How helpful is high armor?

[Grumpy Old Guy]

I can't seem to find any information on the exact percentages that higher armor values actually decrease incoming damage and the game just says it can reduce damage by "up to 59%".

Does anyone notice a real difference having near capped armor vs having less? I'm sitting at 1400 armor and I definitely feel tankier but I've swapped so much stuff around I can't tell if its the armor increase or the metric ton of HP regen I've got now.

PS for those that haven't used it Chitin not only gives a huge boost to armor but a whopping 10% extra hp regen per point in Body, so at 20 points its an insane 200% boost just from that one piece of cyberware.

[Bishop-Six]

Yes lots of numbers and statistics are not explained in a satisfying way, lots of things are just unknown.

But if you build a tanky V it will work, if you will build a glass-canon V it will work too, so its fine. Only uncomfortable for those who like numbers and stats (like me).

[TH3R4BB!T]

It almost felt like the more armour you have, the less it works. Or is it the confusing 'All damage dealt' multiplier?

[udtojan95]

I have 1741 armor and nobody can kill me. Its impossible for my enemies on highest difficulty.

[valium]

It appears to me armor only has a limited effect on reducing damage, which is fine, forces you to build for it rather than just stack a bunch of armor.

[Bishop-Six]

How i understand it:

In the Cyberware overview you can see the armour rating and its actual maximum (which increases with leveling up / different cyberware or perks).

If you reach that maximum THEN you have 59 % reduction, thats basically the absolute maximum possible.

The graph shows how close you are to that maxium. I could be wrong though, but thats how i understood it.

[Bogmore]

Some shots bypass armour, both yours and the bad guys.

[Totally Spice]

Currently have around 1000 armour, still get one-shot by some enemies... Basically don't see the need to max it out anymore. Dodging makes the trick better and more satisfying in a visual way