exosuits. which is best?

[Hazzmat]

i havent seen any guides on which exos are better or how they vary. please correct me if im wrong. duty exo: good protection/ not good anomalous pro. freedom exo: UNK not sure. Spark exo: good anomalous pro/ not so good pro in comparison. Ward Operator exo: good bullet pro/ not so good psi or anomaly pro. Diamond exo: (what im using currently with upgrades) good pro/ good anomalous pro but upgrade capped. ruby exo: UNK not sure of stats. and lastly Brumbarr merc exo: UNK not sure. is Brumbarr merc exo better or worse than Diamond monolith exo?

[ImHelping]

While I don't have all of them, here are too offhand opinions.

A: The "worst" is the operator, because it is the only(?) one with no default psi resistance. The lowest price would be tempting if not for the fact the stalker 1 callbacks include more psi ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥. (and no more psi resist artifacts like we had in say, call of pripyat)

B: Diamond is possibly not the ""best"", but it SEEMS to be the most well rounded "Nothing SUCKS" out of the box while also, in spite of the name, NOT the most expensive (by default, we all know upgrade costs can be wild). So might be the best "unlock sprinting and then touch nothing else" suit to try and save a little money when using a worthwhile exo.

To be fair, exo suits include more fussy questions like "Which has the biggest bastard to grab in a hurry blueprint unlocks for things you really want?" which is hard to answer in a hurry. because all the clickbait guides from fan and game journalist alike are only posting blueprints and not the upgrade TREES (and what upgrades are mutually exclusive).

Which can be wildly arbitrary. basic body armor like the PSZ-7 comes with a camel pack water bottle and carry+ by default and allowed to buy both. Then they start going "oh gosh, you need a blueprint for BOTH of those! Also you can only get one." on other suits.

[Hazzmat]

Originally posted by ImHelping:

While I don't have all of them, here are too offhand opinions.

A: The "worst" is the operator, because it is the only(?) one with no default psi resistance. The lowest price would be tempting if not for the fact the stalker 1 callbacks include more psi ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥. (and no more psi resist artifacts like we had in say, call of pripyat)

B: Diamond is possibly not the ""best"", but it SEEMS to be the most well rounded "Nothing SUCKS" out of the box while also, in spite of the name, NOT the most expensive (by default, we all know upgrade costs can be wild). So might be the best "unlock sprinting and then touch nothing else" suit to try and save a little money when using a worthwhile exo.

so im near the end of the game "salt earthing" every stash possible and the Diamond Mono exo is available to you in Yaniv before the Brumbarr merc exo in pripyat (white house). ill load a save and fully upgrade it and see if its better than diamond and report back.

[SHOKKERZ91]

Liberty Exo
Diamond Exo
Ruby Exo

Pick one of these, they don't really differ much.
Anomaly protection is not really important.
Upgrade the Physical/Psy protection and carryweight/wear and tear bonuses and ignore the rest to not make your repaircost explode. The anomaly protection can be enhanced by switching out artifacts when needed.

[Hazzmat]

Originally posted by SHOKKERZ91:

Liberty Exo
Diamond Exo
Ruby Exo

Pick one of these, they don't really differ much.
Anomaly protection is not really important.
Upgrade the Physical/Psy protection and carryweight/wear and tear bonuses and ignore the rest to not make your repaircost explode. The anomaly protection can be enhanced by switching out artifacts when needed.

is liberty the freedom vers?

[SHOKKERZ91]

Originally posted by Hazzmat:

Originally posted by SHOKKERZ91:

Liberty Exo
Diamond Exo
Ruby Exo

Pick one of these, they don't really differ much.
Anomaly protection is not really important.
Upgrade the Physical/Psy protection and carryweight/wear and tear bonuses and ignore the rest to not make your repaircost explode. The anomaly protection can be enhanced by switching out artifacts when needed.

is liberty the freedom vers?

yeah

[Hazzmat]

Originally posted by ImHelping:

While I don't have all of them, here are too offhand opinions.

