opinion, top tier light armor. Can't go wrong with it. Regular clothes repair it too so that makes it even more useful. No stat increases though, but that's not a huge deal.
I really don't think any of the skill bonuses on armor are that good. SPECIAL, Carry weight or crit % are good but I always end up getting 100 in my high priority skills through skill books and levels. Also magazines exist.
needed to find me a spiffy yet durable cowboy armor for this new character ive got cookin. thought i'd come here. and joshua's armor + daniel's hat is a good lookin combo. thanks.
Gladiator armor unironically the goat it’s a quest item and you can keep it forever if you don’t care about the fights in the little gladiator arena in the fort so you can keep the armor for the entire game if you just walk backwards and get out before the gate closes
Light armor is KING in this game, and it isn’t even close. Although I do like quite a few of the medium armors. The only heavy armor I’d consider using aside from power armor would probably be the gecko backed reinforced metal armor, and even then I’d prefer the leather armor over the metal.
All this time I never knew the courier duster had different effects and logos. Probably because by the time I get it the Riot gears are equipped and I always hold off on the main faction quests so I can get away with nuking both sides
Personally, I'd put the armored vault suit lower. Not because of the stats or anything, but because of the repair material - You need combat armor to fix it up. Thankfully it drops to any light with jury rigging, but still... Mid game armor to repair a starting armor? Ugh.
@@gunslinginleftist You could always just give Julie all the extra Fixer/Med-X/RadAway you don't need, I think having 50 total between them all should be enough, and then of course do all the quests associated with them (the recovering addicts, fixing the conflict between kings and NCR, fixing the medicine distribution)
@@gunslinginleftist 6 months after the fact, but if you ever have any interest in getting that safehouse opened, try recruiting Jerry (an NPC in the Great Khan camp in Red Rock, standing outside the circular fence structure in the middle of the camp), helping Jason and Bill Ronte get sober, getting the Followers a supply of chems from the Atomic Wrangler, then donating chems to Julie Farkas to max out your reputation the rest of the way. Last week, I ended up accidentally maxing out my rep with them with those donations. Happened right as I was saddling up to start the second battle for Hoover Dam. If you do that, you also get offered a lab coat and an invitation to join the Followers.
Personally for my current build on my playthrough of FNV I think I'm just going Light armor since my character is Guns/Explosives/Sneak. Mainly laying traps and picking off what ever is left from a distance
I always liked the assassins suit in Dead Money. Simple but I really like the design. I know it was used for the stealth suit in owb but I sort of like the simpler version better.
My prefered armor setup EVERY time is: Eulogy Jones's hat, Lucky Shades, Viva Las Vegas, and a cigar in my mouth (from a mod) best armor in the game imo
Caesar's armor is D tier in my opinion just because obtaining it requires you killing Caesar, meaning that Caesar's Legion will hate you, and you can't wear it around any NCR. The benefit of disguing you as Legion doesn't really help you either, as Legion assassins will still attack you and there isn't much to do with Caesar's Legion that isn't the main quest.
Early game I like to use the Basic leather armour until I get a set of reinforced leather armour but usually by the time my character is level 14 I use T45 d power armour and I also usually build my character for using power armour by putting 7 points into agility which counteracts the minus 2 to agility from T45 d although the medium armours look good I find that they always wear out at the wrong time and are expensive to fix because if you cant find another peice to fix it you have to buy one usually from the gun runners and that can cost a few thousand caps
You can get caesars armor without killing him If you dont have enough medicine skill and have the medical supplies you still can operate him, thought u need high speak skill to convince luscius I mean you theorically kill him but, you don't get any bad reputation for it
The Assassin Suit is my favorite, even without running a sneak build because it has really nice DT for light armor, which means you can still get all the extra bonuses from perks for light armor, including the speed bonus. The stealth buff is also nice even if you aren't running a stealth build, just to get those first shot crits off in an engagement, or avoid a nasty fight. I also just think it's the coolest looking. Never liked the Chinese stealth armor's look much, honestly. It always reminded me too much of a bug, and it has too many internal bits showing. It fits what it's supposed to be, but I'm just not a fan. Assassin Suit looks a lot cleaner, and I even prefer it over the Mk. II.
