Old Raider Armors

[IberianVaelico]

Anyone else feels that the Raider armors in F4 are just extremely exaggerated? That they reach the level of ridiculous?
If you have doubts of what I'm talking about, then look at this :
http://66.media.tumblr.com/a90eac3872b14aa0b53d8ed39917c950/tumblr_inline_nyuboeVRY21s3ca0o_540.jpg

 

or this :

http://vignette4.wikia.nocookie.net/fallout/images/4/4a/Trapper_Armor.png/revision/latest?cb=20160620215352

 

What the hell Bethesda? Who the hell comes down with these ideas? They're neither cool nor intimidating, they're simply something that makes me laugh every time, EVERY time I see a raider armored up in this crap.

 

On the other hand, the old raiders looked like this :

 

http://vignette1.wikia.nocookie.net/fallout/images/1/1d/Raider_Armor_set.png/revision/latest?cb=20101220003737

 

They have that mixture of Punk and Tribal. Low on armor, making them relie mostly on swiftness of action(which is good for hit and run tactics, something a lowly organized force usually relies on). They have a menacing look but simple at the same time. It's cool to see a special raider, like a gang leader to have more overrated armor for shock value and intimidation(more than actual defensive worth). But most raiders are nomads not knights. They are constantly on the run, marauding and fighting each other(in theory atleast), that post-apocaliptic-punkish-indian look fits them way better :) Besides, who would actually be able to walk in one of the previously mentioned armors? Or who would be able to see with a Disciples helmet? Seriously, who invented this?

 

Anyway, anyone planning on bringing the Raider armors from the previous Fallout games into Fallout 4? Both from the vanilla F3 along with those from the Pitt as well. I've seen some atempts to introduce something like that, but they where just mixed up elements from already existing stuff in Fallout 4. What I'm refering to is something made from scrap. Is anyone currently doing or planning to do something like that?
Also, stuff from this artwork also looks pretty awesome and down-to-earth ;)

http://vignette3.wikia.nocookie.net/fallout/images/a/a9/FO4_Raiders_Art_Book.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20160104190830

[maxg150]

agreed. sooner or later someone's gonna release a giant lore-friendly armor mod like Spice of Life or Immersive Armors.

Edited November 21, 2016 by maxg150

[DeathknightDNOfficial]

Some - Big some - raider armors are feasible, mostly in the early game when they're wearing light and sturdy armor raider armor, as well as metal and leather armor. I actually think the bizzare trapper armor fits them somehow, though the image provided certainly is the more "OK this is too much" of the lot. One of them. Typically it seems bethesda is thinking heavy armor means "JUST ADD ALOT OF WEIGHT" no bethesda, its -heavy- because it sacrifices your mobility / speed / or by in game standards, large amounts of weight, for more protective equipment.