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Armor is a powerup that can be collected by walking over it, and which respawns 20 seconds after pickup.  For the important armor on a map, such as [[RA]], it can be strategic to pick it up every 20 seconds, thereby denying it to the opponent.
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Armor is an item that can be collected by walking over it (with some exceptions noted below), and which respawns 20 seconds after pickup.  For the important armor on a map, such as [[RA]], it can be strategic to pick it up every 20 seconds, thereby denying it to the opponent.
  
===Combined Damage Points===
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There are three types of Armor:
Armor can be thought of as a component of the combined damage system, the other component being health pointsA common illustration is the following [[DM6]] scenario:
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{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" cellpadding="20" cellspacing="0"
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! colspan="4" | Armor types, absorption rates & pickup thresholds
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|-
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! Armor type
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![[File:Item armor green.png]]
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![[File:Item armor yellow.png]]
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![[File:Item armor red.png]]
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|-
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!Damage Absorption
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|30%
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|60%
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|80%
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|-
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!Armor amount
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|100
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|150
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|200
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|-
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|Prevent GA Pickup threshold
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|100
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|50
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|38
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|-
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|Prevent YA Pickup threshold
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|Never
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|150
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|113
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|-
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|Prevent RA Pickup threshold
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|Never
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|Never
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|200
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|}
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When you collect an armor, you receive the "armor amount" listed above, regardless of what armor you had previously.  In other words, armor is not cumulative, you will replace your existing armor rather than adding to it.
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The type and value are important in the damage calculation (see below).
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===Armor Pickup===
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Your ability to pickup a "lower" armor depends on the amount and type of armor you currently have. The thresholds in the table above illustrate the minimum amount of armor that will prevent you from picking up a replacement armorFor example, if you have 50 or more YA, you cannot collect a GA;  If you have 113 or more RA, you cannot collect a YA, etc.
  
You have [[Red Armor]] and 100 health, e.g. 200/100, or a total of 300 combined health points.
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''Gameplay consideration: You might notice players deliberately damaging themselves in order to reduce their current armor below these thresholds, thus enabling them to collect a new armor. In some cases this may reduce their overall 'stack' (see Combined Damage Points below) but it may still be desirable for them to deny the opportunity for an enemy to collect the armor. For example, a player with red armor might damage themself with rocket splash in order to collect a yellow armor, thus preventing an opponent from obtaining it for another 20 seconds''
  
Your enemy has [[MH]] and [[GA]], e.g. 100/200, or the same total of 300 combined health points.
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===Combined Damage Points===
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Armor can be thought of as a component of the combined damage system, the other component being health points.
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Imagine you have [[Red Armor]] and 100 health, e.g. 200/100, or a total of 300 combined damage points.
  
At this moment in time, it is totally correct to say that you and your opponent are 100% evenly matched (all other things being the same)(Of course, very soon the megahealth will begin to count down, and you will no longer be 100% evenly matched, also the megahealth has go down to 0 to respawn, while the RA doesnt have to go down at all, it only has to go down as little as 1 point to be picked up, so there is a lot less time of risk for the person who controls RA)
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Note: Players will always die when their health is reduced to zero or below, irrespective of how much armor they haveSo the "Combined Damage Points" mentioned above may not always be fully realised in cases where health reaches zero before armor is exhausted.
  
 
===Absorption of Damage===
 
===Absorption of Damage===
However, different armors absorb damage differently, and the above scenario can be used to further illustrate this concept.  Suppose you and your enemy still have 300 combined health points, you with RA 200/100, him with MH/GA 100/200.  Now:
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Each armor has a different Absorption rate as follows:
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*[[GA]]: 3/10 of damage goes to armor
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*[[YA]]: 3/5
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*[[RA]]: 4/5
  
You hit 2 direct rockets (for 200 points) and your enemy hits you with 2 direct rockets (also for 200 points).  Lets forget that direct rockets are sometimes more than 100 points each.  So, each of you now has 300 minus 200 points, but now you are no longer 100% evenly matched (even if the MH does not count down). Why not?  Because [[RA]] absorbs a lot more damage than [[GA]].  After some math, here are the two components after one direct hit:
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When you receive damage, in the above scenario where the player has 200RA, the armor will absorb 80% of the damage and the remaining 20% is deducted from Health.  So for example a direct rocket hit causing 110 damage will reduce armor by 110*.8 = 88 points, and health by 110*.2 = 22 points.  So in this scenario you will now have 200-88 = 112 RA and 100-22 = 78 Health.
  
