A stupid Soldier Question but.....

(Wraith_shadow) #1

When using my Heavy Soldier i have both the Armor piercing rounds as well as the armor upgrade. But my question is do i need to manually equip those or are they automatic? Because i’m playing and there are no indications that i have those abilities. I can still get armor and weapons buff from others as well as i’m still getting taken out in 1-2 hits while i can unload entire clips into a bot with out killing him, although admittedly the bots cheat and come off the spawn armor piercing rounds and kevlar.

Am i just doing something Wrong? Did i just miss a key command? how can i fix this?

(Mustang) #2

Armor upgrade is passive, you just have it
I believe piercing rounds require you to “give yourself ammo” each time you spawn, not 100% as I’ve not tested it myself

(Jimmy James) #3

[QUOTE=Mustang;345717]Armor upgrade is passive, you just have it
I believe piercing rounds require you to “give yourself ammo” each time you spawn, not 100% as I’ve not tested it myself[/QUOTE]

I believe that is correct (at least according to the in-game description).

-JJ

(sparky) #4

[QUOTE=Mustang;345717]Armor upgrade is passive, you just have it
I believe piercing rounds require you to “give yourself ammo” each time you spawn, not 100% as I’ve not tested it myself[/QUOTE]

armor is active, it is always ‘on’ as long as you have that ability
if it were passive, it would require you to do something to turn it on.

(Jimmy James) #5

[QUOTE=sparky;345738]armor is active, it is always ‘on’ as long as you have that ability
if it were passive, it would require you to do something to turn it on.[/QUOTE]

Kevlar Vst - Brink Wiki

Kevlar Vest

Ability
Class Soldier

Rank 3
Passive True

Passive indicates that you do not need to activate it.

-JJ

(Shadowcat) #6

Exedore confirmed in another thread that AP ammo is passive, so it does not need to be activated.

Also worth mentioning is that he said that Kevlar Armor (soldier) stacks with Extra Kevlar (Engineer), despite what the descriptions say.

(burawura) #7

What? That’s kind of a big deal. What is the damage mitigation % per level of the buff?

Let me guess; 17 and 33% :stuck_out_tongue:

(Shadowcat) #8

[QUOTE=burawura;345761]What? That’s kind of a big deal. What is the damage mitigation % per level of the buff?

Let me guess; 17 and 33% :P[/QUOTE]

80% damage taken with one and 70% damage taken with both as far as i know, but its subject to change whenever SD feels like it.

(Wraith_shadow) #9

Then i think the Bots are cheating pretty hard because i’ll go in and they’re just dropping me a lot faster then i can drop them, and i’m even using the better weapon.

(Shadowcat) #10

Depends on what you call cheating. the bots have a habit of not missing a single shot once they have decided to start shooting. Only takes a few shots to the face before you go down. I’ve even been sniped by a single shotgun shell from quite a distance away. You need to use cover when facing bots.

(Smoochy) #11

i find bots easy, unless people choose the bot difficulty on servers?

we ended up being 8humans vs 8bots at the weekend. it was so easy i was just knifing and pistolling them all.

(Shadowcat) #12

[QUOTE=Smoochy;346502]i find bots easy, unless people choose the bot difficulty on servers?

we ended up being 8humans vs 8bots at the weekend. it was so easy i was just knifing and pistolling them all.[/QUOTE]

The bots are easy (even on hard) if you treat them like bots, but pound you into the dirt if you try to play normally. So I can understand the people who say they are too hard, probably not using cover enough, which is even more key than normal for beating bots. If you are in the open when they see you, they are going to kill you in 3 shots.

(BiigDaddyDellta) #13

Tested the bots on refuel the other day, did you know they can teleport? Crazy huh?

Same on the ammo and kevlar along with stacking the engi kevlar. All true.

(Wraith_shadow) #14

Okay, cool. I’ll have to try to stick to cover better. It just seems lame to have upgrades like the kevlar when the bots just ignore it any way. Thanks for the tips though