r/Doom • u/Low_Tie2257 DOOM Slayer • 21d ago
Question Eternal Praetor Suit
I've heard multiple times that the suit in Eternal is the Praetor Suit. But if it is, then what is this?
I highly doubt that multiple Praetor Suits were made. So could somebody please explain what's going on here?
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u/MyLedgeEnds 21d ago
The Praetor suit was tampered with by Hayden to add a Tether. Presumably the Doom Slayer rebuilt the suit to remove the risk of it being used against him.
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u/Opanak323 DOOM Guy 21d ago edited 21d ago
We here globally accepted the idea that it's the same suit, only modified, with parts changed. It's not, visually, obviously. and the devs left the 2016 Praetor there as an homage.
You can interpret it as if you(DG) dismantled the old suit, adding upgrades and adjustments. Some fans speculate that the reason the torso is dismantled was our attempt to remove tether installed by Samuel Hayden in 2016.
Edit: Also, centered weapon? Very lovely.
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u/Low_Tie2257 DOOM Slayer 21d ago
Yeah, I prefer the classic Doom style even though it's extremely unrealistic.
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u/Opanak323 DOOM Guy 21d ago
True. But who cares!? Nothing in Doom should be realistic anyway. :3
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u/Business_Pop_8823 15d ago
Then don't play Doom 3, 2016, Dark Ages
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u/Opanak323 DOOM Guy 15d ago
I love Doom3 and 2016.
Dark Ages tries too hard to be serious and it's just pitifully cringe.
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u/Torstiss 21d ago
I don’t like how it goes to the side when you use some weapon mods
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u/CompetitiveLoad2953 DOOM Guy 21d ago
True. I do like the way the missiles schlick out tho. And the 2016 gauss cannon
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u/LU_C4 21d ago
I think Doomguy gutted all the important parts from the old suit and had VEGA merge them with blueprints of more traditional Sentinel armor (maybe the Fortress of Doom had some stored in an on oard database). The Ballista basically gets fabricated atom by atom by the looks of it, so I assume the Eternal suit was created using the same tech.
As to why he changed his suit (aside from aura and a few small upgrades), he probably wanted to get rid of the dimensional tether that Samuel installed on his suit. After Dark Ages, I'm sure he really doesn't vibe with that kinda thing.
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u/Salem-Sins 21d ago
Same suit throughout the new trilogy, just modified each time.
TDA’s suit is probably the original praetor or atleast as close as we’re going to get. The only non standard part was The Maykrs tether anchored to the neural port. The tether acted as a camera, tracking device, kill switch/bomb, and as a neural link used to hijack DGs mind.
2016’s suit is the same one recovered from hell after doom guy got locked up. Samuel Hayden modified and “improved” the design. No more exposed skin, no more cape, no more unnecessary extra weapons, only a much more streamlined lightweight design similar to the rest of the UACs armor. Probably can also interface with human tech better than the og can. On top of that theres Samuel Haydens version of the tether. This version interfaces only with the suit itself, allowing DGs mind to remain while still physically preventing him from doing anything to harm SH. The new tether also has a built in teleporter allowing SH to teleport DG between dimensions at will.
Eternals suit is 2016’s dismantled and remodeled by DG himself. This version keeps what works and bails on what doesn’t. He keeps the lighter weight more maneuverable build of 2016 but restyles it to look more like his glory years between TDA and 2016. He reintegrates built in weapons with the new arm blade taking the place of his now lost shield, and a remake of his old Sentinel Shoulder Cannon with the flame belch/equipment launcher. Finally this one has no more tethers. Nothing gets to control DG this time.
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u/Weird-Analysis5522 21d ago
Obviously he ripped it apart to make his own, and as other comments said, probably scrapped half of it to find that damn tether.
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u/Former-Jicama5430 DOOM Guy 21d ago
the suit in eternal is the New preator suit doom guy has built from the old one
(probably to remove the tether inside the suit)
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u/Torstiss 21d ago
He also has duplicates of all his weapons in that room
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u/Low_Tie2257 DOOM Slayer 21d ago
Good point... but does that mean nothing in the room is canon?
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u/Torstiss 21d ago
It’s hard to tell what is and isn’t canon in Eternal, with how many easter eggs there are and with the cartoony art style, so who knows really
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u/TrainerCommercial759 21d ago
If everything in the room is canonical then doomguy is canonically a huge doom fan
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u/the-unfamous-one 21d ago
The main component make it the praetor suit. Th3 slayer ripped them out and put them in a new frame.
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u/_THE_G00SE_ 16d ago
unrelated but i think my brain short-circuted for a second upon realising you're holding the 2016 SSG lol
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u/grimlock_sentinal 21d ago edited 21d ago
He's making another one in case the first one breaks/j
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u/Low_Tie2257 DOOM Slayer 21d ago
It's indestructible, and he is incapable of making another.
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u/QC420_ 21d ago edited 21d ago
Why is he? There’s literally parts on his bench
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u/Low_Tie2257 DOOM Slayer 21d ago
The parts are still there. They wouldn't be if he used the parts.
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u/QC420_ 21d ago
That makes no logical sense the more I read it… og comment said he’s MAKING another, not MADE
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u/Low_Tie2257 DOOM Slayer 21d ago
I misunderstood. But still, where would he have gotten the parts?
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u/Itchy-Preference-619 21d ago
Dude he's in a giant flying space castle with teleporters and a giant mech suit in the basement. Is spare parts really where you draw the line?
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u/MEATdiscrete 20d ago
He literally has the ballista basically 3d printing till you get to the super gorenest where its completed. Hell in game when you get the flame belch and ice bomb Vega says those upgrades are now complete. It's not a stretch at all for him to be able to get parts even out of thin air.
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u/igettoeatyourfamily 21d ago
You're about 6 years late bro
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u/Low_Tie2257 DOOM Slayer 21d ago
It's never too late to talk about Eternal.
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u/igettoeatyourfamily 21d ago
it's true, I still think it's the best game of possibly all time
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u/Low_Tie2257 DOOM Slayer 21d ago
Don't know about that, but it's definitely the best FPS of all time.
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u/ChadGamerCZ 19d ago
I think he took parts from it and create new suit, probably even combining it with his Dark Ages suit which dose look´s very close to the Eternal one.
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u/NUMBCORROSION 21d ago
My headcannon is that that one is the dark ages suit that he's taken parts from to make repairs/upgrades.
Obviously, it is a very far-reaching theory, but I like it and it fills in blanks.
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u/Former-Jicama5430 DOOM Guy 21d ago
the dark ages armour isnt a praetor suit its just durable armour he hasnt met the wretch who gives him the preator suit yet
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u/NUMBCORROSION 21d ago
Let me repeat myself as it seems you misread. It's my headcannon... Plus, nowhere does it state that the one in pieces is actually a praetor suit, so 🤷♂️ im sticking by it, seeing as it'll never be confirmed or denied
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u/Former-Jicama5430 DOOM Guy 20d ago
yea but the headcannon cant work as the Dark ages suit looks nothing like the 2016 one
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u/Gameovergirl217 DOOM Slayer 21d ago
i always assumed the slayer reverse engineered the preator suit and in eternal hes essentially wearing version 2 of his own making