Standing high above S tier laughing at all the light, medium, and heavy armors is the Naughty Nightwear. In New Vegas, luck and speech are the most powerful abilities. If you kill every enemy from stealth, then it doesn't matter what your DT is.
I'd honestly count the faction armors lower than their stats because of the forced reactions based on the disguise. It's a limited benefit with huge drawbacks.
The advanced radiation suit is rendered totally useless if you have done the lonesome road, ulysses mask has 50 rad resist..... Then top that off with some power armor and you are now a tank with a shitload of rad resist
New vegas and skyrim definitely did armors the best. The 2 best examples of Different armors fit different builds, not... Start at light and work to heavy
Why on earth would a rad suit be that high? There are only two places in NV with rads that aren't avoidable, the one town and a small section in lonesome road.
All purpose science suit is found in the Followers Safehouse, the Space Suit is found at the end of come fly with me
This guy has never played new vegas mate.
@@alanwatts8239guy mixed up two similar items = not played at all
ok, I guess if you don't have perfect memory of full game, you haven't even seen it
@@alanwatts8239 he's reading off the wiki mate
DLCs, list them from Worst to Best, then tell me why.@@alanwatts8239
Wiki talks about the safehouse too. But ya I had to look this up. I had the video playing in the background at work and it caught my attention.
Rule of thumb: if it belonged to the burned man, it’s gonna be among the best in it’s category.
That is very true.
Why
@@ReapeeRonyou should make reviews for fallout nv mods like the frontier or dust maybe weapon mods like more perks/traits
@@DOCTORRGLASS
Nuclear waste tier: the frontier
@@jordanclark4635 frontiers weapons are decent the rest of the mod is cringe
Hazmat Suit is F tier strictly because of its poison resist. Remember, just starting Old World Blues automatically gives you the Heartless perk, which makes you immune to poison. In other words, it’s effect is already pointless by the time you find it, and Heartless doesn’t lock you out from wearing armor with better DT and effects
Its DT alone should make it at least top of C tier. You can also gain some benefit from the poison resistance by giving it to companions when going to cazador-heavy areas like Callville Bay or west of Red Rock Canyon. Or you could always swap back to your original heart after finishing OWB, which replaces the immunity with 50% resistance in exchange for extra healing item effectiveness.
@@bannedcommander2932 I’ll concede on companions, cause I actually never thought about that.
But as far as Courier use, it’s still useless. Even if you get your old heart back, the perk plus the suit will add up to 133% poison resistance. Best case scenario, that’s poison immunity with extra steps. Worst case scenario, the poison resistance hits a cap (like DT and rad resistance) that prevents immunity while still using a mediocre DT suit with no other benefits.
@bsgfan1 true on all counts, resistances are capped in FNV if memory serves.
The hazmat suit is still better than most types of leather armor, which are all over C tier, so high C or low B tier looks reasonable to me.
Personally, I use the hazmat suit for my courier on playthroughs where I go to Big MT first because it has much higher DT compared to any other light armor available there. If you do what most of the community does and go to Zion first, then of course Joshua Graham's armor would make the hazmat suit obsolete from a gameplay perspective.
Still, one can't deny the coolness factor of dressing up in the hazmat suit and darklight cowl while sporting a bear trap fist. The ghost trapper's in town!
Helmet is pretty useful though
@@bannedcommander2932honest hearts last because I love having a perfect build for being a tribalistic savage, going in with nothing but my duster from lonesome road
I always wear light armor for the movement speed, not even with the perk, i just cant handle moving at suboptimal speed 😅
tbf in my most recent playthrough, I opted for light armour solely due to it taking up less inventory space 🙃
Vvardenfell flashbacks 🗿
probably one of the most annoying parts of NV, the movement speed
i always use console command player.setav speedmult X on my playthroughs to increase my movement speed because i hate being slow in any game
@@maestrofeli4259 you should simply get the car mod
Sierra Madre Security Armor reinforced is my absolute favorite. Just looks so menacing on top of the defense stats.
I feel that but I prefer it with the Vault 34 texture and slightly worse stats
It looks amazing. I love the sierra madre armor!
