Light VS Heavy

[macguffin]

Does light armor cost less stamina when under 60%? Or is it the same amout for heavy armor under 60%.

[⊿Draelyn]

Armour works very differently in DS3 than the previous entries. There are 4 different weight bands to account for:
Below 30%: Fast rolling
over 30%-70%: Mid rolling
over 70%: Fat rolling, slower stamina regen
over 100%: can't roll or sprint, absurdly slow stamina regen

Armour in general has had a variety of changes in how it works. You are actually better off using light-medium armour as heavy is now rendered mostly pointless, due to a differing poise system and low defence bonuses in general.

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Heavy gives you more poise. It's a great usefull stat

[The Black Baron]

Originally posted by Nerevarine:

Heavy gives you more poise. It's a great usefull stat

But of course it works as intended ;>

[devSin]

Armor has no impact on stamina recovery.

If you exceed 70% weight, you take a slight hit to stamina recovery; past 100%, you get a severe penalty.

[The Black Baron]

Originally posted by devSin:

Armor has no impact on stamina recovery.

If you exceed 70% weight, you take a slight hit to stamina recovery; past 100%, you get a severe penalty.

I tend to balance my equipment on 68.7% :D no reduction and I'm still able to medium roll

[C'thulewd]

Well poise in this game increases the amount of Hyper Armor frames you recieve and the damage reduction in hyper armor frames. So heavy builds are for heavy weapons - which is ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ stupid because you have to invest heavily into VIT so you don't go over 70% equip or get 2 havel rings+2 or live with being a fatroller. It works-ish, but it's definitely not as good as going light armor with a fast weapon. Because FROM loved bloodborne so much they wanted it in darksouls.

[C'thulewd]

Also there is no stamina reduction until you go over 100% equip load.

[⊿Draelyn]

Originally posted by My Tentacle Romance:

Also there is no stamina reduction until you go over 100% equip load.

Not true, over 70% equals a 20% reduction in stamina regen

[C'thulewd]

Originally posted by Kagearashi (影嵐):

Originally posted by My Tentacle Romance:

Also there is no stamina reduction until you go over 100% equip load.

Not true, over 70% equals a 20% reduction in stamina regen

Interesting, I guess it isn't significant enough for me to notice. Or green blossom is insanely good.

[The Black Baron]

Originally posted by Kagearashi (影嵐):

Originally posted by My Tentacle Romance:

Also there is no stamina reduction until you go over 100% equip load.

Not true, over 70% equals a 20% reduction in stamina regen

Are you able to back that up with facts ?

[⊿Draelyn]

Originally posted by Abathur:

Originally posted by Kagearashi (影嵐):

Not true, over 70% equals a 20% reduction in stamina regen

Are you able to back that up with facts ?

http://darksouls3.wiki.fextralife.com/Stamina

this

although, I'm only as good as the source.

edit: personally I don't know why people don't google these things

edit: more in depth equip load/stamina:

http://darksouls3.wiki.fextralife.com/Equipment+Load

also

http://darksouls3.wikidot.com/equipment-load

[Dura]

Originally posted by ;351660338682353213:

Originally posted by Abathur:

Are you able to back that up with facts ?

http://darksouls3.wiki.fextralife.com/Stamina

this

although, I'm only as good as the source.

edit: personally I don't know why people don't google these things

Because wikis tend to be wrong. Like this paragraph

"Stamina has a hard cap at 40 endurance, where it maxes out at 160. The only way to have more than 160 stamina is by wearing the Ring of Favor."

That's false. At 99 END you have 170 stamina. It does not max out, but putting more points in it would be pretty much stupid if not going for max level.

[⊿Draelyn]

Originally posted by Dura:

Originally posted by ;351660338682353213:

http://darksouls3.wiki.fextralife.com/Stamina

this

although, I'm only as good as the source.

edit: personally I don't know why people don't google these things

Because wikis tend to be wrong. Like this paragraph

"Stamina has a hard cap at 40 endurance, where it maxes out at 160. The only way to have more than 160 stamina is by wearing the Ring of Favor."

That's false. At 99 END you have 170 stamina. It does not max out, but putting more points in it would be pretty much stupid if not going for max level.

Tis true, wikis arent entirely trustworthy, but thats about as much 'official' as sources are going to be on Dark Souls. I tend to like using them as at least template guidlines if not a strict set of rules.

Regardless from my own experience it -seems- correct

Also why, you can't simply rely on one source.

[Cooman]

Originally posted by My Tentacle Romance:

Well poise in this game increases the amount of Hyper Armor frames you recieve and the damage reduction in hyper armor frames. So heavy builds are for heavy weapons - which is ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ stupid because you have to invest heavily into VIT so you don't go over 70% equip or get 2 havel rings+2 or live with being a fatroller. It works-ish, but it's definitely not as good as going light armor with a fast weapon. Because FROM loved bloodborne so much they wanted it in darksouls.

it doesnt, that's just one persons theory being touted. just like a month ago every said it's related to roll recovery iframes.

OP armor makes no difference what so ever. my pvp setup consists of prisoners chain + lightning clutch ring one on of my alts, he has 1 absorption and like 100 defence. there's literally no difference in the amount of hits I survive compared to when I tried full havels. and had 30% plus about 170 defence.

[devSin]

Originally posted by My Tentacle Romance:

Well poise in this game increases the amount of Hyper Armor frames you recieve and the damage reduction in hyper armor frames.

Poise doesn't influence the frames of hyper armor (that's just controlled by the weapon you're using) or the effect.

When poise breaks, you don't get hyper armor (meaning you'll get staggered mid-swing). Since poise regenerates (it's not determined exactly how quickly), you have to get hit repeatedly before you'll start to lose hyper armor. (Like From said, it's very situational.)