Armorsmith Archive
Thread: Dumb questions- Brackaset armor segs!
You use them in final assembly, in place of normal segments. IE Brackaset segments you use when crafting Chitin armor, Rancor is used in padded. They're VERY handy for low level armorsmiths, and also useful for customizing defenses on armor that normally doesn't allow layers.
There's TWO types of items here though...
One example- Fambaa Hide. It goes in the Enhancement slot, when crafting a segment, and then is placed into the armor. For high-level armorsmiths, this is obviously a better choice, since it lets you enhance a peice of armor, in addition to Layers, and experimentation.
Fambaa Hide Segment, however, goes only in padded armor. it replaces an entire segment, and if making a peice of armor, all segments have to be the same type- IE you can amke chitin with brackaset segments, kliknik segments, or ... crap drew a blank. But you get the idea. A chitin chestplate can use 4 brac, 4 kliknik, or 4 normal segments...but it cannot use 2 brac and 2 kliknik, or 3 kliknik and 1 brac, etc.
Masen wrote:
Fambaa Hide Segment, however, goes only in padded armor. it replaces an entire segment, and if making a peice of armor, all segments have to be the same type- IE you can amke chitin with brackaset segments, kliknik segments, or ... crap drew a blank. But you get the idea. A chitin chestplate can use 4 brac, 4 kliknik, or 4 normal segments...but it cannot use 2 brac and 2 kliknik, or 3 kliknik and 1 brac, etc.
Sharnaff is the one you missed. I'll also agree with your point that the segments are more for low level armorsmiths. They add some interesting special protections, moving either vunerabilities or base resists, but the inherent special protections are lower than what you could acheive with advanced segments.
For example, my advanced chitin comes in around 60% kinetic, with acid in base around 16% and heat and cold as vunerabilites. With sharnaff plating segments, acid moves up to special protection around ~35% along with heat and cold at ~5%, but kinetic suffers, only going up to ~35% in special protection.
The segment enhancers are universally helpful. They're a nice bonus on top of potections already inherent in the armor, but more importantly you can use them to plug up some key vunerabilites. Even the low-end voritor scales can be used to plug up the kinetic hole in bone armor or the energy hole in Mabari, actually making these viable noob armors. Rancor hides and sharnaff plates plug up the heat and cold holes in chitin, making it vunerable to only stun and electricity.
The segment enhancers are where the fun is, IMHO. They're not easy enough to come by to justify mass production with them, but it's neat to see what can be done with them in advanced segments. I churn out kinetic layered Ubese on my grind to master, but when I get bored I yank a sharnaff plate, rancor hide, or even a krayt scale (amazing the stuff on the bazaar with the new 6K cap) and mess around with things.