@@kingofthegrillyou a hentai fan? 😅
I pretty much exclusively wear light armor, that movement speed and crit chance is too tempting for me to pass up.
Medium ftw
@@Alifesalife ways i go about it is light armor first then medium armor near the end for me cause i pick up the elite riot armor frome LR
@@giovannicervantes2053 if I’m doing a crit build I use light armour but other than that I find medium is most effective for most builds. I think the slowed movement speed of power armour makes the DT boost kinda useless and once you get past level 10 ish and start getting hunted down by death squads light armour doesn’t really hold up in 4v1 gun fights
@@Alifesalife i effectively do a dodge build by using turbo and bullet time that's built into project nevada
@@giovannicervantes2053 that sounds pretty cool I just play vanilla
You made a mistake re: All-purpose science suit. You get it from the Followers safehouse, and also imo it's not A-tier because you can't wear headwear with it, preventing you from stacking additional DT and other useful benefits
@techdeckdudes_ I agree and it's the space suit that's found in the REPPCON facility with the ghouls
You can reverse pickpocket the Regulator Duster from the Lonesone Drifter so you can get it on console and you don't have to spawn it in on pc.
Oh, awesome.
Light armor is always my favorite, but looks wise I can't pass up the Riot Gear from lonesome road
And you can rock the 1st recon beret WITH the riot helmet for that smexy +5 crit boost (even though it looks ridiculous clipping through the helmet in 3rd person) lmfao
Gecko backed reinforced leather armor is my absolute favorite, it has the same defense as regular combat armor, is very strong against cazadores, fire weapons, and has decent rad resistance, and is very durable. It fits the road warrior aesthetic perfectly, and does what armor is supposed to do; it keeps you alive.
Yeah it's an awesome armor and has a great style to it, but I do wish it was easier to make.
@@ReapeeRonit does have rather steep survival requirements, but if you can work around that as well as get enough turpentine, it’s easy enough to make. I can get it relatively early in Zion with a bit of pre planning, and the armor is more than sufficient until the end of HH where I tend to usually stick to Joshua’s armor because it’s simply peerless, aside from Ulysses’ duster perhaps.
Love light armor, my only gripe is that I think light armor is a bit over-tuned in this game when you consider light touch and travel light on TOP of the fact heavier armor makes you slower (and run speed is already notoriously slow in FNV) Ulysses duster+1st recon beret+ Halo from OWB is optimal, even for melee/unarmed builds, basically everything other than pure explosives. I kinda wish they added some heavy armor perks because as it stands, the ~10 DT boost you get from rocking remnants armor doesn't really justify using it for much more than role-playing (again, if you aren't going pure explosives). And if you are playing on very hard difficulty, then you really can't face-tank high-level non-human enemies regardless of the DT difference (at least not much more than you normally would with a slasher+med-X+battle brew combo).
I try not to min-max too much in this game for immersion's sake, but it's hard sometimes lol like I said, a few heavy armor perks would have gone a long way.
Yeah, and Medium Armor just sucks even more in comparison
Agreed on all accounts. I tend to gravitate towards light armor, but with all the benefits it gets how can you not? It’s simply the most viable option, at least in most cases unless your game is modded.
Well, there is one heavy armour perk with "In Shining Armor". Just a shame that it's bugged and doesn't do anything, and even with mods that fix it it's pretty bad, but they did try.
@@MadSwedishGamer they didn’t try hard enough, and I love Obsidian. But that perk is laughably bad even if it did work correctly.
i'd pick the assassin suit over the chinese stealth suit mainly because the helmet is stuck to the CSS, meaning you can wear other hats and helmets on top of it. while some might see it as a way to stack bonuses, i don't like how the models clip.
I had to download a mod that makes the helmet separate because I hated it so much
I was able to wear a hat with mine. Idk if that's a glitch or not tho
Offensive-Ulysses' duster (10 percent crit chance from the armor alone... nuff said)
Defensive-Sierra Madre armor, reinforced (love it for heavy handed melee builds)
Middle ground-Joshua Graham's armor
i'm not the biggest fan of Light Armor, but i love the Armored Vault Suit. wish there was a Reinforced Version.
