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Exactly, that and I know that Willy won't do that, he's been in all of the reboots of Age of Rebirth and overall that isn't his play style.

[/quote]I have my militias partially as an excuse that not everything will be about the Enclave's ubertech even in combat.
They'll be often just the "high men" the majority of the population barely interacts with. (Granted, I'll also make post from their perspective.)
Powers are a narrative tool in an NRP. Terrible powers must be used with terrible care. 
Special mention to the ICBMs. They can be an interesting tool when such response fits the story's flow but otherwise threatening farmers with shotguns by a nuke is bad sport at best and a gamebreaker at worst. Which is why I have an excuse to never use them unless pushed.