whats the point of light armor on enemies?

[>>NEUTRONIC_]

from what i can tell, every primary and secondary lists "LIGHT ARMOR PENETRATING" in its description thing. does light armor reduce damage? or is it only useful against some supports?

[Vagitron]

Faster run speed and more stamina than medium armor way more than heavy armor.

[>>NEUTRONIC_]

Originally posted by Vagitron:

Faster run speed and more stamina than medium armor way more than heavy armor.

no, i meant on the enemies. sorry for the misleading title

[Noob Herder]

For when you gotta go fast and RUSH B to call in a 380mm barrage

[>>NEUTRONIC_]

Originally posted by FilliesAreBest:

For when you gotta go fast and RUSH B to call in a 380mm barrage

again, i meant on enemies, im sorry for the misleading title, i understand player light armor

[Dynamiez]

I think light armor penetration does nothing. Just think of it as the "standard". Because, like you said, every weapon has at least light armor penetration.
It can hurt every enemy that doesnt have medium or heavy armor, so only small one or for example the warrior bugs (they look big but are rather soft targets)

[Irier]

I think the devs said armor is on a scale of 1-10

If your weapon is the same armor pen rating as the enemy you will do full damage.

How much light armor rating is we have no clue, how much enemy armor is on each we have no clue as well, fatshark doe the same thing with hidden weapon stats and mechanics, we just have to wait for a super player to make an excell doc for the rest of us.

[Inner Sight]

Originally posted by LIVE OWL REACTION:

from what i can tell, every primary and secondary lists "LIGHT ARMOR PENETRATING" in its description thing. does light armor reduce damage? or is it only useful against some supports?

There are a few weapons that lack light armor penetration. Secondaries lack it. and I believe the SMG lacked it.

Also - and this could possibly be wrong - I believe I've seen some of my shots ricochet off of armor that it would have otherwise impacted into at certain sheer angles.

[Wutever]

Originally posted by LIVE OWL REACTION:

from what i can tell, every primary and secondary lists "LIGHT ARMOR PENETRATING" in its description thing. does light armor reduce damage? or is it only useful against some supports?

If penetration is lower than armor the shot will bounce.
If penetration and armor are on the same level the shots will deal reduced damage (white hit marker).
If penetration is higher than armor it will do maximum damage (red hit marker).

Light penetration weapons will occasionally have some white markers when shooting warriors or raiders in some spots.

Also, as mentioned, the game is more granular with armor values under the hood. Light medium and heavy are more like approximations.

[XOLiD]

Originally posted by Wutever:

Originally posted by LIVE OWL REACTION:

from what i can tell, every primary and secondary lists "LIGHT ARMOR PENETRATING" in its description thing. does light armor reduce damage? or is it only useful against some supports?

If penetration is lower than armor the shot will bounce.
If penetration and armor are on the same level the shots will deal reduced damage (white hit marker).
If penetration is higher than armor it will do maximum damage (red hit marker).

Light penetration weapons will occasionally have some white markers when shooting warriors or raiders in some spots.

Also, as mentioned, the game is more granular with armor values under the hood. Light medium and heavy are more like approximations.

There's also the "higher caliber" weapons with only light penetration in the description but they pen medium just fine like the slugger and defender

[Squishy]

Originally posted by LIVE OWL REACTION:

Originally posted by FilliesAreBest:

For when you gotta go fast and RUSH B to call in a 380mm barrage

again, i meant on enemies, im sorry for the misleading title, i understand player light armor

You could just edit the post and make it clearer than it is currently instead of letting the misunderstanding get worse by responding to everybody individually...

[Wutever]

Originally posted by XOLiD:

Originally posted by Wutever:

If penetration is lower than armor the shot will bounce.
If penetration and armor are on the same level the shots will deal reduced damage (white hit marker).
If penetration is higher than armor it will do maximum damage (red hit marker).

Light penetration weapons will occasionally have some white markers when shooting warriors or raiders in some spots.

Also, as mentioned, the game is more granular with armor values under the hood. Light medium and heavy are more like approximations.

There's also the "higher caliber" weapons with only light penetration in the description but they pen medium just fine like the slugger and defender

The Defender doesn't penetrate medium. It bounces off of hive guards. The Slugger and Senator do penetrate tho.