You have RA40/60
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Note: When a player has the [[Pentagram_of_Protection]] they do not receive damage to health, but will still receive damage to armor as normal.  For this reason you may observe players shooting enemy players with Pent in order to reduce the amount of armor they will have when pent expires.
  
Enemy has 0/100
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''Gameplay consideration: Because GA has a relatively low absorption rate (i.e. a higher proportion of damage goes to health compared to other armors), to get the full benefit of the 100 green armor the player will need to collect additional health/megahealths to avoid dying before the armor is exhausted.  The same can also be true of YA and RA when a player has low health.  Due to the differing absorption rates between armor types, this may result in scenarios where a player with low health will avoid collecting a weaker armor even when their current armor value is relatively low (to minimise the proportion of damage they will receive to health) until such time as they have regained health.''
  
Trivially, you can now gain an edge simply picking up some health boxes, while your opponent needs another armor to regain the edge over you.  As a side effect, you should now also know that the MH will spawn in 20 seconds, pick up your armor in 10 seconds, pick up the MH in 10 more, and now you will be able to lock that MH, because as long as you have it -- it will not spawn.
 
 
Absorption rates:
 
*[[GA]]: 1/3 of damage goes to armor
 
*[[YA]]: 3/5
 
*[[RA]]: 4/5
 
  
 
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Latest revision as of 22:38, 10 May 2021

Armor is an item that can be collected by walking over it (with some exceptions noted below), and which respawns 20 seconds after pickup. For the important armor on a map, such as RA, it can be strategic to pick it up every 20 seconds, thereby denying it to the opponent.

There are three types of Armor:

Armor types, absorption rates & pickup thresholds
Armor type Item armor green.png Item armor yellow.png Item armor red.png
Damage Absorption 30% 60% 80%
Armor amount 100 150 200
Prevent GA Pickup threshold 100 50 38
Prevent YA Pickup threshold Never 150 113
Prevent RA Pickup threshold Never Never 200

When you collect an armor, you receive the "armor amount" listed above, regardless of what armor you had previously. In other words, armor is not cumulative, you will replace your existing armor rather than adding to it.

The type and value are important in the damage calculation (see below).

Armor Pickup

Your ability to pickup a "lower" armor depends on the amount and type of armor you currently have. The thresholds in the table above illustrate the minimum amount of armor that will prevent you from picking up a replacement armor. For example, if you have 50 or more YA, you cannot collect a GA; If you have 113 or more RA, you cannot collect a YA, etc.

Gameplay consideration: You might notice players deliberately damaging themselves in order to reduce their current armor below these thresholds, thus enabling them to collect a new armor. In some cases this may reduce their overall 'stack' (see Combined Damage Points below) but it may still be desirable for them to deny the opportunity for an enemy to collect the armor. For example, a player with red armor might damage themself with rocket splash in order to collect a yellow armor, thus preventing an opponent from obtaining it for another 20 seconds

Combined Damage Points

Armor can be thought of as a component of the combined damage system, the other component being health points. Imagine you have Red Armor and 100 health, e.g. 200/100, or a total of 300 combined damage points.

Note: Players will always die when their health is reduced to zero or below, irrespective of how much armor they have. So the "Combined Damage Points" mentioned above may not always be fully realised in cases where health reaches zero before armor is exhausted.

Absorption of Damage

Each armor has a different Absorption rate as follows:

  • GA: 3/10 of damage goes to armor
  • YA: 3/5
  • RA: 4/5

When you receive damage, in the above scenario where the player has 200RA, the armor will absorb 80% of the damage and the remaining 20% is deducted from Health. So for example a direct rocket hit causing 110 damage will reduce armor by 110*.8 = 88 points, and health by 110*.2 = 22 points. So in this scenario you will now have 200-88 = 112 RA and 100-22 = 78 Health.

Note: When a player has the Pentagram_of_Protection they do not receive damage to health, but will still receive damage to armor as normal. For this reason you may observe players shooting enemy players with Pent in order to reduce the amount of armor they will have when pent expires.

Gameplay consideration: Because GA has a relatively low absorption rate (i.e. a higher proportion of damage goes to health compared to other armors), to get the full benefit of the 100 green armor the player will need to collect additional health/megahealths to avoid dying before the armor is exhausted. The same can also be true of YA and RA when a player has low health. Due to the differing absorption rates between armor types, this may result in scenarios where a player with low health will avoid collecting a weaker armor even when their current armor value is relatively low (to minimise the proportion of damage they will receive to health) until such time as they have regained health.


QuakeWorld terminology
Game stuff
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GA | YA | RA | Mega
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