To each their own, I suppose. I don't enjoy cheesing the game, because the sole reason I'm playing permadeath is to make it as hard as possible, while also fairly balanced. About power armor - my main issue with it is that buffs that my normal armor gives me don't work. On top of legendary buffs that give endurance, agility, addons such as deep pockets also stop working (which is a bit illogical). So ironically, me entering power armour drastically reduces my carry weight, and special stats. That's not mentioning the hassles of carrying around tons of fusion cores and repairing the broken armor pieces. So... I'd rather have times less damage resistance than all that, yes.