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Can anyone explain how the armour works post Cu ?

Ive got a pre-cu set of composite and im not sure how the figures relate to damage absorbtion.

i.e is 6000 = 80% absorbtion?

any clarification would be great..

(posted this in general butit might get a better answer over here)

What the heck do these numbers mean?

The four-digit number on your armor is technically the independent variable in a quadratic equation forpercentile resistsmapping the domain [0, 10000] onto the image [0, 60]. In layman's terms, that means that the armor rating signifies a percentile resist (as in the old system) ranging from 0 to 60%. Because the equation is concave quadratic, you get diminishing returns for higher resists.

The actualfunction is: 60 * (AR/10000) + { [ (10000 - AR) / 10000 ] * (AR/200) }

Which reduces to: 0.011 * AR - 5E-7 * AR * AR

Some hard numbers:

1000 = 10.5%

2000 = 20.0%

3000 = 28.5%

4000 = 36.0%

5000 = 42.5%

7000 = 52.5%

8000 = 56.0%

9000 = 58.5%

10000 = 60%

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