Damaged level 3 body armor or helmet vs fresh level 2 helmet or armor?

[LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING]

Always wondered if it would be better to keep damaged level 3 or get a fresh level 2

[DORTY DUSTY DAVE]

for a helmet, the benefit would be that a level 3 keeps cover on your face opposed to the level 1 and 2 helmets, therefore peventing a 1 shot face shot (this can happen no matter the health of your level 1 or 2 helmet)

[plamper]

Originally posted by Noah Lord of Memes:

for a helmet, the benefit would be that a level 3 keeps cover on your face opposed to the level 1 and 2 helmets, therefore peventing a 1 shot face shot (this can happen no matter the health of your level 1 or 2 helmet)

Wrong. There is no face hitbox, you should just pick up lvl 3 helmets so you dont get 1-shotted by a kar.

[Retsopmi]

From what I understand the only number that matters is the armor. If your T3 is blow a T2 helmet in armor, swap it out.

Also, they really need to rework the armor system in the game. T3 is rather pointless when I've seen a single AKM/Kar/SKS shot drop the T3 helm to 6 armor and drop the life of the person to right above knock out.

[Deathwads]

It depends how low the vests are, but I would always take a level 3 Helmet over 2 or 1 because the Kar98 cant 1 shot you with lvl 3, also the other 2 still block your face, its a common misconception that they dont

[Jaeden]

Originally posted by Deathwads:

It depends how low the vests are, but I would always take a level 3 Helmet over 2 or 1 because the Kar98 cant 1 shot you with lvl 3, also the other 2 still block your face, its a common misconception that they dont

Given how much misinformation is in some of these posts listen to this guy. Higher armor blocks more damage...so if a level 3 is half damage vs a full level 2 the level 2 will be more effective vs a smg but less effective vs a kar98. For a helmet I would take the level 3 always, for a chest if it's over 1/3 damaged I take the lv2