Armor Mods, What Do They Do?

[Cyler]

What do these mods actually do? Do you recieve less damage? If yes, how much?

[PatiqForLife]

you receive less damage but I think only when you lose hp

edit: don't know how much though

Edited March 25, 2013 by PatiqForLife

[INAC]

They still exist?

[FIAMMA95]

You take less damage on health when shields are away.

[Zyfe3rX]

1) They still exist

2) The armor % only affects you HP, you will lose shield just like any other player,

[DogManDan]

You take less damage on health when shields are away.

This is it exactly. Armor mods protect your health when shields have lost capacity. It only slows the process but it is an effective mod to have. Really good to have on the Sentinels as well.

[Cyler]

So if I have 90% armor, what will it do? Reduce damage by 90%?(on my HP)

Are there any exact numbers on that?

PS: Awesome mod for infested bosses.

Edited March 26, 2013 by Cyler

[TwilightAsh]

So if I have 90% armor, what will it do? Reduce damage by 90%?(on my HP)

Are there any exact numbers on that?

PS: Awesome mod for infested bosses.

Won't work on poison, you still get -1hp from poison and any kind of DOT

[Hammerspace]

Aren't these values multiplicative? Ie., not so impressive on Volt (90% of 10 armor) but nice on Rhino (90% of 150 armor).

[Cyler]

Won't work on poison

There goes my hope for easing infested missions...

[honeybadger]

The formula for damage mitigated (as a fraction) is as follows:

TotalArmor/(TotalArmor+100)

where TotalArmor=BaseArmor+BaseArmor*ArmorModValue

To visualize this function, see the following Wolfram Alpha link. The X axis is total armor, and the Y axis is damage mitigated as a percent

http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=plot+100*x%2F%28x%2B100%29+from+0+to+300