@@UltimateGamerCC even more armored vault suit
Sierra Madre armor Reinforced is my fav armor in the whole game so banger to see it gets it’s deserved tier
It looks cool, has DT on par with Medium Armor for a Light Armor peice, easy to repair and excellent paired with Travel Light and Light Touch. Basically you sting like a bee with it!
Joshua’s armor when combined with specific light armor only perks is honestly the most broken armor in the game.
Duster is just a little bit better with crit chance, but looks-wise I totally agree with you. Classy snakeskin boots, snakeskin belt, a shirt with mormon sign on it and ballistic vest to justify high DT, what's not to love?
Yeah it is pretty good.
@@glaz_man8278 Thing is that you only get the duster after finishing lonesome road.
There usually is not mutch left to do afterwards
@@mangosteak It depends. If your build can handle fights in LR, you can complete it first and enjoy all of F:NV using top tier gear (and even smuggle Rawr's Claw into Sierra Madre).
Crit build is so fun
It's strange, Dead Money is my least favorite of the DLCs, but it's got a bunch of my favorite equipment in it, between the holorifle, the reinforced Sierra Madre armor and the bear trap fist. Other than that, Joshua Graham's armor is my favorite light armor for looks, defense and ability.
it's sad to hear that people dislike DM so much, for me it's up there with OWB. i dont get why the Survival Horror style and taking your time to think things through is such a bad thing.
@@UltimateGamerCCbecause if people wanted to play survival horror, we'd go play a survival horror game.
that reasoning is ass.@@GeraltofRivia22
I like it, but I just wish it didn't take your regular equipment so I often do it before the other DLCs to get it out of the way.
DM is cool the first time, you are learning the history through terminals and tapes. Everything is still new and surprising. Subsequent playthroughs it just feels like a chore. Granted on my current character it was pretty easy even on VH difficulty because I was prepared. I waited till ~lv. 30 and I had a few things to make it easier like Light Step for the traps, Thems Good Eatin' for the healing, and crafted Fist of Rawr.
another thing the spacesuit has going for it is you can still wear a helmet and shades while having the same rad resist as the advanced suit
Yeah that is pretty awesome!
Tbh I make light armor builds almost every run. Light Touch is too good to pass up.
i pref Power Armor.
Ulysses duster is S++ tier. Along with 1rst recon beret + unique Halo. If you go pure performance, there is nothing that even gets close. Armor gets you so far when you destroy everything from max distance.
It would be cool to hear your opinions on armor ranked based purely on how cool they look! The light armor I think looks the coolest from all these is the reinforced leather armor, definitely B tier in terms of stats but whoever designed that did a dang good job
After lvl 50 with Light Touch and Travel Light, you can pretty much use every set of Light Armor and RP to your liking.
The Hazard Suit should honestly be ranked lower, as the Heartless perk that you’re forced to get from OWB makes you completely immune to poison.
If you go with cardiac arrest instead, that plus hazmat suit is full or almost full immunity (not sure how they stack).
It's a very effective strategy to head to Lonesome Road early and grab the items in the Hopeville Bunker. You can avoid all combat if you're quick and get some great items. Plus having ED-E able to repair your weapon for free once a day is amazing to get early and makes the trip worth it just for that. The Marked Scout armour is nice early on as well, so it's typically my low level go-to choice.
Absolutely. Hopeville Bunker at level 2 or 3 immediately after Goodsprings or Primm is the best start.
I see too many players think that you have to go all the way to the end and confront Ulysses before returning to the Mojave.
Even the US Army combat armor is quite decent, and the general’s outfit is very nice as well.
I played Fallout New Vegas for so long and I still haven't found all of the armors or weapons and whatnot so this game can still surprise you
I wish i could wear Joshua's armor and the Courier Duster together. Seen some badass art drawn of the Courier wearing the Duster over Joshua's armor
I think there is a mod that combines them.
@@CliffSedge-nu5fv yeah maybe my favorite armor mod
Ultimate courier duster
If im not wrong
Haven't watched yet but Joshua's armor best be S tier.
