Armor Rating

[Msaon]

Is armor actually showing a difference for anyone? I've primarily just been swapping for the buffs because I haven't personally noticed a difference on Light vs Medium vs Heavy armor.

[Zheppon]

its broken it will be fixed soon

[Flo]

Armor rating is bugged and not working. Speed and stamina are though, so no reason to use anything but light armor right now.

I wonder what the current armor rating is, though. Is all armor medium? Or is there 0 armor and we might see the game get easier once it's fixed? It's a mystery

[Dr.Xance]

Originally posted by Flo:

Armor rating is bugged and not working. Speed and stamina are though, so no reason to use anything but light armor right now.

I wonder what the current armor rating is, though. Is all armor medium? Or is there 0 armor and we might see the game get easier once it's fixed? It's a mystery

Armors are treated ar Light, so if you get some explosive resistance it wont matter thanks to the low armor value, so im guessing it´s going light armor for the speed, or the armor that gives you 50% to not die

[Speedy Stabby Hackie Wacky Man]

Yeah padding and armor rating is bugged, all the other stuff do work still, stealth can be viable if you have patience, explosive resistance can save you from a rocket to the face(sometimes) and Democracy protects can basically make a Hulk wonder how the ♥♥♥♥ did his saw not give you a haircut (also sometimes), extra nades are nice and more stims and longer duration is actually more useful then people think.

[ImHelping]

I shall continue to shill for the FORTIFIED perk, which only exists on heavy armor in the warbond and needs cash shop costumes for medium/light (Which I own now, while armor stat itself is ♥♥♥♥♥♥)

Oh my god the amount of times I or someone else with fortified armor barely survives "360 no-scope rocket past the bare pixel edge of the boulder or objectives computer you were both behind", while the light scout next to us is reduced to paste.

Hell I have even survived the occasional sniper turret shot!... sends me flying 700 feet to fall damage to death, but it counts!

(Stealth as a core concept is fine. People mistaking "LIGHT ARMOR MAKES ME META BECAUSE HEAVY ARMOR FOR IDIOTS!" as skill tend to suffer when the game cheats around the stealth bonus on scout perk. All of the most successful solo players seem to understand this.)

[jey123456]

yep, im pretty much waiting on armor rating to be fixed so that i can add more variety to my playstyle, i usually like to play the tank build in games, but the closest i can do currently is the light armor with fortified perk, and shield backpack.

its ... ok. but id much rather have some defense and combine that with jump pack for quick burst of mobility.

[Khloros]

Originally posted by ImHelping:

I shall continue to shill for the FORTIFIED perk, which only exists on heavy armor in the warbond and needs cash shop costumes for medium/light (Which I own now, while armor stat itself is ♥♥♥♥♥♥)

Oh my god the amount of times I or someone else with fortified armor barely survives "360 no-scope rocket past the bare pixel edge of the boulder or objectives computer you were both behind", while the light scout next to us is reduced to paste.

Hell I have even survived the occasional sniper turret shot!... sends me flying 700 feet to fall damage to death, but it counts!

(Stealth as a core concept is fine. People mistaking "LIGHT ARMOR MAKES ME META BECAUSE HEAVY ARMOR FOR IDIOTS!" as skill tend to suffer when the game cheats around the stealth bonus on scout perk. All of the most successful solo players seem to understand this.)

You are not wrong about fortified, IMO. you are going to see the personal shield fall out of favor with a lot of people once heavy armor is working and you take heavy fortified armor. I suspect its going to make dealing with bots a lot better.


I think the strategy is going to be, heavy armor for bots, light for bugs, and medium can go either way.

[ImHelping]

Originally posted by Khloros:

Originally posted by ImHelping:

I shall continue to shill for the FORTIFIED perk, which only exists on heavy armor in the warbond and needs cash shop costumes for medium/light (Which I own now, while armor stat itself is ♥♥♥♥♥♥)

Oh my god the amount of times I or someone else with fortified armor barely survives "360 no-scope rocket past the bare pixel edge of the boulder or objectives computer you were both behind", while the light scout next to us is reduced to paste.

Hell I have even survived the occasional sniper turret shot!... sends me flying 700 feet to fall damage to death, but it counts!

(Stealth as a core concept is fine. People mistaking "LIGHT ARMOR MAKES ME META BECAUSE HEAVY ARMOR FOR IDIOTS!" as skill tend to suffer when the game cheats around the stealth bonus on scout perk. All of the most successful solo players seem to understand this.)

You are not wrong about fortified, IMO. you are going to see the personal shield fall out of favor with a lot of people once heavy armor is working and you take heavy fortified armor. I suspect its going to make dealing with bots a lot better.


I think the strategy is going to be, heavy armor for bots, light for bugs, and medium can go either way.

I expect shield will remain popular because even if I hardly use it yet, apparently it also prevents constant "I got slowed down if the enemy so much as tickles me" issues.

Honestly the bigger concerns once armor stat is fixed are-

A: The devs don't go "Teehee it acid spit ignores armor anyways, very lore friendly"

B: The devs don't do the usual 'modern games catering to people who THINK they are oldschool hardcore gamers' bait and switch. Where they brag about fixing something worthless, but gosh they just had to preemptively nerf three other things and also buff the enemies or the thing that was literally worthless before might be overpowered.

[Kptn Howdy]

I really just want to use something other than the light armours without it being an objective detriment to myself, I really hope this is on the top of their bugfixing list because it renders a gigantic chunk of the armours they sell and have unlockable useless

[jey123456]

checking once or twice a day, hoping to see an update on armor rating. still no such luck

[dean martini]

i got some light armor with fortify, I'll be running that 'till they fix it.