Sharessa Posted January 25, 2004 You know, it's kind of strange that I've never known this nor have I ever seen this question asked before. Anyway, how does armor work exactly? Does it make it so that 2/3 of the damage goes to your armor? Or does having a certain amount make your health go down a bit less? I seriously have no idea, after all these years of playing FPSes (except in Half-Life), where it's rather obvious how it works). 0 Share this post Link to post
AndrewB Posted January 25, 2004 Good question. I always figured that as long as you had >= 1% armor, the damage you took would be cut in half. 0 Share this post Link to post
Bloodshedder Posted January 25, 2004 Depends on the armor class of the armor you're currently wearing. Your armor class without armor is 1. When you're wearing the green armor, your armor class is 2, and I believe 1/3 of damage taken is absorbed by your armor. When you have blue armor, your armor class is 3, and 1/2 the damage you take is absorbed by your armor. 0 Share this post Link to post
Fredrik Posted January 25, 2004 You take 2/3 with green armor, 1/2 with blue, IIRC. Edit: yep, verified in the source. 0 Share this post Link to post
Fredrik Posted January 25, 2004 Bloodshedder said:I just said that :P Your mom. 0 Share this post Link to post
Scuba Steve Posted January 25, 2004 Wow, this is the most useful thread I have ever read on DoomWorld. 0 Share this post Link to post
Weakmind Posted January 25, 2004 I agree with scuba... but any ways, it is armour... when you get shot, it slow down the projectile, causeing less damage, and with a slash, same idea. easy consept 0 Share this post Link to post
The Flange Peddler Posted January 25, 2004 How do the armous bonuses fit into this ? Does it depend on whether the blue or green armour was picked up before ? 0 Share this post Link to post
Quasar Posted January 25, 2004 BTW, Heretic armor is better than DOOM armor. In Heretic, the silver shield protects you from 50%, and the enchanted shield protects you from a whopping 75% of damage. 0 Share this post Link to post
zark Posted January 25, 2004 Weakmind said:I agree with scuba... but any ways, it is armour... when you get shot, it slow down the projectile, causeing less damage, and with a slash, same idea. easy consept Thank you for enlightening us, I'm sure none of us had a clue what armour was. 0 Share this post Link to post
zark Posted January 25, 2004 Ralphis said:I didn't. Really, I didn't. If friends aren't gadgets then goggles n a bathin suit n can't 4get tha headfones n cd playas! SWiMMa 4 LiFE! GoTTa LuV it 0 Share this post Link to post
Espi Posted January 25, 2004 The Flange Peddler said:How do the armous bonuses fit into this ? Does it depend on whether the blue or green armour was picked up before ? Yeah, they add to whichever armor class you have at the time. 0 Share this post Link to post
The Flange Peddler Posted January 25, 2004 Ah right... what if haven't picked up any actual armour at all yet ? 0 Share this post Link to post
Gokuma Posted January 25, 2004 So if you get armor bonuses when you have no armor to start with, do they give any protection? Probably gives you green. 0 Share this post Link to post
Fredrik Posted January 25, 2004 Gokuma said:So if you get armor bonuses when you have no armor to start with, do they give any protection? Probably gives you green. Yes. 0 Share this post Link to post
Job Posted January 25, 2004 The Flange Peddler said:Ah right... what if haven't picked up any actual armour at all yet ? Bloodshedder said:Your armor class without armor is 1. 0 Share this post Link to post
Erik Posted January 25, 2004 What if I have blue armor but below 100%, is it still 1/2 damage? And if I then pick up a green armor, does it become 2/3 damage? 0 Share this post Link to post
sargebaldy Posted January 25, 2004 Erik said:What if I have blue armor but below 100%, is it still 1/2 damage? And if I then pick up a green armor, does it become 2/3 damage? I was wondering the exact same thing. I never realized that not picking up green armor could be a good strategy. 0 Share this post Link to post
Fredrik Posted January 25, 2004 Indeed, going from 99% blue to 100% of green armor weakens your defense :( 0 Share this post Link to post
Ultraviolet Posted January 25, 2004 Mizzad props to Quasar on the Heretic armor thing... can we have some stats now on the Hexen armor stuff? Since it is all usable cross-game in ZDoom, using all of these different armor types could be pretty cool in Doom. I always wanted more armor class flexibility in DeHackED, but it looks like this could be a good settling point. 0 Share this post Link to post
Ichor Posted January 25, 2004 For Hexen 0 AC = 0%, up to 20 AC = 100%. Only when you're a pig do you have 0 AC, and only a fighter can get to 20 AC when he has all armor and uses the Dragonskin Bracers. 0 Share this post Link to post
Ultraviolet Posted January 25, 2004 Oy. What are all the armor items and their effects in Heretic and Hexen? 0 Share this post Link to post
Ichor Posted January 25, 2004 Mesh Armor - gives 1 AC to the mage, 2 AC to the cleric and 5 AC to the fighter Falcon Shield - gives 3 AC to the mage, 5 AC to the cleric and 4 AC to the fighter Platinum Helmet - gives 2 AC to the mage, 1 AC to the cleric and 3 AC to the fighter Amulet of Warding - gives 5 AC to the mage, 4 AC to the cleric and 1 AC to the fighter Dragonskin Bracers - gives 4 AC extra Mystic Ambit Incant - gives 1 AC extra for the fighter only 0 Share this post Link to post
Ultraviolet Posted January 25, 2004 Can you determine from the source what each will do to the Doom player? Do you have any thoughts on how the armor from different games will interact? Is there anything you can tell about that from the source? I wouldn't know what to look for even if I had the source... I don't have much experience with Hexen, either, so I would be even more lost. 0 Share this post Link to post
Ultraviolet Posted January 25, 2004 I edited my post just as you posted that. Um... so yeah. Same question. :P (Wanted to make sure you noticed) 0 Share this post Link to post
Kristian Ronge Posted January 25, 2004 EDIT: Beh, somebody else beat me to it. 0 Share this post Link to post