In Skyrim, you can (for instance) only find Daedric weapons/armor (=very strong) if you are high level. The loot you can find always "fits" to you process.
Is it the same for Fallout 4? I heard about the "legendary items", but what about the rest of the things you can find?
I'm asking since I found a very strong sniper rifle quite near to the beginning of the game (and very easy obtainable).
Best Answer
Most of the differences in loot is mainly down to what mods they've got.
The various types of loot (pistol/rifle/shotgun/etc for guns, leather/metal/raider/etc for armor) in their unmodded form have similar base stats regardless of what level you're at, the difference is as you get further into the game the loot you get from enemies has more mods on it.
There are certain things (like plasma rifles) which can be more difficult to find because they're used less by your enemies and some types of armor and weaponry will only drop "later in the game" but if you were to go straight to those locations and kill those enemies now they'd still drop similar loot, if you know what I mean.