Do clothes other than body armor give me protection?

[Wild colonial boy]

There is still no info about protection on wiki so I'm gonna ask it here.

[673523159]

no

[Wild colonial boy]

Originally posted by 673523159:

no

Source?

[smokey57]

Originally posted by Wild colonial boy:

Originally posted by 673523159:

no

Source?

School of hard knocks, among others.

[Simon]

yes it does. every piece of clothing reduces damage from pve by some amount.. body armor ofc being the best and most effective

[Humpenstilzchen]

Originally posted by Simon:

yes it does. every piece of clothing reduces damage from pve by some amount.. body armor ofc being the best and most effective

Not really. The effect is is so minimal, that´s its hardly worth wearing all that stuff.
You can wear bodyarmor and still get scratched at the chest by a simple slap of a puppet..

[Wild colonial boy]

Originally posted by Simon:

yes it does. every piece of clothing reduces damage from pve by some amount.. body armor ofc being the best and most effective

Where I can check which clothes are best? Not counting the body armor.

[Bunny]

It won't help you against bullets, to put it simply. They absorb so little damage that the effect is pretty much negligible.

[Wild colonial boy]

Originally posted by Bunny:

It won't help you against bullets, to put it simply. They absorb so little damage that the effect is pretty much negligible.

But will they help against melee weapons and arrows?

[Scorpion1980]

Originally posted by Wild colonial boy:

There is still no info about protection on wiki so I'm gonna ask it here.

must admit, i myself are also curious about certain stats of items in the game, for example the armors,

ofcourse like bunny said, vs. bullets most armor are almost useless, but in sp it would be nice to know which armors absorb more melee hits from muppets, and which armors can block damage from the exploding muppets. some stats and more info on certain items would be nice (yes im an rpg gamer at heart, Skyrim... nudge-wink)

[Gavener]

I have noticed my Backpack taking a beating and not my character so that is one item that seems to eat some damage, also what about helmets, I have the ww2 helmet on and I feel like it helps at time, but from what I can tell the Motorcycle armored looking jacket offers nothing ? I mean 1% DR adds up if each item you wear offers some DR from Melee

[Billy Bigtime]

Originally posted by Simon:

yes it does. every piece of clothing reduces damage from pve by some amount.. body armor ofc being the best and most effective

What about puppet damage? Does it also reduce that?

[marktkm]

Everything is subject to change for balancing, which is why there's no listing in game (or out that I know of). There used to be a partial of the weapons, but it's well out of date by now.

I'm paraphrasing, so maybe a dev can correct me if I'm off, but each offensive item in the game has a certain amount of energy, and each clothing item can absorb a certain amount of energy. If the offensive item (say a bullet) had more energy than the clothing it hits can absorb, it will penetrate, losing a little bit of that energy equal to what the clothing absorbs. The damage is then calculated based on what's left. Soft clothing can't absorb much. There's also differences in what type of damage (bullets, blunt, etc.) the armors are good against.

The energy formula is also used in determining whether ammo pierces other things like vehicles and walls.

Overall, however, if someone gets a bead on you with a decent weapon you're going to go down regardless of what you are wearing. It'll come down to who sees who first. This includes pistols. Plus the armor only protects what it covers.