Is there any downside to metal armor over leather armor?

In New Vegas, metal armor made your sneaking less likely to be successful. Is there anything like this in Fallout 4?

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Metal armor tends to be heavier than a corresponding piece of leather armor. However, this may not be true depending on the mods. Lighter armor is better for sneaking, so assuming the same mods, leather armor will be sneakier.

However, this weight issue isn't particular to metal armor. Any heavier armor, including a piece of leather armor with heavier mods, will be less sneaky than a lighter piece.

What is particular to metal armor vs leather armor are the resistances. Leather armor has high energy resist and low physical resist. Metal is the opposite, with high physical resist and low energy resistance. This is the main difference.

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Is metal armor better than leather armor?

Metal armor has a higher amount of Damage Resistance and Damage Threshold bonuses but leather has a higher Armor Class. This means that the character is less likely to be hit while wearing leather armor, but they will take less damage if they get hit in metal armor.

Is leather armor practical?

Historically, leather armor was extremely effective against scrapes and blows. With the development of more advanced weapons, leather armor lost some of its usefulness. Still, leather armor worn under metal plate served as extra protection.

Is chainmail better than leather armor?

Chainmail Armor (also known as Chain Armor or Chainmail) is a type of armor which offers medium protection, stronger than leather or gold armor, but weaker than iron armor. It's difficult to obtain in Survival mode.

What can leather armor stop?

Leather armor was very effective for it's intended purpose, protecting a person from incidental cuts and the less than perfect blows that are most of the blows happening in a melee. No armor will protect a person from that right-on, 90-degree perfect blow, if that happens your life will immediately begin to suck.

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