Metal armor is a suit of armor made of metal. Leather armor - 60 repair (1) Leather armor Mk II - 70 repair (379) Metal armor - 80 repair (2) Metal armor Mk II - 90 repair (380) Combat armor - 110 repair (17) Combat armor Mk II - 115 repair, 75 science (381) Brotherhood armor (239) (not used by any critters can only be found in Brotherhood bunker in SF) "Classic Fallout" Khaki Leather - A brown/khaki leather version, more reminiscent of the Metal Armor seen in Fallout 1 and 2, for that old-timey feel. Balthas sells it at his house in Modoc Main Street. It seems as though it should give even more protection than the standard Advanced Power Armor. If your Agility and Sneak are high enough, it doesn't matter. Leather does't have the muffled mod, so that means you automatically muffled while wearing it. 1 raider shoulder is cool 2 is over kill on the grated shielding. Same goes for the heaviest combat armor - makes your guy look like he's about 400lbs. New Vegas A7 Armor Classic Veteran Ranger Brown Suede Leather Trench Coat. until I'm high enough lvl to go fullblown stealth. Metal is the opposite, with high physical resist and low energy resistance. Impact of armor on stealth, metal vs leather.
In terms of stats, Synth armor is better Leather armor. There are also mods you can get that make you move faster while crouched in stealth. There are also black variants of the armor pieces and the harness. sneak through the prydwen and plant the bombs undetected f***ing the brotherhood right up.
FALLOUT 2 COMBAT ARMOR MOD
MIB88, who adapted terryk1463's mod to Megamod for Fallout 2, added Repair (for all types of armor) and Science (for more resistant ones) skill checks to the armor-creating code to reflect the need to repair a killed person's armor suit prior to further use. I've redone every single specular map to simulate the high gloss/low specular nature of real leather as well, and polished the metal bits somewhat. Metal armor has a higher amount of resistance and threshold bonuses but leather has a higher AC. The metal would be by 2nd favorite though.
FALLOUT 2 COMBAT ARMOR FULL
It can be purchased from Jesse in Carbon Town Center or found in a ⦠a full upgraded metal armor? Lighter Build reduces the weight by 3.2 pounds. of it it was just the slightly higher weight penalty of the shadowed combat armor vs the leather. Overall, the metal armor is better than the leather armor. Without any of these probably is better to use leather than metal. Happy Harry sells it at Happy Harry's, in the Vault City courtyard.