Helldivers 2 Armor Rating is Broken (FIXED)

Update: This was patched on March 6 2024

Here's a couple of clips of me letting Scavengers smack me in the arm to show that Armor Rating and Extra Padding in Helldivers 2 is currently not affecting damage in any way

While not shown in the video, I've also tested this with: Automaton bullets, Explosions, Shooting another player with the same gun in legs, arms, chest and head

And.. The results were the same, no damage difference

Although from the testing I can confirm that Speed, Stamina and Passive abilities work, and that Stamina "Regen" acts more as Capacity instead

[wulfrayne]

Music in the video is "Shared Dig" from the game Unreal Gold

[recordomilos]

We all know that drip is more important than functionality anyway

[GameHunterDeathhunter]

I wear armor to protect myself not from the enemy but from my fellow helldivers lol

[markus]

There's always that one thing which should be impossible to pass QA testing, but which somehow does anyways

[asacloutier]

*Laughing hysterically as I run circles around hordes with my light armor.

[JordTheeNord]

In the meantime any armors that give you 50% chance to not die is my go to option. So much random shit in this game that can kill you out of nowhere.

[altaiir]

Bullet penetration is also broken. An explosive rifle with medium penetration can't pierce the shield bugs, while a light armor penetration magnum sidearm can

[thompsonel-melloi]

What I haven't seen anyone else mention (And if I missed your comment I'm sorry) is that with the higher armor rating non of the 5 non-lethal hit cause a limb to be wounded. Where as the lower armor rating the first attack causes the arm to be wounded making aiming difficult. If I'm reading the text right the vitality booster give the same benefit of being harder to wound, not harder to kill. So the armor does something, it's just subtle

[LonelyDeathly]

@Wulfrayne have submitted a ticket and got a reply today saying "this will be noticed and fixed on the next update"!

[taramaforhaikido]

I'm dying in heavy armor to a hulk hitting me with one rocket in the face.

It was even designed to resist explosive damage. No wonder I'm dying like that. It's not even working.

[tz-tok_sad]

Y’all wear armour for protection, I wear it for fashion 🎉

[waynemaness]

I knew something was wrong with the armor…. Damn

[blutshooter]

Thank you for testing this. I always had a feeling it makes no/little difference

[oNopax]

well ive not been looking at armors by defense but by ability - but its good to know this - so ty for the info. giving a little tip as well - the best armor so far for me is the one that extends the healing time and the amount of stims - you can be beeing hit by a few mobs at the same time and be at peace killing them.

[VerryMelon]

Thank you for making me understand that I can and will now play Helldivers 2 with Unreal OST

[anathema]

I bought that juggernaut looking ass armor to be a tank and all I got was slow

[maddrago]

One, your music is unreal that is a banger. And second, yes I see how the heavy armor is broken. I just run the engineer set becouse I get 6 nads instead of 4.

[BuddhaJube]

Haha damn. I almost bought that bombsquad armor too. Well going to wear scout until it is patched.

[namestelattin]

damn i just spent all my creds on that new light armor it is till its fixed

Edited: it’s fixed!!! Let’s

[senixaure]

thanks for testing. I was wondering the same thing. I was getting kill more or less the same with heavy and light armor. concluded that its better light armor for the mobility. It's good that you confirm this with your test.