On the Merc armour, I hear you and agree with everything you said, but the unmatched early game drip of the Merc Troublemaker outfit and the Desperado cowboy hat makes it worth it for me 😅
Sometimes I like wearing the Merc adventurer armor just because I like the way it looks.
I think that JG armor should be - 15 DT , 3% crit chance AND 20 % fire resistance.
Fire resistance would have been a good bit of flavor. They could've memed it and gave it MAX fire resist like 200% lol but i really think they should have just given it a much higher durability.
Makes sense, but too overpowered.
@@snit22I don’t agree. Very few enemies actually hit you with fire damage, so it wouldn’t be much more than a small flavor bonus.
In my current playthru I gave joshua graham's armor and the 1st recon cap and Raoul goes absolutely insane with the medicine stick and mysterious magnum especially after I got raoul upgraded thru his quest.
This was my favorite clothing review you’ve done as this class of armor is based more on bonuses and trade offs - you have to be intentional with light armor
I've been rocking the Space Suit since I picked it up. Great DT to weight ratio(especially when you add the helmet, which has 4 DT itself).
The +40 rad resist is awesome for areas like Vault 34, and it has a really unique look(sunglasses under the bowl!).
I just hit lvl 20, so I'll probably be replacing it soon, but it has been a great early-mid game item for me.
Awesome, that is what I do on some of my runs too.
Space suit + helmet is hard to resist: 14 DT for 7 weight and good rad resist make it better than almost any light armor you can get in the game.
@CliffSedge-nu5fv yea no kidding. I kept waiting for something new to stack up, and nothing did. Until I finished Honest Hearts. Been rocking Joshua Graham's armor ever since.
It also is funny as hell
I can see why light armor is very popular. Not because of the perks like Light Touch, but because there are so many light armors in Fallout: New Vegas.
I don't use the reinforced Sierra Madre armor much outside of Dead Money these days since I tend to go for the Desert Ranger armor through the rest of the game, but I used to use it until the end. It is, in my opinion, top tier light armor. Can't go wrong with it. Regular clothes repair it too so that makes it even more useful. No stat increases though, but that's not a huge deal.
I really don't think any of the skill bonuses on armor are that good. SPECIAL, Carry weight or crit % are good but I always end up getting 100 in my high priority skills through skill books and levels. Also magazines exist.
I really wish the standard Riot Gear from Lonesome Road was classified as Light but alas at least we have the SLCPD armor from Joshua 😂
That might be a bit to strong, but it would be really cool!
needed to find me a spiffy yet durable cowboy armor for this new character ive got cookin. thought i'd come here. and joshua's armor + daniel's hat is a good lookin combo. thanks.
Gladiator armor unironically the goat it’s a quest item and you can keep it forever if you don’t care about the fights in the little gladiator arena in the fort so you can keep the armor for the entire game if you just walk backwards and get out before the gate closes
The only armor that was looking for was the Sheriff Duster in Primm and it wasn’t covered😢
That's counted as clothing so that will be on a different list.
Love my Gecko Reinforced Leather, definitely the GOAT.
Wish it had a unique skin
Light armor is KING in this game, and it isn’t even close. Although I do like quite a few of the medium armors. The only heavy armor I’d consider using aside from power armor would probably be the gecko backed reinforced metal armor, and even then I’d prefer the leather armor over the metal.
Armoured jumpsuit should be higher because you start the game with it
Thank you for uploading these tier lists
No problem!
I love the assassin suit, paired with the 1st recon beret and a pair of sunglasses, stealth type character I sorta feel like Solid Snake lol
All this time I never knew the courier duster had different effects and logos. Probably because by the time I get it the Riot gears are equipped and I always hold off on the main faction quests so I can get away with nuking both sides
1:28 and if you don't have super high endurance then what are you doing? you're playing the wrong game!
lol fair point
Personally, I'd put the armored vault suit lower. Not because of the stats or anything, but because of the repair material - You need combat armor to fix it up. Thankfully it drops to any light with jury rigging, but still... Mid game armor to repair a starting armor? Ugh.
oof, that's reasonable. you'd think that you would only require Vault Suits to Repair.
