Armorsmith Archive
Thread: Partial Armour?
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Northrend
Fri Jul 23, 2004 4:36 am
#1
This was asked in the big Guide thread below, but not answered.. and since i have often wondered the same i would like to ask it again:
What are the effects of wearing only partial armour, or different kinds of armour in different bodyparts? Is there some kind of overall % for the different damage types that gets added up, or... do i take full damage to my arm if i wear no armour there? Also, how do personal deflector shields add into this? What slot to they fill, or do the work like some kind of overall layer on top?
Would be much grateful for an answer to this. 
AtPlay
Fri Jul 23, 2004 6:09 pm
#3
Mobs can hit locations. If you are wearing good armor in one location, you will have a damage reduction based on that piece. So if you have Composit arms and a Bone armor bp, and get hit in the chest, you are going to take a lot of damage.
owako
Fri Jul 23, 2004 10:32 pm
#5
There is a bug relating to the ugly hack the DEVs used to fix the armor hole. If you are wearing a full suit, the system will shunt hits to the nearest armor piece. Basicly they couldn't find the cause and fix that, so they hacked it so the shots wouldn't get thought. Fun part is the system considers wearing only chest, helm, boots and gloves a full suit. No leggings or arms needed. Only works with comp, but its a way to avoid all the encum they add.
royalewitcheez
Sat Jul 24, 2004 5:04 am
#6
Only works w/ comp? Hmmm, I thought someone said you could do it w/ ubese. Maybe someone who wears ubese could test? I figure the system doesn't care what kind of armor, just as long as those parts are covered.
frumslemmag
Sat Jul 24, 2004 11:53 am
#7
I have this tested with composite and tantel armor.
In both cases hits directed to the legs hit the boots instead, 100% of the time.
Stinky_jawa
Sat Jul 24, 2004 11:38 pm
#8
Go up against a gdk wearing the 'partial armor' (helm, chest, boots, gloves) You will get hit for more, even if it hits those pieces each time more damage gets through. Against regular mobs (15k hams and lower mostly), yes its handy, but against anything that can land a decent hit (elders, djk, djm's, at-st's etc), full suit is still better.
From how it seems to work on me anyway
From how it seems to work on me anyway
Darth_Sushi
Sun Jul 25, 2004 12:47 am
#9
Tested how? Is your methodology sound and are your results repeatable?
buzzard
Sun Jul 25, 2004 10:51 am
#10
Ok noticing today that the Partial Armor Protection appears to be gone. I am getting hit for full damage in legs and arms, both Ubese and Comp. Not that I am upset being an AS 
Did the Devs fianlly fix this? Can someone confirm this?
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