Choose your armor

[damart]

so, if anyone like me is wondering what is the best armor, here's some info, based on Bradley front hull thickness, second number is health, third is effectiveness against plasma:
Base = 180/600/124
Junk = 223/660/153
Carbon = 260/600/122
Ceramic = 200/630/820(wtf?! but that's what numbers say, it's 4.1 coeff against plasma)
Era = 180/600/522
resistance to ap(kinetic) is 0.69 for all, resistance to heat is variable, but you can guess, that ERA is superior :)
Honestly there is a clear winner here to me, but maybe I am missing something. And junk armor is actually not bad at all, especially on M1.

[wei270]

Publicado originalmente por ThatZenoGuy:

Publicado originalmente por wei270:

it is suppose to be very light armor so it doesn't affect speed.

Yeah but speed doesn't matter much ingame, even the dozer is viable.

ok it matters some time, when you are playing on high difficult and the enemy don't miss, so if you go very fast the enemy will lead the target, that means if you are going super fast and then pull a super breaking from initial D, then you can actually junk and other wise 100% accurate rpg from the enemy. only works at sufficient range of course.

but yes 90% of the time it doesn't matter.

[Neyreyan_Youtube]

Exactly, junk armor is a great upgrade, mostly because its proper armor and you only get proper era or cartel much later

[ThatZenoGuy]

How good IS cartel armor compared to steel?

[damart]

Publicado originalmente por ThatZenoGuy:

Then I suppose ERA is second best.

Why is Carbon armor so terrible, ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥.

It there would be other conventional MBTs in this game you would really appreciate carbon armor since AP would tear through ceramic and ERA. But there are none. If Cartel had at least M60 and it will remain until the end it would be justified.

Publicado originalmente por Ook - Dispenser of Liber-Tea:

Publicado originalmente por Falcon_BR:

Thanks, I was checking the abrams carbon armor and it have a 0,77 coef vs plasma, but it did increase a lot before the coef, so it was very good vs all damages and a bit better vs plasma, even with the coef.
A developer corrected me because I thought that the 0,77 coef would make it take more damage from plasma, but that is not true.

Also, I lost a bradley from a single ATGM shot, it had reactive amor, What damage is the ATGM? It makes no sense and on the description of the reactive armor it says it can withstand plasma and ATGMs attacks.

Was it a javelin? The top of the bradley turret does not get any ERA.

And are you sure the armor wasn't damaged? Keep in mind armor can not be repaired mid mission.

I think it hit you on top or side. It does not seems that game cosiders impact angle, and grazing angle hit on the roof that would ricochet IRL is fatal in game.