Let’s Talk About Suits

[Speedwack]

Hi stalkers,
So I’ve been researching the suits in this game, and so far I’ve just rocked the SEVA-D. It’s got 3 slots for artifacts and decent stats compared to the other stuff I’ve gotten. However, I did find the PSZ-5D which I saw a website mention that it was good too. Is there a benefit to running mask + suit or are those all-in-one suits just better in general? Is there an actual strategy to them? Do the upgrade paths actual begin to make distinctions in the suits?

[DarkFire]

Early game having at least some sort of mask or helmet is useful because the protection level of basic armours is quite low. As soon as you can leave the lesser zone it's possible to pick up a Bulat military armour from the military storage base in the chemical plant area. That will easily take you through to near end-game, or at the very least until after the SIRCAA mission.

Very generally the various SEVA suits with built-in masks & helmets offer better environmental protection than military armours but worse physical protection. The best of the bunch appears to be the SEVA-I suit which offers excellent anomaly protection as well as decent physical protection.

As soon as you get to Yaniv station you can obtain a Diamond exoskeleton which personally I think is the best armour in the game, offering maximum physical protection and also excellent anomaly protection. Most of the exoskeletons are good though, with some offering unique performance enhancements e.g. a 20% increase in weapon accuracy.

In relation to suit + helmet versus all-in-1 suit options, I've not come across a helmet that offered such good protection that it convinced me to go with suit + helmet as opposed to an all-in-1 option, especially when the Bulat armour is available as soon as you get to the garbage.