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Today I did some logging of my fights while wearing my armor and working unarmed exp. What did I find? The armor "hole" that was supposed to be fixed, was not and in fact was happening to me on 30% of the hits I took all day today. That means that I was taking full damage 30% of the time to melee mobs when wearing 48% composite. Now, this may not mean too much to you until you think about the implications of a mob hitting an armor "hole" at the same time we commandos are taking 2.5x damage. Especially considering this was happening 30% of the time (to me).

Ran more tests this evening and logs continue to show nearly 30% of melee hits are not absorbed by armor regardless of weapon in hand or unarmed. So far I have no evidence of ranged attacks hitting these armor "holes."

Just trying to keep you informed. When you get nailed for that uber damage everyone is talking about, you might want to check and see if your armor absorbed any of the damage. I know that every time I have gotten hit for 400+ in melee with my FT in hand, my armor has been equiped but did not absorb any of the damage. Unequiping my FT when in melee range has become standard practice for me also. I have yet to die to melee mobs post patch using this technique. That said, it is not a viable technique for PvP, but I have not had time to figure out what works best there.

remove all clothing and backpacks.

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Grunzer wrote:

remove all clothing and backpacks.

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Yeah, I did that, but did not remove my belt. Is that where the "hole" is? I will test it tomorrow, but if that is the case, wearing 1 belt that results in a 30% hole in my armor is pretty lame.

lol nop i were a full suit of 60% comp armor including the armor belt and i think its arond 30% still that it gose stright threw it rilly needs to have no helos wat so ever

I read a post on the armorsmiths board. There are three holes in armor right now . The belt, back and eyes. Apparently if you get hit in one of those area's there is no armor protection whether you have armor there (i.e. helmet) or not

Well... I used to wear a backpack and belt. Ihave them off, but how do I take off my eyes? LOL.

Oh yea, the dreaded armor hole is kicking my butt. I haven't tried taking off my belt/backpack/eyeglasses? lol

I'll try that next I guess.