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This is a simple mod that makes armor and weapon interactions more realistic and gives weapons more punch. Now there is a big difference between someone that is unarmored and someone that is in power armor. It would be nigh impossible to take out someone in power armor with small arms pistol fire, and someone unarmored will be extremely vulnerable to all kinds of attacks.

I am an engineer, and I decided on the numbers thorough some reasonably complex math to visualize how the progression slope for combat looks as compared to vanilla new vegas. The damage and armor numbers are based on that for the most part with some tweaks for playability.

This will make combat less forgiving but more realistic as far as the effects of armor and weapons go.

Most armors have had their DT values as much as doubled and skill plays a bigger role in weapon damage now. All weapons do more realistic damage but skill is important for being able to get the most out of any particular weapon.

The result of these changes is that unarmored opponents become quite vulnerable, with hollow point rounds simply shredding their soft flesh and heavily armored opponents becoming much more formidable, just as they really would be. Armor piercing ammo has been adjusted to be in line with new armor values and larger caliber AP ammo is very effective against heavily armored opponents (and you).

This makes for a highly dynamic combat experience that can change in an instant and have much more to do with character skill and having the types of weapons appropriate for a particular armor.

This mod makes armor matter, so don't forget to bring protection as it will drastically increase survivability.

Keep in mind that you will need the right tool for the job to bring down tougher enemies. A Deathclaw with shrug off small arms fire and you don't want to bring a pea shooter to try and take on a robot sentry, as it wont do any damage.

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