i know, i know, its gonna be nitpicky of me, but the reason there isnt any legion ranger armor in the base game is because they never won a battle against the veteran rangers. standard civilian rangers? yes. veterans? even the prime legionnaires and centurions havent gotten a kill on them. nice armor tho!
Well no, to be fair, at Fortification Hill and the arena there, the legion have a captured Ranger named Stella. Who, even though it's not confirmed one way or another, I assume to be a veteran ranger rather than the lighter-dressed rangers; as she is capable of holding her own and killing a Legion Centurion in the arena with her bare hands lmao.
Could, hypothetically, be her armor.
I also like the "Ranger defecting to Legion" theory.
from the canon lore, no, the veteran rangers have not lost a battle, unless you count the nuking of lonesome road as a battle. in the lore, they kneecapped Camp Navarro, which was filled with enemies a lot more dangerous than the legion.
You're forgetting about all the desert rangers who didn't join the NCR and are faction-less wanderers. Any one of them could join, be killed captured by the legion. Also where does the armour come from originally? Surely the rangers didn't invent it. Or maybe a ranger just dies in the wasteland to any of the million possible ways and the legion come across it later lol. I don't think it takes to much mental gymnastics to imagine the possibility of the legion having one of these edit: Even just the simple fact as courier you can find like 6 of these pretty easily on your adventures and you're just a brain damaged mailman
as far as we know, there aren't any rangers who used desert ranger combat armor who deserted after the unification treaty. also, there are exactly two places where you can get Veteran armor without killing a ranger. the ncr safehouse, and the Long 15 after you nuke it. the armor was developed for police departments like the LAPD and a few peacekeeping units of the US military, mostly to suppress riots in Hopeville and California. also, if a NCR ranger is dead from something, any member of the legion short of a Legate isnt getting close.
God lore lawyering is amazing, a completely reasonable mod can be made to seem outlandish just by facts and logic. It's really a sight to see. also I just like seeing the legion be deprived of content lmao.
"They (Desert Rangers) eventually met their match when they clashed with Caesar's Legion in Arizona. The war went badly for the Rangers, who found themselves substantially outnumbered by Caesar's armies. Despite their superior training and equipment, the Rangers' numbers quickly dwindled. They were pushed out of Arizona and forced to call on the New California Republic for help, which resulted in the signing of the Ranger Unification Treaty in 2271, at a checkpoint near the California-Nevada border. In exchange for the NCR's protection of Hoover Dam, New Vegas and southern Nevada against the forces of the Legion, the Desert Rangers were eventually absorbed into the New California Republic Rangers."
Bro is acting like veteran rangers are demigods. Nope, they can die, just like anyone else, and only the Courier having the armor even if we concede to this weirdo with the pfp's point makes sense, because of course, no veteran ranger could kill the Courier. Also, yeah, the ranger Stella at Fortification Hill proves they can be caught lacking. I highly doubt these veteran rangers travel in big packs all the time, they usually go on solo recon missions and whatnot, that's where the Legion with their superior numbers and speed and guerilla tactics can sometimes screw them over. I also think that there's a sort of legend and mythos around the veteran rangers, and the NCR of course exaggerates and embellishes their reputation in order to engage in psychological warfare. That's my thoughts though.
Looks awesome is awesome armor. Thanks for convincing me to do Legion playthrough.
A bit of criticism: 1.Despite decent looks, the armor looks quite low detailed feels lacking sometimes. Make 2k version of this and add some additional details that would make the outfit look like it's Legion armor. 2.It's a shame there's no female version of this.
hey random issue im having but the armor just has default ranger armor texture in game? like its named properly but its just a standard ncr ranger set when i wear it. not sure whats casuing that
The armor doesn't have a female variant. I should've put that in the mod description but I forgot to do so.
Some of the pieces I used to make the armor (namely the chestplate from CNR) don't have female variants of the model, so I didn't make a female version. Sorry!
this is cool as hell, but a few criticisms, the detail on the main armor is underwhelming it'll be cooler if bits of centurion armor was thrown all over it, and finally (this is really personal preference) but if possible you can up the textures to 2k or 4k. but other than that it's a dope mod
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Could, hypothetically, be her armor.
I also like the "Ranger defecting to Legion" theory.
edit: Even just the simple fact as courier you can find like 6 of these pretty easily on your adventures and you're just a brain damaged mailman
also, there are exactly two places where you can get Veteran armor without killing a ranger. the ncr safehouse, and the Long 15 after you nuke it.
the armor was developed for police departments like the LAPD and a few peacekeeping units of the US military, mostly to suppress riots in Hopeville and California. also, if a NCR ranger is dead from something, any member of the legion short of a Legate isnt getting close.
numbers quickly dwindled. They were pushed out of Arizona and forced to call on the New California Republic for help, which resulted in the signing of the Ranger Unification Treaty in 2271, at a checkpoint near the California-Nevada border. In exchange for the NCR's protection of Hoover Dam, New Vegas and southern Nevada against the forces of the Legion, the Desert Rangers were eventually absorbed into the New California Republic Rangers."
Is reading the wiki hard?
i concede defeat. i was looking at the NCR Rangers, and i didnt think of the desert rangers. @AnleifrHH-Nevermind, the optional download works
A bit of criticism:
1.Despite decent looks, the armor looks quite low detailed feels lacking sometimes. Make 2k version of this and add some additional details that would make the outfit look like it's Legion armor.
2.It's a shame there's no female version of this.
Some of the pieces I used to make the armor (namely the chestplate from CNR) don't have female variants of the model, so I didn't make a female version. Sorry!
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