Forum:Chinese Stealth Armor suggestion

Below is a suggestion (which may have been suggested by someone else already, or something similar to it) on how Obsidian could reapply the stealth field to the Chinese Stealth Armor in a manner that might alleviate their concern that it was too overpowered in FO3 (which I agree, it was, but then, why bring it back at all if you're going to render it next to useless?).

When equipping the Chinese Stealth Armor for the first time, the player would see a counter reading "0/600." This counter represents the charge time of the armor's stealth field (0 seconds remaining out of a maximum of 600 seconds (ten minutes)). In order to recharge the stealth field, the player needs to access the armor through his/her inventory screen and then press the same button they'd normally use to add a weapon modification to a weapon. From here, they can select any number of Energy Cells (which they must also have in their inventory) to charge the field. 1 Energy Cell = 1 second of charge. Therefore, if you wanted to fully recharge it, doing so would cost you 600 Energy Cells.

This would bring back the stealth field but at a cost to the player that should prompt him/her to use it sparingly, as opposed to all of the time.

Thoughts?--174.0.106.101 19:52, June 27, 2011 (UTC)

I have seen multiple mods for chinese stealth armor converting it to FO3 settings and versions that used AP points. I have to say I like your idea much much more. The use of small energy cells makes sense. The armor being a high tech piece of equipment has to use some form of energy to charge its stealth field so why not make it something that's present and already used as a source of energy? At low levels you wouldn't be able to use it freely and at high levels it would be relatively easy to maintain. It's just more genuine and lore friendly in my opinion. I would add though that entering combat should break the stealth field if you're to close because 600 seconds is a long time to be invisible. Otherwise it would be just as overpowered as the original instead of having character.Cpanda 00:12, June 28, 2011 (UTC)