Skipped on the discounted Body Armor

[kaMMakaZZi9]

At around 12,800, now it's 18,000 again. Do I really need it? I just got to Chapter 11 on Standard difficulty.

[Skkooomer Lord]

It's very helpful, protects you from taking full damage from melee, gun shots and explosions.

[Star Rain]

yes you need it it completely absorbs bullet damage.

[Funpire]

I don't know about standard, but I bought it the second I saw it on HC. It was very much worth it.

[Krypto]

It's very useful and quite cheap to repair when fully depleted.

There's a charm that reduces the cost on body armor repairs as well.

[Bankai9212]

Can’t say for standard, but hardcore and pro you will need it you don’t want everything to instakill you.

[Lynfinity]

Depends on how much your ass is getting kicked. Did my first playthrough on Hardcore and never repaired the armor - both because I'm being stingy with spending 9.5k on repairs and because I didn't really feel like there was a need. Even if I get dunked on at times, I always have plenty of healing items.

So yeah, if you don't take too much damage all the time and your aim is at least passable, then you're free to ignore it.

[Kitt 🌟 Stargazer]

I bought it in Standard and honestly I feel that it breaks too quickly to justify the 9500 is needed to repair it. I feel that it's not a really good money efficient tool and ended up stop repairing it after a few times. It does get better if you can get the -30% off charm to reduce the repair costs, but I still wish you could at least tune it up to be more durable. I didn't want to keep tossing in money in the game and get to the end with heavily undertuned weapons that will make fighting enemies harder and result in me getting hit more because I can't gun them down as fast.

It's probably way more useful for staying alive in Hard Core or Professional though.

Once you get your guns upgraded though and nothing really out there to spend money on, yeah, why not. No real reason left to not repair it whenever you get the chance.

[kaMMakaZZi9]

Yeah I’ve got Red9 with Stock, TMP with Stock, Riot Gun, and Stingray with Scope and don’t plan to buy anymore weapons.

I just pumped in like 300,000 Pesetas of upgrades too.

[Mögbär]

Yeah, it seems cheap at first, but I fear if you get hit so much that you actually need it, the repair costs add up quite quickly. I'm on Pro and feel like I'm doing alright so far. Guess the discount makes it worth trying, not sure I'll ever repair it after it wore out, though.

[Moogal™]

It is very handy and was in OG but without repairs, but, i think, less protection (30%)

[Playzr 🐵]

On hard mode it lasts a couple of sneezes. Waste of money.

[V I D A L]

You don't need it.. but it helps. Are you dying at all or struggling with health? If not.. then roll without it.

[D. Flame]

One of the best purchases in the game.

I have cleared the game normally, then hardcore, then assisted for minimalist (pistols and knives only, no cat ears), then again on Professional. I would never pass on it given a choice.

The less you get hit, the higher its value. If you never get hit, like all game, you don't need it obviously, but that is an outlier. If you try to face tank every hit, then it isn't doing you any good either, since it will be gone almost instantly. But if you are just occasionally taking a stray hit, it is perfect for you, and a must have.

[Dou B Jin]

190 hours in and I didnt even know armors get discounted. I always bought it as soon as its possible at chapter 8. Its a huge save especially on Pro, its the difference between being one shoted by some mob or surviving with half your HP intact (or in the case if you're already half HP its the difference between surviving with a sliver of health left and dying outright to a hit).

Only real draw back on the armor is how much peseta you will have to spend to repair it constantly if you get hit a lot because its 9.5k repair without Ada's charm. Other than that you should definitely grab it especially on higher difficulty.

[ggAkatsukiP]

Learn new thing everyday

Body armor nullify projectile and explosive type damage, so it can be an insurance against these pesky attacks (they can wombo combo you to death)

I have been using poor man method on increasing surviving chance, which is the leather briefcase method. Less forgiving than body armor, require a bit of skill since it can't be reactivate at merchant like body armor, it rely on rng dropping red herb which depend on you defeating enemies and progressing game without taking damage too often. I don't buy exclusive ticket anymore so might as well put spinels into some other options.