How do you use armor with 95% arc resistance?

[ZDamage]

Was testing tactics and loadouts for diverse gameplay and fun.
What is the purprose of armor with 95% arc damage protection? Do you stand around tesla tower as electricity conductor to increase its range further and letting electricity go right through you, so bugs get hit by chain?
I think this armor need additional buff to be more useful and playable. For example, a bonus to electro damage for arc thrower and similar weapons.
Yes, it may save you if someone uses that electro-shotgun near you, but that's kinda too narrow useability i think.
Or, who knows, maybe this armor will be priceless when Illuminate finaly appear with electro-damage based troops.

[𝒞𝒶𝓈𝓊𝒶𝓁 Sinner]

It's made specifically with the assumption that a team will mainly, or at least actively, using the electro weapons. I think it's fine as is, and I look forward to seeing flame resistant armor.

[pampersgangsta1998]

you can use it with tesla towers and arc-12 or a arc thrower, but it's better to have teammates that will use the same armor and stratagems, then it will make sense

[Duskwulf]

It prevents randomly getting team killed by Arc Thrower users.

[Mikafor]

you can use a teammate wearing the armor to extend the range of your shock weapons since they arc

[Loot]

Should make it so EMS doesn't slow you. Even then, I still wouldn't use it though.

[Queltis]

Originally posted by ZDamage:

Was testing tactics and loadouts for diverse gameplay and fun.
What is the purprose of armor with 95% arc damage protection? Do you stand around tesla tower as electricity conductor to increase its range further and letting electricity go right through you, so bugs get hit by chain?
I think this armor need additional buff to be more useful and playable. For example, a bonus to electro damage for arc thrower and similar weapons.
Yes, it may save you if someone uses that electro-shotgun near you, but that's kinda too narrow useability i think.
Or, who knows, maybe this armor will be priceless when Illuminate finaly appear with electro-damage based troops.

The theory was that the armour was prep for the Illuminate since they use a lot of electrical damage in their arsenals.

[❌ Peath]

It's useful if your team picks arc thrower or tesla's.

And for upcoming Illuminate faction. I'm surprised Automaton's didn't use more electric weapons assuming they're communicating with someone from outside out solar system.

[Paps()]

It’s for the Illuminate. They are back.

It’s what Super Earth doesn’t want you to know… yet.
We don’t want to cause a panic, you see?
But they hinted at it by providing you with the correct gear for the job.
So don’t worry, Super Earth has our backs and our best intentions at heart.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Helldivers/comments/1bu7h5a/why_are_there_16_confirmed_illuminate_kills_on/

[Mosey]

Yeah, one assumes that if the bots are 'defeated' it will lead into the reveal of the 3rd faction. They've been hinting pretty strongly towards that, although it's vague enough that it could be something else.

Right now the armor is basically an anti-friendly fire armor that protects against your team zapping you with any arc weapon or it lets you camp out under a tesla tower.

Not the most generally useful armor, of course, but in a team that's all using arc weapons it has obvious benefits.