Neutral/Universal Armor?

[RollDad20]

I'm working on a defense build, and I've noticed my neutral and universal armor are 0. None of my modules suggest they add that, and I can't find anything in the wiki. Am I missing something or has that just not been addressed yet?

[Material Defender]

museum power stones can add it, but you need at least 1 of every type of stone, including universal, as well as the skill "Power Prism" to affect neutral element. To make Universal stones, you need the Cubos Cube artifact, which you can get by defeating the 3rd boss of the Statue of Cubos building, who is called Cubos Jr. and has a 100% drop rate.

[RollDad20]

The power stones only affect damage, though. I just tested your suggestion. No armor. They don't affect resistance either.

[Material Defender]

What is your military tier?

[RollDad20]

15

[Material Defender]

Originally posted by RollDad20:

The power stones only affect damage, though. I just tested your suggestion. No armor. They don't affect resistance either.

here's proof that the power stones also affect resistance, in the stats section.
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2919469551

Note: this is only with tier 2 stones.

[NomiSaltium]

There is a significant difference between resistance and armor. Resistance reduces damage by some factor. Armor reduces damage by a flat amount.

To answer the question, the only way to have Neutral/Universal armor is with Generic armor. There is a module for it that you can obtain in the Workshop. Go to the Workshop, then the stairs at the bottom left. After that, in the Era tab (top left), go to the Experiment tab (near top right).

In that tab, there is one tab for each element near the bottom. Click on the Universal one (rightmost icon) and it should be obtainable there.

[RollDad20]

Originally posted by Material Defender:

Originally posted by RollDad20:

The power stones only affect damage, though. I just tested your suggestion. No armor. They don't affect resistance either.

here's proof that the power stones also affect resistance, in the stats section.
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2919469551

Note: this is only with tier 2 stones.

Huh, okay. That'd explain why my nature and earth resistances are so much higher.

[Material Defender]

I do know the max resistance you can get from the Lab experiments is +99%, and the max attack you can get from the lab experiments is +200%.

[bluecat]

There is generic armor, which gives armor to everything, but no specific uni and neutral

[Ninethousand]

Uhm... Marble foundation?

[RollDad20]

Originally posted by Ninethousand:

Uhm... Marble foundation?

Uhm... that's resistance, not armor?

[Ninethousand]

Originally posted by RollDad20:

Originally posted by Ninethousand:

Uhm... Marble foundation?

Uhm... that's resistance, not armor?

Hmm... Yeah, no idea why i was thinking of resistance.

Still no clue why anyone would need armor anyways. It feels like most mechanisms are worthless unless you put like 10 modules into them, like hp, res, shield or armor.

I feel like i have been doing well until now by just boosting the things that seem most effective. I.e. i only use the basic foundation and advanced reg in combination with massive res, and i can't reach waves where i would die. The next thing i have going on would take me about 24h afk, letting the tower kill enemies, and i am like 99% certain that i can't possibly speed this up, because i kill enemies faster than they spawn, with all programs running...

tl;dr: My advice, unless you are in the absoloute endgame and you should just stop playing by now... just get more res and more dmg!

Edit: also, i once tried to farm "getting hit by enemies" and i didn't get any "hits". Then i messed with my build and i thought removing the armor was what then allowed me to actually "get hit", so... I THINK armor might actually harm you during certain points of the game.