I don't mind the extra effort fixing Armor however the armor in this game sure sux big time....or maybe I should just say it's boring. In FO3 there was Reilys Rangers armor with great stats and a heck of a good time getting it. Or just go main quest until you get power armor training and take your pick from a wide variety. In FLV, the power armor is bleh. Even the Ranger armor is bleh but at least it's cool looking. You can get some decent DT on the various combats armors but no stats!
Armor is boring in FNV.
Ranger Combat armor is the best looking armor in both New Vegas and Fallout 3. I don't give a crap about whether or not they add skills, because you can just do that the old fashioned way.
I came across a modded ranger armor, that isn't factioned and adds things like Speech and such. It's overpowered though, I had to downgrade the DT in order to not feel like I was cheating.