Poison resist is pointless in old world blues since u get poison immunity via heartless
I'm currently playing an energy sneak build and that Assassin suit is fantastic.
no better sneaking suit than the one from X13
I usually play Honest Hearts early (Level 7 on current playthrough) and its Joshua's armor for most of the rest of the game.
Light armor, best armor.
S tier light armor are definitly the best in this game, and they look great.
Light Armor Melee is fun especially with the movement speed increase both from just light armor itself and the travel light perk.
I'm loving these tierlists. I listen to them whilst playing TTW hahaha : D
Yo same here. Playing a crit build and the Chinese Stealth Armor from Operation : Anchorage has made the past few months in FNV feel like a breeze.
I've played this game since 2010 and I have NEVER seen the All-purpose science suit before.
Followers Safehouse, only one in game. uses the same texture as Enclave Scientist garb.
@@UltimateGamerCC that explains it. I never got the Follower safe house because I always found their rep hard to get
@@gunslinginleftistjust donate Fixer and get easy reputation with easy xp.
@@gunslinginleftist You could always just give Julie all the extra Fixer/Med-X/RadAway you don't need, I think having 50 total between them all should be enough, and then of course do all the quests associated with them (the recovering addicts, fixing the conflict between kings and NCR, fixing the medicine distribution)
@@gunslinginleftist 6 months after the fact, but if you ever have any interest in getting that safehouse opened, try recruiting Jerry (an NPC in the Great Khan camp in Red Rock, standing outside the circular fence structure in the middle of the camp), helping Jason and Bill Ronte get sober, getting the Followers a supply of chems from the Atomic Wrangler, then donating chems to Julie Farkas to max out your reputation the rest of the way. Last week, I ended up accidentally maxing out my rep with them with those donations. Happened right as I was saddling up to start the second battle for Hoover Dam. If you do that, you also get offered a lab coat and an invitation to join the Followers.
for radiation i use the spacesuit (+40 rad res) and I can wear a helmet/mask and ulyses mask if needed I add rad x
I use the dead horse stalker armor as my grognak build in nv Ik it doesn’t affect melee but just aesthetically it fits for me
The one of the radioactive places where the radiation suit is completely useless is vault 34 for that place a suit of T51 B
Wish you could gecko back more styles of armor
poison resistance is a great stat for a melee build. since poison ignores all our other tanky perks.
Without jury rigging the gecko reinforced leather is my favorite light armor. Nice overall and I can repair it easily.
Personally for my current build on my playthrough of FNV I think I'm just going Light armor since my character is Guns/Explosives/Sneak. Mainly laying traps and picking off what ever is left from a distance
I can't believe radiation armor is better than other armors lol
Yeah :)
Light armor: 2nd gear
Medium armor: 1st gear
Heavy armor: park
I always liked the assassins suit in Dead Money. Simple but I really like the design. I know it was used for the stealth suit in owb but I sort of like the simpler version better.
Also, the OWB stealth suit is medium armor and so can't benefit from light armor perks.
Light armor is always better.
Josuha Graham's armor and the Sierra Madre Reinforced are S+ tier
I love those videos. Headgear next ? and what can be worn as combo? For all the powerplayers out there :)
My prefered armor setup EVERY time is: Eulogy Jones's hat, Lucky Shades, Viva Las Vegas, and a cigar in my mouth (from a mod) best armor in the game imo
Caesar's armor is D tier in my opinion just because obtaining it requires you killing Caesar, meaning that Caesar's Legion will hate you, and you can't wear it around any NCR. The benefit of disguing you as Legion doesn't really help you either, as Legion assassins will still attack you and there isn't much to do with Caesar's Legion that isn't the main quest.
Well, you could cause him to have an accident and then pass a speech check and the Legion won't hate you.
You can kill Caleb mcaffery and take his duster. 6 DT and +1CHR and +5 Guns. Great early game
Looks good on Cass too.
