Why nerf the Chinese stealth armor : Fallout: New Vegas

» Wed Sep 29, 2010 9:16 pm

So I have heard that my favorite armore (Chinese stealth armor) got nerfed in New Vegas. Why? I loved the stealth armor and it makes me sad that it got nerfed/changed.

» Thu Sep 30, 2010 2:15 am

I didn't even know the armour was in New Vegas.

If it is then bloody good job it got nerfed. You could simply walk around and kill everyone with that armour.

» Wed Sep 29, 2010 2:41 pm

So I have heard that my favorite armore (Chinese stealth armor) got nerfed in New Vegas. Why? I loved the stealth armor and it makes me sad that it got nerfed/changed.

How have they nerfed it?

EDIT: Oh, no stealth field... That's what Stealth boys are for.... Now it's on par with regular Recon armour, huh... and regular Recon armour is worth more...

» Wed Sep 29, 2010 1:06 pm

Probably because it was stupidly overpowered to the point where using it was basically cheating. A passive stealth boy is just too much.

» Wed Sep 29, 2010 11:06 pm

How have they nerfed it?

EDIT: Oh, no stealth field... That's what Stealth boys are for.... Now it's on par with regular Recon armour, huh... and regular Recon armour is worth more...

I agree it was useful but they nerfed it into worse than Recon amor. I hope their are plenty of stealth boys!

» Wed Sep 29, 2010 9:13 pm

I agree it was useful but they nerfed it into worse than Recon amor. I hope their are plenty of stealth boys!

because it was overpowered, like perks every level.

» Thu Sep 30, 2010 1:40 am

because it was overpowered, like perks every level.

Just because it as to powerful doens't make it right to make it useless. Now my stealth character will have to clunk around.

» Wed Sep 29, 2010 1:01 pm

yea its just +5 sneak now. the only place ive seen it is in the storage at the dam.

its cool though, it looks just like the ninja from metal gear solid

» Wed Sep 29, 2010 6:11 pm

Because the Chinese is starting to gain power due to the recession and it wouldn't look good in the US/UK market to make a "Made in China" armor look uber good. It's just not good marketing and bad politically

lol

» Wed Sep 29, 2010 5:44 pm

It was fine in fallout 3 considering when most people got it game was over since it was an add on. Having such a powerful armor here would take away from the challenge, hence why i doubt there is a ghoul mask. It was freaking awesome but it nullified most subway routes, point look out and many other things

» Wed Sep 29, 2010 1:11 pm

Well, the CSA was uber over powered (and rad) in FO3. Im sure they only made it that way cuz it was for DLC.

If they had it that way from the start in FNV it would almost ammount to a god mode.

» Wed Sep 29, 2010 2:29 pm

Well, the CSA was uber over powered (and rad) in FO3. Im sure they only made it that way cuz it was for DLC.

If they had it that way from the start in FNV it would almost ammount to a god mode.

Subsequent playthroughs of FO3 amounted to that.

It was obscenely powerful, stupidly so (not to say I didn't use it).

Glad it isn't back as the god suit.

» Wed Sep 29, 2010 11:10 pm

I'm disappointed that it was nerfed, but I'll live.

» Wed Sep 29, 2010 3:48 pm

So I have heard that my favorite armore (Chinese stealth armor) got nerfed in New Vegas. Why? I loved the stealth armor and it makes me sad that it got nerfed/changed.

Well, some people think the CSA was like the W***e of Babylon luring innocent Fallout 3 players into a life of sin and debauchery with it's "godlike power"....so for the good of your immortal soul they cried and screamed until the devs threw it under the bus.

» Thu Sep 30, 2010 3:17 am

Yep, it was overpowered in FO3, and I loved it!, not because it made it easier to kill, quite the opposite in fact, it made it easier NOT to kill, I got tired of killing raider after raider, mutant upon mutant, all while just exploring the wasteland, so it was a pleasure getting around without having to fight every 5 minutes.

» Wed Sep 29, 2010 5:30 pm

+5 sneak? That's useless!!

» Wed Sep 29, 2010 9:23 pm

Haha, in FO3, chinese stealth armor let me walk right in front of a super mutant overlord and blow his ugly brains out with ease

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» Wed Sep 29, 2010 3:27 pm

Why didn't they just leave it out? Puting in a pathetic version was a mistake. Could have nerfed it but not to redundancy.

» Wed Sep 29, 2010 5:56 pm

this is a single player game, no online, no leaderboards. there is no such thing as overpowered in these games. if someone wants to be a god, let them FFS, why should you care?

» Wed Sep 29, 2010 10:06 pm

It kinda needed a nerf, I walked around the entire Mothership Zeta crouched 1hitting groups of 5 aliens one at a time and they never did anything.

They shouldn't have nerfed it to the ground that badly, though. Just make the DT absolute crap, that'd be the best way to go about it imo; you are still a beast at sneaking but if you are discovered you are going to get thrashed horribly.

I'm sure there'll be mods for it, though.