Armor Plate State In The New Patch

[METAL MUDA]

Armor plates are underpowered in the new patch. Currently, it is both rare and weak.

I'm used to armor plates being weak since the one shot patch, but losing a plate by a scrape of random stray shot at 3.5k health with +2 hard target with this level of rarity is not okay.

For a handful of runs now, if I count the plates shown as loot on each run, with +5 shop loot and +2 chest loot relics and frequent health chest visit, they would barely amount to full plates. Last run I play without the relics, I only got offered 1 armor plate the whole regular run (no loop).

The absence of healing chest definitely the main cause of their rarity. However, since all health loot are now slot items, health loot drop rate will now skewed towards those items leaving no space for non-slot item, the armor plate.

If the role of armor plate is still wanted in the game, they would need to be reworked. They need to be back as a commonly offered items or be strong enough to withstand multiple hits on sensible amount of health. You cannot have a weak and rare armor plate.

[Jokerdad4]

This
Fully agree with your take
this patch makes armor hard to get which is ok
But EVERY ARMOR FEELS so weak
POISON MELTS ARMOR IN FEW HITS
early on armor is all right but mid game/late game is where it goes downhill
even with legendary armor feels so weak
Note i only play ultra chaos or true nightmare but still it feels underwhelming
It's 10 times better to sell epic/legendary armor plates now for crystal now
Only way to make armor good is to have a lot of hp to make it par but might as well just go HP/TANK build
I kid you not Any poison enemies can apply a tiny bit of poison and anything that hits you while poisoned will shred your armor so hard,same goes with HP
Like OP said either make it super easy to get armor or make it hard to get but make it able to tank more hits



DUMB IDEAS TO HELP WITH ARMOR
add a perk that gives you a tiny bit of armor just like health shot
Add a perk that lets your melee reflect projectiles
Bring back the old Shield and make it Usable with a new Key button(Usable with few charges ,Once all charges are depleted,you can not use the shield till you get more Armor plates to recharge it)(Also you will have to hold the key to use the shield and it makes you slower)
Maybe make the Armor Regen perk after not taking dmg for certain seconds you gain little armor per seconds.It stops after getting hit again
Or you could change the whole thing with armor and make it base to have it regen by default and make It increase with how much armor you get with the armor plates But the more armor you have,the longer you have to wait for the regen to kick in(Took it off payday2)
Im yapping at this point but do what you want
im addicted to this game

[METAL MUDA]

The only way I was able to make use of armor in the current patch is by using "+1 plate if no armor" relic. That way I can still make small mistakes without losing combo. Honestly, I got more plates this way than I seen them offered organically. Building HP also does not help in protecting those plates unless you got insane investment / Ring of Defense.

Overall I think this is a good patch. Just the armor situation is dire.