Early game I like to use the
Basic leather armour until I get a set of reinforced leather armour but usually by the time my character is level 14 I use T45 d power armour and I also usually build my character for using power armour by putting 7 points into agility which counteracts the minus 2 to agility from T45 d although the medium armours look good I find that they always wear out at the wrong time and are expensive to fix because if you cant find another peice to fix it you have to buy one usually from the gun runners and that can cost a few thousand caps
You can get caesars armor without killing him
If you dont have enough medicine skill and have the medical supplies you still can operate him, thought u need high speak skill to convince luscius
I mean you theorically kill him but, you don't get any bad reputation for it
The Assassin Suit is my favorite, even without running a sneak build because it has really nice DT for light armor, which means you can still get all the extra bonuses from perks for light armor, including the speed bonus. The stealth buff is also nice even if you aren't running a stealth build, just to get those first shot crits off in an engagement, or avoid a nasty fight. I also just think it's the coolest looking. Never liked the Chinese stealth armor's look much, honestly. It always reminded me too much of a bug, and it has too many internal bits showing. It fits what it's supposed to be, but I'm just not a fan. Assassin Suit looks a lot cleaner, and I even prefer it over the Mk. II.
Havent watched yet but going from memory and the thumbnail the sierra madre armor from the dlc is aces
Joshua Ghram's armor is my favorite just cause The Burned Man exists. That's all.
Yeah, I love that armor too!
@@ReapeeRon yeah, if you also add a bulletproof vest mod it becomes lore accurate (as far bulletproof vests go in Fallout).
Standing high above S tier laughing at all the light, medium, and heavy armors is the Naughty Nightwear.
In New Vegas, luck and speech are the most powerful abilities.
If you kill every enemy from stealth, then it doesn't matter what your DT is.
assassin suit SS tier for the drip.
Hey Ron question. What if you complete lonesome road as an idolized courier by all of the strip , ncr , and legion?
I think you will get talked about siding with NCR then. Maybe, I don't know if I have done a playthrough like that.
@@ReapeeRon I will try it and let you know. Playing dlcs for the first time and I’ve played through Vegas like 8 times before this.
@@ReapeeRon you gain too much affinity with the ncr. Therefore Ulysses assumes you are NCR.
Space suit carries so hard the whole game, especially in OWB
Day ??? Of asking for New Vegas quests tier list 😢
I'd honestly count the faction armors lower than their stats because of the forced reactions based on the disguise. It's a limited benefit with huge drawbacks.
That is a good point.
The advanced radiation suit is rendered totally useless if you have done the lonesome road, ulysses mask has 50 rad resist..... Then top that off with some power armor and you are now a tank with a shitload of rad resist
I did not know there were different armor types. Does it affect anything or is it just a leftover mechanic from Morrowind?
It determines your movement speed
There are also some perks that are specific to certain types of armor.
@@kingleech16 I thought only light armour has perks.
It also affects detection.
Personally my fav is gecko backed leather armor
Say, would you ever do reviews of Fallout 3 gear relating to TTW?
I might, I will probably do some of these for fallout 3 and fallout 4.
4:36 NEW VEGAS NERFED THE CHINESE STEALTH SUIT FOR NO GOOD REASON AT ALL
New vegas and skyrim definitely did armors the best. The 2 best examples of
Different armors fit different builds, not...
Start at light and work to heavy
Great Khan Armor
'Theyre reallly not that Great' :D
Only one of the NCR armors has 2 DT (the fatigues with no vest), the majority of them are 10. Skim the rest of the wiki page lol.
Can you rank all of Fallout 2’s weapons?
12:45 you didn’t even mention the free night vision with the dark light cowl
He did mention it, but said he was not covering headgear.
@@snit22 I’m a bit slow
it's always been devastating to me that there's no really great cowboy aesthetic armor in fnv unless you mod it in
where's the stealth suit? I loved it cause it talks
That's a medium armor. So it is on that tier list.
Explorer's gear is S tier on aesthetics alone.
Why on earth would a rad suit be that high?
There are only two places in NV with rads that aren't avoidable, the one town and a small section in lonesome road.
was ncr armor not Medium?
Most of it is, but there is one armor that is a light armor.
My “build” for new Vegas is always the same, shit tons of guns and too much god damn ammo
Thanks.
No worries!
No sherif outfit? Been rocking it to level 10 so far
It provides no DT so doesn't count as armor.
Ulysses duster is goated