Helmets + Body Armor vs Suits

[Baron01]

I'm looking for an upgrade from my Guardian of Freedom body armor. I would like to wear helmet and body armor, for RP purposes, as opposed to full-body suite armor where helmet is included. Is there a way to compare my defensive stats for helmet+body armor vs full-body suite?

I have fully upgraded Mark 1 helmet, which has maxed out physical protect and lots of other great stats. I did not find many good body armors so I'm looking for a replacement there. I have many full-body suites including multiple Sevas.

[Hepo]

https://mapgenie.io/stalker-2-heart-of-chornobyl/maps/the-zone?locationIds=415266

My top Exo suit. sprint + 4 safe artifact slots.
Second place - original SEVA suit. 2 safe slots

[Marcoléptike]

hmmm you need to look separetly.

A lot of things are good to know :
- Are you in the early/mid/end game ?
- Some armor get passiv endurance boost
- others better psy resistance
- exoskeletons could be found near Prypiat (they are others one in cooling towers and yaniv) so really late in game. Maybe one in the burn forest can be found early, but they lack something important you can't sprint without finding the Hydraulic Amplifiers for Servos Blueprint first at Prypiat. Only 3 techs can install it depends on your exo.
- Do you want to have the 5 artefacts slots ?

I like Sevas a lot. I played D and i one. SSP-100M SIRCAA is also good but only in journalist stash without psy resistance.

[DragynDance]

Guardian of freedom is the best helmetless suit in the game(protection wise). If you want better protections, you have to ditch the helmet, every suit upgrade is helmet included, and better then GoF + the best helmet.

[Baron01]

Originally posted by DragynDance:

Guardian of freedom is the best helmetless suit in the game(protection wise). If you want better protections, you have to ditch the helmet, every suit upgrade is helmet included, and better then GoF + the best helmet.

I already have PSZ-5D or something like that that is better than Guardian of Freedom. It is similar looking body armor but in black and red colors. It has better physical protection but slightly worse resistances.

I wonder how did you came to conclusion that full body armor suits are better than body armor + helmet? Just guesstimating or is there any comparison?

[DragynDance]

Originally posted by Baron01:

Originally posted by DragynDance:

Guardian of freedom is the best helmetless suit in the game(protection wise). If you want better protections, you have to ditch the helmet, every suit upgrade is helmet included, and better then GoF + the best helmet.

I already have PSZ-5D or something like that that is better than Guardian of Freedom. It is similar looking body armor but in black and red colors. It has better physical protection but slightly worse resistances.

I wonder how did you came to conclusion that full body armor suits are better than body armor + helmet? Just guesstimating or is there any comparison?

I've beaten the game so my conclusion is from experience, the endgame exosuits make you basically invincible to physical damage entirely, you only take damage from the bleeding you'll still incur even getting shot for no damage, and I can go afk in anomalies and still not die. The endgame suits also have more artifact slots and more shielded artifact slots, so you can even wear a bunch of anti bleed artifacts to be truly invincible. The red and black armor you found, that is just a Duty version. It's more of a side grade then an upgrade.

[Baron01]

Originally posted by DragynDance:

... the endgame exosuits make you basically invincible to physical damage entirely...

Thanks for the info.

This clearly illustrate the issue with current half-baked stat system. We need character sheet with numerical values for resistance stats and bonuses.

The game also should modify visualization of gear stats from bars to numbers, or both. It is clear that RPG rocket-launcher does not deal 1/2 of 1 bar of damage. It is also clear that shotguns are not all doing maximum damage. We need numerical values for those stats. This would also allow us to compare full-body armor suits with helmet & body armor combos.

[BakaDonPrzemo]

But my exo cant sprint with upgrade

[Aquve]

Originally posted by BakaDonPrzemo:

But my exo cant sprint with upgrade

That's true, but other exos will have the sprint upgrade.