A: The "worst" is the operator, because it is the only(?) one with no default psi resistance. The lowest price would be tempting if not for the fact the stalker 1 callbacks include more psi ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥. (and no more psi resist artifacts like we had in say, call of pripyat)

B: Diamond is possibly not the ""best"", but it SEEMS to be the most well rounded "Nothing SUCKS" out of the box while also, in spite of the name, NOT the most expensive (by default, we all know upgrade costs can be wild). So might be the best "unlock sprinting and then touch nothing else" suit to try and save a little money when using a worthwhile exo.

To be fair, exo suits include more fussy questions like "Which has the biggest bastard to grab in a hurry blueprint unlocks for things you really want?" which is hard to answer in a hurry. because all the clickbait guides from fan and game journalist alike are only posting blueprints and not the upgrade TREES (and what upgrades are mutually exclusive).

Which can be wildly arbitrary. basic body armor like the PSZ-7 comes with a camel pack water bottle and carry+ by default and allowed to buy both. Then they start going "oh gosh, you need a blueprint for BOTH of those! Also you can only get one." on other suits.

can confirm brumbarr merc exo is just a equally pitiable version same as the ward operator exo. just sell it

[impactos_enredos0i]

Diamond is the best overall, followed very closely by Liberty. The difference bewteen these two is that Diamond has a little better Thermal (aproximately +4%), Electrical (+2%), Chemical (+9%) and Radiation (+8%) protections, while Liberty has a little more Psi (+2%) and Physical protections (+4%).

[-GK- Paladin]

Diamond is the best. Fully upgraded nothing beats it. Can boost your carry weight by 25.6, has 4 insulated artefact slots and 1 normal slot which you can just put an artefact that doesn't have radiation in. Max physical protection so you just need to focus on anomaly protection. Liberty is the closest second.

If you want pure anomaly protection, then SSP 100I suit offers more anomaly protection at the cost of some physical protection, substantially less radiation protection and almost half the Psi protection. The best Sirca suit that I've found and can upgrade to be better with anomaly protection and Psi protection is the Sirca 100M, but your physical protection is more than halved and radiation protection drops by nearly 1 and a half bars. (Haven't been able to thoroughly test all this cause technicians cant fully upgrade these suits except the SSP 100I)

So my vote is still on the Diamond and balance the rest out with artefacts.

[Hazzmat]

Originally posted by -GK- Paladin:

Diamond is the best. Fully upgraded nothing beats it. Can boost your carry weight by 25.6, has 4 insulated artefact slots and 1 normal slot which you can just put an artefact that doesn't have radiation in. Max physical protection so you just need to focus on anomaly protection. Liberty is the closest second.

If you want pure anomaly protection, then SSP 100I suit offers more anomaly protection at the cost of some physical protection, substantially less radiation protection and almost half the Psi protection. The best Sirca suit that I've found and can upgrade to be better with anomaly protection and Psi protection is the Sirca 100M, but your physical protection is more than halved and radiation protection drops by nearly 1 and a half bars. (Haven't been able to thoroughly test all this cause technicians cant fully upgrade these suits except the SSP 100I)

So my vote is still on the Diamond and balance the rest out with artefacts.

agreed so far as ive been running numbers Dia seems best

[seven_stars]

Diamond exo fully upgraded is the best all around with good psi protection. Pretty much don't need any physical protection artifacts with these suits as they already hit max resistance at 5 bars.

[impactos_enredos0i]

Diamond x Liberty.

https://imgur.com/a/VyreSX2

[seven_stars]

Originally posted by impactos_enredos0i:

Diamond x Liberty.

https://imgur.com/a/VyreSX2

Is that fully upgraded? Except for 1 extra kg they are pretty identical

[impactos_enredos0i]

Originally posted by seven_stars:

Originally posted by impactos_enredos0i:

Diamond x Liberty.

https://imgur.com/a/VyreSX2

Is that fully upgraded? Except for 1 extra kg they are pretty identical

Yes fully upgraded, they are very close indeed.

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Im gonna find that one in Pripyat

[seven_stars]

Originally posted by impactos_enredos0i:

Originally posted by seven_stars:

Is that fully upgraded? Except for 1 extra kg they are pretty identical

Yes fully upgraded, they are very close indeed.

I just got my diamond after getting out of the lesser zone on a new playthrough. It's a pain to upgrade. So expensive.