Mozzy replied to Carapace Armor not worth it? December 20, 2022 @ 7:52:39 pm PST
At OP - you are missing something, specifically how combat dmg mechanics work in valheim. This is not ding at you, game doesn't spell out lots of things.
Can check wiki explaining this in full https://valheim.fandom.com/wiki/Damage_mechanics
But in short, armor works on diminishing returns curve where the tier you are calculated at can be using just one example, almost 30% less HP dmg actually taken than if you were 1 single armor point below that tier threshold.
1 - if zero armor, butt naked, HP dmg = hit dmg. Mob whacks you for 50, take 50 HP loss. Easy.
2- if armor < or = to 50.0%, you get the full value of that armor, kinda the newbie threshold. HP dmg = hit - armor
50 dmg hit - 20 armor = 30 HP loss. Still easy.
Now comes diminishing returns but why upgrading just 1 tier of armor helps you take reduced total HP dmg.
3- if armor is more than half (>50.0%) of total dmg hit, then you use formula ( Dmg / [Armor x 4] ) x Dmg
This means in a way armor is worth less than the newbie tier because you got full value of armor reducing dmg when it was less than or equal to 50%. But this also means each tier you get higher than the dmg hitting you shaves off good amount more than the prior tier.
Wiki has a table so will just summarize a key example - say you have 20 armor, take 40 dmg hit. You lose 20 HP (40 - 20 = 20)
Now you upgrade to next tier of armor and with couple upgrades, not max level 4 but say level 2 or so, now you have 30 armor. That same 40 dmg hit now only does 13.33 dmg to you.
40 dmg hit taking 20 HP by prior tier armor now only takes 13.33 HP. If you do the math, that is whopping 66.6% less actual HP dmg by being just 1 armor tier higher on this curve than wearing prior tier armor.
This diminishing curve starts going down, 33% less, then 20%, 8.3%, etc. But main point and TLDR is just being a few armor points higher than the threshold for prior dmg tier can mean 30-66% less actual HP dmg taken. Depends how far down diminishing returns curve you are, but it isn't just the few armor difference, it is whether you are 1 point more than bare minimum needed to be in the new tier.
Can check wiki explaining this in full https://valheim.fandom.com/wiki/Damage_mechanics
But in short, armor works on diminishing returns curve where the tier you are calculated at can be using just one example, almost 30% less HP dmg actually taken than if you were 1 single armor point below that tier threshold.
1 - if zero armor, butt naked, HP dmg = hit dmg. Mob whacks you for 50, take 50 HP loss. Easy.
2- if armor < or = to 50.0%, you get the full value of that armor, kinda the newbie threshold. HP dmg = hit - armor
50 dmg hit - 20 armor = 30 HP loss. Still easy.
Now comes diminishing returns but why upgrading just 1 tier of armor helps you take reduced total HP dmg.
3- if armor is more than half (>50.0%) of total dmg hit, then you use formula ( Dmg / [Armor x 4] ) x Dmg
This means in a way armor is worth less than the newbie tier because you got full value of armor reducing dmg when it was less than or equal to 50%. But this also means each tier you get higher than the dmg hitting you shaves off good amount more than the prior tier.
Wiki has a table so will just summarize a key example - say you have 20 armor, take 40 dmg hit. You lose 20 HP (40 - 20 = 20)
Now you upgrade to next tier of armor and with couple upgrades, not max level 4 but say level 2 or so, now you have 30 armor. That same 40 dmg hit now only does 13.33 dmg to you.
40 dmg hit taking 20 HP by prior tier armor now only takes 13.33 HP. If you do the math, that is whopping 66.6% less actual HP dmg by being just 1 armor tier higher on this curve than wearing prior tier armor.
This diminishing curve starts going down, 33% less, then 20%, 8.3%, etc. But main point and TLDR is just being a few armor points higher than the threshold for prior dmg tier can mean 30-66% less actual HP dmg taken. Depends how far down diminishing returns curve you are, but it isn't just the few armor difference, it is whether you are 1 point more than bare minimum needed to be in the new tier.
6:13 am, December 21, 2022