I absolutely hate power armour, hate, hate, hate it. Have never used except when forced to in that quest, in which I jumped out immediately.
I'm only maybe 40 hours in and I'm playing on the hard difficulty setting, is it possible to complete the game without the use of power armour?
Best Answer
Yes, it's perfectly possible to finish the game without using Power Armor, with the one exception of it being a requirement (a quest condition) near the start of the game during the initial quest meeting the Minutemen in the Museum of Freedom, but as you're already 40 hours in and mention this quest I guess you've found and passed this one already. After this you can get out of it and abandon it and nobody will care all that much.
You will miss out on some random passer-by dialogue ("ooh, power armor") but this is flavor rather than substance.