All my characters take heavy combat armor highly upgraded near level 40-50, and I haven't found anything better than that late-game. In a drawer at the very bottom section of the New Reno Arms basement. You also should craft the leather ultra light build, with shadowed, weight impacts stelth the most. If your Agility and Sneak are high enough, it doesn't matter. Iirc synth armor has better stats, but makes you look like a toilet. The basic variant consists of two axillary and shoulder protectors. The simple construction techniques required to produce armor of this design made it a popular choice following the Great War. I'm currently stockpiling any armor i find that is sturdy or heavy, so i can build a heavy raider and metal set. Metal armor is a suit of armor in Fallout 2. Anything beyond that is about finding legendary pieces. he was asking if it was worth hunting leather armor when he already had legendary combat armor with decent effects.
is a full upgraded leather armor worse than f.e. I was wearing armored military fatigues u der it but I like the look of the BOS uniform so rocking that in its place. I use unmodded Heavy Combat Armor while sneaking and enemies literally run into me and still don't see me.