armor cap

[Blood Phoenix]

so iw as wondering looking around.. is there a soft cap for how much armor you should wear? such like having 370 balistic 380 energy etc etc..

[PotatoBasket]

Should wear? None.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NkYYYew8CUI
At higher levels the daily ops enemies have anti armor. Going with evasion rather than defense may be your ticket in general, it's more effective in tight spots; general defense tank is a lot more useful for general play and grinding. There are diminishing returns as to its effectiveness but it does still make a difference; max defense PA are nearly indestructible.
(*song changed to remove offensive lyrics, sbt; Berkserker at Stamford Bridge is the original post:p )

[Meister_Leuchte]

aim for around 300 resistance each. anything above that makes very little difference due to how the game calculates damage. at that paoint it's better to go for effects that reduce damage by a certain percentage.

[Blood Phoenix]

so evasion and damage reduction are the best bet, then to me i guess the SS armor isnt worth trying to grind for

[Meister_Leuchte]

secret service is still the best armor in the game. for some / most cases.
not getting hit in the first place is always the best option.
if you want to be stealthy above all you can go for the combat armor with the built in shadowed effect. covert scout armor is one but i think there are more versions.
also secret service chest can have a jetpack mod if you totally want that.

[Mooman]

A bit of a tangent but it ties to DR and % reductions.

A little known secret of the Impostor Sheepsquatch is it has a perk that multiplies your damage resistance by -0.3. That's right a negative...

When fighting her your best bet is to go Berserker, no armour and even for good measure with a Med-X and/or Psycho(tats) addictions (-10DR each). That way you end up with a positive DR vs. her and it is no tougher than a regular Assaultron.

Wear Troubleshooters armour broken for the 0 DR and 75% reduction and you wouldn't notice the tickles. % Damage reduction vs. the particular creature is far more useful than DR/ER.

Overeaters is good for all opponents as is Sentinel and Cavalier legendary effects. The key is to gamble or trade for those armour effects.

[Blood Phoenix]

引用自 Mooman：

A bit of a tangent but it ties to DR and % reductions.

A little known secret of the Impostor Sheepsquatch is it has a perk that multiplies your damage resistance by -0.3. That's right a negative...

When fighting her your best bet is to go Berserker, no armour and even for good measure with a Med-X and/or Psycho(tats) addictions (-10DR each). That way you end up with a positive DR vs. her and it is no tougher than a regular Assaultron.

Wear Troubleshooters armour broken for the 0 DR and 75% reduction and you wouldn't notice the tickles. % Damage reduction vs. the particular creature is far more useful than DR/ER.

Overeaters is good for all opponents as is Sentinel and Cavalier legendary effects. The key is to gamble or trade for those armour effects.

im not really understanding? so should i wear all SSa rrmor even if my DR is more than 300-350? and just try to roll troubleshooter and legendary effects similar to reduce incoming damage ?

[jerrypocalypse]

引用自 Blood Phoenix：

引用自 Mooman：

A bit of a tangent but it ties to DR and % reductions.

A little known secret of the Impostor Sheepsquatch is it has a perk that multiplies your damage resistance by -0.3. That's right a negative...

When fighting her your best bet is to go Berserker, no armour and even for good measure with a Med-X and/or Psycho(tats) addictions (-10DR each). That way you end up with a positive DR vs. her and it is no tougher than a regular Assaultron.

Wear Troubleshooters armour broken for the 0 DR and 75% reduction and you wouldn't notice the tickles. % Damage reduction vs. the particular creature is far more useful than DR/ER.

Overeaters is good for all opponents as is Sentinel and Cavalier legendary effects. The key is to gamble or trade for those armour effects.

im not really understanding? so should i wear all SSa rrmor even if my DR is more than 300-350? and just try to roll troubleshooter and legendary effects similar to reduce incoming damage ?

The biggest benefit, in my opinion, for the secret service armor is its lower weight compared to most equivalents and it's higher radiation resistance compared to most normal armors. You essentially get more benefit overall, but it's not really required. It also isn't too terribly hard to get if you hoard your gold. It's at Minerva right now I think, so you get 25% off. I could get a full set today, but I only really cared about the torso. I've only been playing for around a a month and a half, and only furgure our I could use the gold machines around a week and a half ago, so I have tons of notes I could have been turning in for gold

[ronr42]

I wear SS armor with the Buttrested mod and SS Shielded Under Armor. 4 of my pieces are Ghoul Slayers with weapon weight and the fifth piece is Vanguard with weapon weight.

I also have the Large Capacity backpack mod and that reduces your Energy resist by 60.

With the above, my Damage resist is 533 and Energy resist is 427. If you use only ballistic guns, you can use the Grounded mutation and that will add 100 more Energy resist. Don't use the extra large capacity pack mod and you add another 60 to both Rad and Energy resist.

Edit; I guess I should add that with all of that plus 4 Ranks of the Legendary What Rads card, my Rad resist is 612. *No other Rad related cards are in use.

[Mooman]

引用自 Blood Phoenix：

引用自 Mooman：

im not really understanding? so should i wear all SSa rrmor even if my DR is more than 300-350? and just try to roll troubleshooter and legendary effects similar to reduce incoming damage ?

Another example is Eviction Notice. For that event I rolled a full set of light leather mutant slayers armour. It gives 75% damage reduction vs. Super Mutants yet only has a 75DR. I can sit in front of minigunners and Firestarters for a long time.

Ideally you'd have a set of armour for each specific opponent, ghoul/mutant slayers, troubleshooters, assassins, exterminator etc. but that's not realistic. Therefore generic overeaters and sentinel/cavaliers (75% chance for 15%) are good all round options.

The lower the damage coming in the lower your overall DR needs to be. Legendary effects will triumph over armour type.

[Phantom]

引用自 Blood Phoenix：

so evasion and damage reduction are the best bet, then to me i guess the SS armor isnt worth trying to grind for

https://akarnokd.github.io/rng-76/armor.html

its still pretty accurate

their is a point where its kind of pointless

SS buttressed armour will bring you there
SS chest can have a jetpack which is awesome

Mostly you want to supplement with defensive perks
Blocker
Fireproof
Dodgy
Serendipity
Richochet

those are your meat and potatoe damage immunity cards

Also things can't hurt you if you display overwhelming violence towards them first, so dps is kind of a big deal for defense too

[Blood Phoenix]

引用自 Phantom：

引用自 Blood Phoenix：

so evasion and damage reduction are the best bet, then to me i guess the SS armor isnt worth trying to grind for

https://akarnokd.github.io/rng-76/armor.html

its still pretty accurate

their is a point where its kind of pointless

SS buttressed armour will bring you there
SS chest can have a jetpack which is awesome
Over whelming force I like it
Mostly you want to supplement with defensive perks
Blocker
Fireproof
Dodgy
Serendipity
Richochet

those are your meat and potatoe damage immunity cards

Also things can't hurt you if you display overwhelming violence towards them first, so dps is kind of a big deal for defense too

overwhelming force I like it