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This doesn't appear on any other power armor, so it would appear that the power armor is lore-accurate and T-45 drains power which must be replenished, but not the more advanced armors.

Battle Damage Rate?

Maybe, but I'm pretty sure it's been confirmed that later models of T-45 power armor, such as the T-45d, had fusion reactors instead of using power cells. It also occurs to me that T-60 power armor might be a post-war creation like the Enclave Power Armor. T-51 was supposed to be the pinnacle of power armor technology pre-war. I'm thinking the T-60 was either something new and experimental, like the medic power armor, or was developed by the BoS or Institute.

That would appear on other torsos as well, wouldn't it?

What kind of concerns me there, is that there's no DT rating displayed, just Damage, Energy and Rad Resist. The DT system was pretty good, since it gave other armors a purpose (high end Light or Medium Armor was just as good against most small handguns as Power Armor), instead of just making Power Armor completely and utterly superior in all circumstances, like it was in Fallout 3.

Plus, i loved the various ammo types that were related to the DT system. My hobby was collecting bullets and breaking them down into more specialized bullets, such as Hollow Points, Armor Piercing, Slugs, etc. Using a Riot Shotgun against low DT targets? 12 Gauge Magnum Rounds. Fighting a Medium DT target? 12 Gauge Flechette Rounds. Fighting a high DT target? 12 Gauge Slugs.

Power Armor Battery Damage rate? That wouldn't make much sense ...

That armour is a T-45b though.

As others mentioned, the 45 series was battery powered, and notorious for running through its battery fairly quickly.

Its probable that the T45 will be the first kind of PA we get, and it will be battery powered, and the PA BAT Dam Rate is how badly damage the battery is.

Later models like the 51 series, the 60 series, and the Enclave series, would all have internal batteries, and thus, wouldn't have the dam rate.

Too much hardcoe.

Game made for the masses can not afford to have these complex mechanics.

P.S: I think you cannot make HP of any ammo =p

Mods?

Bat Dam Rate is an odd name, rather than something simpler like Battery Level. Makes me think there's some mechanic behind it like maybe the battery drains at a rate tied to damage taken by the armour, rather than a time-based drain.

Seems odd that it is called "PA Bat Dam Rate". But even more odd that it (atleast in the demo we have) only appears on the t45 series PA torso. A suit that, according to lore was the only one that used batteries. Why wouldnt be called "PA Bat Drain Rate" instead of "dam" maybe its a UI place holder.

that is cool im realy likeing that beth is going into more of the lore this time around

But PA should be superior in every circumstance at stopping damage, since you're basically wearing a tank. Also it was the opposite imo, in NV, because of DT all lighter armor svcked and you had to use PA to be able to tank stuff worth a damn even on the lowest setting, while in FO3, with enough DR perks and any halfway decent armor you cut dmg by near 3/4s, which made you tanky enough on most difficulties.

The ammo types were a cool thing though.

Hopefully the battery issue has a universal fix, so if I like the look of the 45 model but still want a more handy powersource I can do that.

I am thinking the same thing. Having watched the PA being used in the demo many times, I've noticed the "core" dropped when the armor sustained heavy damage. Perhaps suits with fusion reactors behave like those (or the one) with a battery in that when the core reaches zero the suit shuts off. Difference may be that battery operated ones slowly drain even if not being damaged. Perhaps where the t60 said "core" the t45 will say "cell" or "batt". Might explain why there is an "11" under the core. Fusion reactor powered suits might still show the number of cells you carry, or they can even be used to restart a damaged core or something.

That is not the T-60 in the demo.

I don't know, but the way it looks just seems sorta "placeholder-y" to me. Surely they could come up with a better name than that for whatever stat that is.

Im pretty sure it is.

No one thinks Battle Damage? Like pieces of the armor getting damaged. having a pauldron blown off by a high powered rifle seems intense..

Or maybe it is battery damage and if the thing gets too damaged it becomes unstable, which could lead to a variety of different setbacks, from the classic unstable explosion to the suit shutting down, etc...

Prrhaps, weird that it only shows on the t45 PA.

Agree about DT, it also made me want heavier hiring guns, like the 12.7 mm sub-machine gun (confusing, in Europe 0.50 is a pistol caliber while 12.7 mm is the M2 heavy machine gun ammo)

Well if you look at the XBox segment of the Fallout 4 presentation, you'll notice that the power armor has a "Core" gauge. I can only assume that refers to the power core.

I'm quite sure it isn't. It's a visual upgrade to the T-45.

Also, from the looks of it, they're again using that convoluted, confusing, and informationally useless armor value system from Skyrim. Unless weapon damages are higher than we used to see as well...

It is clearly the T60 armor. Ill post pictures as proof later.

Ahhhhh, I checked the helmet. You're right. It's the T-60.