Body armour and helmet defensive bonuses

[Ashy]

Hello inmates! does anyone know if and how much defence body armour and helmets provide? thanks!

[Bunny]

No official numbers were released since more items are getting added to the game and before 1.0 everything is a subject to change / rebalance.

I can however give you some tips / clues :

Stabproof vest offers excellent melee protection but it will struggle against any kind of firearms, it can reduce the bullet damage a bit if you're getting shot by a small caliber but don't expect too much.

Military Ballistic Vest will offer little in the terms of melee defense but it will do much better against small - medium caliber bullets. For PvE it's actually a downgrade from the stabproof vest, but it does have some inventory space.

Armor Tactical Vest offers pretty good melee protection and the best bullet protection. If it has good durability - it can even save you from the 50. BMG bullet. It also offers inventory space for storage, but it weights a lot so your character will lose more calories and get tired more quickly.

Improvised leather vest will soon make a comeback and it offers small amount of melee damage reduction and negligible amount of bullet protection. It does have a holster though, so it's a good early crafting choice to get that much needed storage space.

Improvised stabproof vest offers solid damage reduction for melee and low bullet protection.

Improvised bulletproof armor offers small melee protection and pretty solid bullet protection.


Hopefully this helped you out a bit.

[JonExx]

Originally posted by Bunny:

No official numbers were released since more items are getting added to the game and before 1.0 everything is a subject to change / rebalance.

I can however give you some tips / clues :

Stabproof vest offers excellent melee protection but it will struggle against any kind of firearms, it can reduce the bullet damage a bit if you're getting shot by a small caliber but don't expect too much.

Military Ballistic Vest will offer little in the terms of melee defense but it will do much better against small - medium caliber bullets. For PvE it's actually a downgrade from the stabproof vest, but it does have some inventory space.

Armor Tactical Vest offers pretty good melee protection and the best bullet protection. If it has good durability - it can even save you from the 50. BMG bullet. It also offers inventory space for storage, but it weights a lot so your character will lose more calories and get tired more quickly.

Improvised leather vest will soon make a comeback and it offers small amount of melee damage reduction and negligible amount of bullet protection. It does have a holster though, so it's a good early crafting choice to get that much needed storage space.

Improvised stabproof vest offers solid damage reduction for melee and low bullet protection.

Improvised bulletproof armor offers small melee protection and pretty solid bullet protection.


Hopefully this helped you out a bit.

Is the melee-protection also good against puppet-attacks, or only meant for PvP?`

[Bunny]

It works for puppets as well but it does not reduce the damage as much. This way they do reduced damage to you but they are still a threat.

[JonExx]

Originally posted by Bunny:

It works for puppets as well but it does not reduce the damage as much. This way they do reduced damage to you but they are still a threat.

Thanks!
So I rather stay quick and agile than carrying that heavy stuff around :)

[insettoinfetto]

Originally posted by Bunny:

No official numbers were released since more items are getting added to the game and before 1.0 everything is a subject to change / rebalance.

I can however give you some tips / clues :

Stabproof vest offers excellent melee protection but it will struggle against any kind of firearms, it can reduce the bullet damage a bit if you're getting shot by a small caliber but don't expect too much.

Military Ballistic Vest will offer little in the terms of melee defense but it will do much better against small - medium caliber bullets. For PvE it's actually a downgrade from the stabproof vest, but it does have some inventory space.

Armor Tactical Vest offers pretty good melee protection and the best bullet protection. If it has good durability - it can even save you from the 50. BMG bullet. It also offers inventory space for storage, but it weights a lot so your character will lose more calories and get tired more quickly.

Improvised leather vest will soon make a comeback and it offers small amount of melee damage reduction and negligible amount of bullet protection. It does have a holster though, so it's a good early crafting choice to get that much needed storage space.

Improvised stabproof vest offers solid damage reduction for melee and low bullet protection.

Improvised bulletproof armor offers small melee protection and pretty solid bullet protection.


Hopefully this helped you out a bit.

