Armour design

[Liareth]

What does each type of armour look like? What DR is applied to each type?

[Kenji3108]

Armor Types (Torso, Helmet slots)

1. Light Armor: Low DR vs Kinetic, increases AC (Dodge) Starcraft Ghost, Fallout Armored Vault Suit, Star Wars Smuggler outfit

   • Light Helmet provides increase to Detection, Perception, or some passive skills Scouter eyepiece, headset, gas mask, rebreather, but no protection value Note: Light armor should be used for most crafter/RP builds that provides a boost in most non-combat skills. Many of the suggested weaponries bypasses Light Armor.

2. Medium Armor: Medium DR vs Kinetic Stormtrooper, Republic Clone Trooper, WH40k Guardsman

   • Medium Helmet provides Low DR vs Sonic WH40k Guardsman helmets, Halo Marine helmets, or modern world's cranial helmets, with limited HUD, doesn’t cover full face

3. Heavy Armor: High DR vs Kinetic, low DR vs Thermal, Radiation, and Chemical Fallout Power Armor, WH40k Space Marines, Starcraft Marines, Halo Spartans

   • Heavy Helmet provides High DR vs Sonic (Full helmets that cover everything) Full helmet covering everything, including HUD and built-in gas filter Note: Heavy armor should reduce movement speed and be treated as a "vehicle" where it needs to be refueled/energized and maintained, not just "slip on" and "slip off" like a slipper.

4. Alien Armor: High DR vs Thermal, Electrical, Chemical, Sonic, and Radiation

   • Alien Helmet provides DR vs Psi

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Shield Types (Off-Hand slot)

• Light Shield (Small Shield/Buckler): Provides 33% Concealment (dodge chance) vs all Melee type weaponry, no advantage vs Ranged No weapon penalty It helps deflect melee sparrings but is almost useless vs ranged weaponry

  • Medium Shield (Medium/Kite Shield): Provides 25% Concealment vs Melee and Ranged Applies few weapon penalties It helps with deflecting melee sparrings as well as some ranged but doesn't cover legs, so it's half and half.

  • Heavy Shield (Tower Shield AKA Pavise): Provides 25% Concealment vs Melee, Provides 33% Concealment vs Ranged Have weapon penalty and movement speed penalty Covers the whole body, but very hard to maneuver around, especially if only wielding with one hand while the other

  • Alien Shield (Some kind of... Mind/Force/Psy Shield): Provides 33% Concealment vs Ranged and Psionic attacks no weapon penalty This deflects energy and ballistics but does nothing to Melee. The only way to "shield" from Psionic attacks. Note: Have empty model for Alien shields, imagine them as more of a personal force field of some kind instead of a physical hand-held shield.

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Capes/Backpacks/Batteries (Cloak slot)

Note: I thought of associating these with light/medium/heavy armor, but figured a trooper can wear a cape to indicate his officer rank, a lightly armored explorer can wear a backpack to gain more carry weight. Therefore the lack of armor type association with these.

• Capes: It will be similar to that of a decoration, or indication of rank, status, and extravagance to a certain extent. Providing a bonus to non-combat related skills, but offers little to no protection. Something akin to Captain Phasma's cape in the First Order.

• Backpacks: Provides a bonus to carry weight, first aid, gathering, or scavenging.

• Batteries: A must-have for almost any Heavy armor, maybe even cyborgs/androids/robots. The better the batteries or energy source, the better the performance or longevity of said armor/being.