CalebRagnarok

I'm thinking of energy weapons that tether to the power armor to use the onboard core. If carried by a person not in power armor, the weapon uses its own power, but when equipped with power armor it gets some kind of damage boost or less charging time. Guns like the grenade machinegun from NV would get more stability, and guns like a 20MM cannon wouldn't be usable without the added strength of the armor.

A co-worker of mine had an idea that I thought was very good. He commented that certain heavy weapons should only be usable when in power armor, such as the gatling laser or broadsider. After discussing this idea, we thought that the gatling laser should connect to the power armor and use the onboard fusion core. Weapons like the Magnum Rifle mod should be next to unusable without the assistance of servos. The mini gun should slow a person not in power armor down and most heavy weapons should have more recoil when the user is not in power armor. We envisioned a whole slew of weapons that either plug into the power armor or have some kind of connecting device to the armor for stability or other such perks. Anyone else agree with us?