Thanks Bunny, it's very helpful!

[Red River]

Originally posted by Bunny:

It works for puppets as well but it does not reduce the damage as much. This way they do reduced damage to you but they are still a threat.

maybe increase base damage dealt by them instead of nerfing the armor?
there's some hardcore servers that have them deal insane amount of damage and wearing stabproof vests doesn't make that much of a difference....

[SVSQUVSH]

Originally posted by Bunny:

It works for puppets as well but it does not reduce the damage as much. This way they do reduced damage to you but they are still a threat.

There are actually 3 types of military ballistic wests... at least they have other names. Do they just have different names, or do they protect you in a different way?

[Bunny]

Originally posted by Rambo13:

Originally posted by Bunny:

It works for puppets as well but it does not reduce the damage as much. This way they do reduced damage to you but they are still a threat.

There are actually 3 types of military ballistic wests... at least they have other names. Do they just have different names, or do they protect you in a different way?

If it looks the same, it offers the same protection.

[SVSQUVSH]

Originally posted by Bunny:

Originally posted by Rambo13:

There are actually 3 types of military ballistic wests... at least they have other names. Do they just have different names, or do they protect you in a different way?

If it looks the same, it offers the same protection.

okay good to know

[Wild colonial boy]

Originally posted by Red River:

Originally posted by Bunny:

It works for puppets as well but it does not reduce the damage as much. This way they do reduced damage to you but they are still a threat.

maybe increase base damage dealt by them instead of nerfing the armor?
there's some hardcore servers that have them deal insane amount of damage and wearing stabproof vests doesn't make that much of a difference....

What's the point of armor then? Puppets are literally dead humans, they aren't some kind of supermutants.

[Wild colonial boy]

Originally posted by Bunny:

Improvised leather vest will soon make a comeback and it offers small amount of melee damage reduction and negligible amount of bullet protection. It does have a holster though, so it's a good early crafting choice to get that much needed storage space.

Don't you want to make it a little bit sturdier? Also is there a difference between an anti-stab vest and the improvised stabproof vest?

[Bunny]

Originally posted by Wild colonial boy:

Originally posted by Bunny:

Improvised leather vest will soon make a comeback and it offers small amount of melee damage reduction and negligible amount of bullet protection. It does have a holster though, so it's a good early crafting choice to get that much needed storage space.

Don't you want to make it a little bit sturdier? Also is there a difference between an anti-stab vest and the improvised stabproof vest?

We will see, since the game is not nearly finished and lots of new things / systems are being added ... in time you can expect a lot of rebalancing / nerfing all around.

Improvised items are always weaker and perform worse than their factory made counterparts. In this case, the improvised stabproof vest will offer less protection when comapred to the stabproof vest you find as loot.

[Ashy]

Originally posted by Bunny:

No official numbers were released since more items are getting added to the game and before 1.0 everything is a subject to change / rebalance.

I can however give you some tips / clues :

Stabproof vest offers excellent melee protection but it will struggle against any kind of firearms, it can reduce the bullet damage a bit if you're getting shot by a small caliber but don't expect too much.

Military Ballistic Vest will offer little in the terms of melee defense but it will do much better against small - medium caliber bullets. For PvE it's actually a downgrade from the stabproof vest, but it does have some inventory space.

Armor Tactical Vest offers pretty good melee protection and the best bullet protection. If it has good durability - it can even save you from the 50. BMG bullet. It also offers inventory space for storage, but it weights a lot so your character will lose more calories and get tired more quickly.

Improvised leather vest will soon make a comeback and it offers small amount of melee damage reduction and negligible amount of bullet protection. It does have a holster though, so it's a good early crafting choice to get that much needed storage space.

Improvised stabproof vest offers solid damage reduction for melee and low bullet protection.

Improvised bulletproof armor offers small melee protection and pretty solid bullet protection.


Hopefully this helped you out a bit.

This once again is exactly what i was looking for thanks for going into detail and making this very clear im sure this can help others looking for the same information p.s i would love a pistol holder please and thankyou :D