I get that it's pretty much 6 in one, half a dozen in the other. But I'm wondering if the increased armor values on the plates is going to matter against the frequency of explosives used in the game...


Like, as a Heavy that would be pure armor tanking, maybe with a shield regulator or recharger, if I got Fluxed and then MD'd would I be able to survive one or two more blasts or would the additional armor be negligible against explosives?

Explosives do 135% damage to armor.
Because overkill FTW -_-

I think the armor buff is going to help armor tankers against lower geared players.

You're now a little less squishy to players under 4/5 mil sp but proto is probably still going to mess you up...

Why is the explosion buff so huge that's a silly number it should + or - 20% like all the other weapons

Why is the explosion buff so huge that's a silly number it should + or - 20% like all the other weapons

We really need some resistance plates of some sort, one for Explosive for well.. explosives. Kinectic for Hybrid weapons/scrambler. Thermal for lasers/scrambler and EMP maybe more for shields for flux and lasers.

Will allow us to build tanks against certain play styles.

Bullet spong heavy, Exlposion eating heavy, COME AT ME BRO-LASER heavy.

Theres certainly some tweaking todo as this is spewing out of my head bu A couple of ideas nontheless.

eh...

They put in way to many weapons that can hurt armor. The AR I think is the worst mainly because its the most used gun AND they intended it to be that way. It makes sense to me that a projectile weapon is strong against armor plates but as I've said in numerous threads, the illusion of realism (mixed with a dozen other things...) not realism itself makes a game fun.

Like in BF3, the nighttime battles in their campaign are terribly dark with extremely bright flashing gunfire but their nighttime maps in multiplayer are lit like the place is covered in floodlights.

the Ar is not a projectile weapon, its a plasma weapon, it deals extra damage to shields, and less to armor.

110%, 90%


the SMG is a projectile weapon, and it deals extra damage to armor, and less to shields.

I thought the AR was hybrid and did equal damage to armor and shields.

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ETA on Resistance Modules?
Which should be a Mid Slot addition with Biotics.

ETA on Resistance Modules?
Which should be a Mid Slot addition with Biotics.

ETA on Resistance Modules?
Which should be a Mid Slot addition with Biotics.

Resistance Modules? for explosives or all weapon?


if it for all weapons armor going super op
if it for explosives weapon is usless becasue enemy team had 16 player and 1-2 players with explosives and the rest use another gun and still die too fast from them, becasue u wasted 1 slot for that module. i rather put more armor plate on it .
ccp doing a right thing by buffing armor a bit so we can last 1 more or 2 more hit from explosives. hope u guys understand i know my english is bad =)

not everyone explosives weapon.

That's also why I'm against resistance mods, if they made it for all types of damage, people would stack them hard and become almost invulnerable. If they made them for specific types of damage, like you said, if you're not running into that type of weapon you wasted a slot.

IMO innate resistances from suit/race/skill bonus would be better.