


Putting on the uniform of a faction negates your standing. The other annoying issue with armor involves faction reputation. If you never deal with the Brotherhood, Power Armor won’t be seen. If you put off the main quest until you are level 20-something, the cool looking NCR Ranger Combat Armor won’t appear. These two short paragraphs are to help you realize one thing. No training is required to wear their armor and their armor provides no benefits. All of a sudden NCR soldiers will be seen wearing Power Armor. Power Armor isn’t widespread until you reach a certain point in the Brotherhood of Steel sidequest. So, I’m not convinced it is tied to character level. I think it has to do with the OS upgrade to Mr. It also doesn’t appear until you reach a certain point in the main quest - a condition is met. It is a unique NCR combat armor for the NCR Rangers. However, it provides no benefit of any kind.
