Armor Questions

[Shadowreaver]

I have this on Vita and just got around to playing it though haven't noticed a huge amount of armor's with better defense....So my question is this the Handbook in game says armor is calculated by Defense amount x armor level I've also heard that's a mistranslation and should be more like it can be BOOSTED by armor level. Are the 1st Semester armor's just really that low or am I missing something?

[Quint the Alligator Snapper]

Is your question whether defense gets armor added to it or is multiplied by armor? This I don't know. I do remember running across a Japanese-language guide on some site, but at the moment I forget where it was; that might be useful.

FYI you can sometimes get armor pieces with huge bonuses as enemy random drops.

[Quint the Alligator Snapper]

FYI I'm near the end of the first semester, and maxed out on levels, and right now I have the following equipment:

Lode - Excalibur+1 (-1/2/-1), Shield II (0/13/-6), Valkyrie Armor (0/7/-3), Plate Leggings+4 (2/11/-3), Tiara+4 (0/6/0), Cat Tail (-1/3/-1), Special Guard+3 (0/4/0)

Crow - Kudo Muramasa (1/2/0), Highlander+1 (1/8/-3), Lander Slacks+5 (1/14/-3), Rodem Trancer+2 (-1/4/-2), Angelicide (-1/3/-1), Battle Task (0/2/-1)

Satsuki - Noble Katana+2 (0/1/0), Shogun Katana+1 (0/1/0), Vassal Robe+2 (0/13/-8), Feudal Helm (1/4/-3), Devil Wing+15 (-1/20/-1), Spell Guard X (0/2/0), Level Pass Code

Nozomi - Psycho Hammer (1/3/-1), Leather Armor (0/4/-1), Leather Pants+7 (0/12/-1), Leather Helm+7 (0/10/-1), Angel Wing+6 (-1/10/-1), Healer Task (0/1/0)

Ema - Neuro Dagger+12 (-3/1/0), Boomerang+1 (0/0/0), Seraphic Tunic+5 (-1/9/-2), Seraphic Leggings (-1/3/-2), Burning Glass (-1/4/-2), Bird Wing+8 (0/11/0), Spell Guard+8 (0/9/0)

Hayato - Confuse EX+2 (-5/1/0), Angst EX+2 (-5/1/0), Pasty Armor (-1/6/-2), Athena Trousers (0/7/-3), Pretty Ribbon+7 (0/10/-2), Machine Wing+6 (0/10/0), Babylon Task (0/2/-1)

Numbers are Miss Chance/Defense/Evade.

Looking at these numbers, and thinking back on what I remember, I think armor defense bonus is just added to your character's naked defense bonus.

(And remember that Miss Chance and Evade are better the lower they are.)

[Shadowreaver]

Just in general speaking as I'm at Kagura restricted area east and pretty much most of what I've found least armor wise has been near the same 2's maybe a 6 here and there defense wise. So was just curious how armor worked as they seemed not to differ too much. Update-Am NOT enjoying Kagura restricted area way too easy to get lost heh.