The Best New Armor in 7 Days to Die

1.0 brought us 64 new pieces of armor, each with a special bonus. But are they any good? And which ones are the best?

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[Equitine]

They need to add armor stands or allow the mannequins in the game to be used fkr quick swapping.

[makebritaingreatagain]

S tier set:
Preacher gloves.
Rogue hood / Nerd goggles (w Treasure Hunter mod).
Commando boots.
Nomad chest.

Sunglasses for bartering.

[stavik]

Assassin set would be good IF half of the POI weren't scripted enemy spawns that already know where you are magically...

[Hightower-rcfi]

Full Priest set with a sledgehammer, The god emperor may forgive you but I sure as hell won't.

[StevenSendak]

I'm pretty sure the preacher gloves will get nerfed down to 5% per level or so before too long. They are ridiculously good.

[elevenchuck]

a locker mechanic would be cool. Like in Rust. One mouse click and it changes all armor and gear. It would make the niche category of armor sets easier to throw on for a quick mining trip, then go back to the grinding set.

[Burt]

Full legendary assassin actually has great potential for clearing big late game end battles, just being able to break LOS to stop the entire group hunting you is totally OP, then pick them all off with a crossbow...

[snottytoe]

Honestly, don't know how much I like the new armor system. I feel like if you really want to build into something, you just have to suffer with some of the really bad bonuses from armor, or look stupid with mismatched armor pieces. Hopefully they add transmog for the amors, or just redo the way they work at some point.

[RajinRuno]

Having to constantly swap armor around sounds already very annoying and will take up more backpack slots. I find these game design decisions very interesting. Lets see how it will play out during the experimental phase. Ty for the overview and your personal opinions.

[notsopro]

next patch next year: "everyone was using singular armor pieces instead of full sets, so we've taken away all stats on individual pieces, and put them all on the set bonus." or some other variety of anti-fun, anti-solo player design mentality.

[wlf]

I, for one, appreciate you doing this video. I sat at my computer yesterday and was excited to see the new game play for the 1.0 release and ended up disappointed. Every streamer I watched wasn't playing as much as they were standing in the game, doing NOTHING more than reading and replying to the chat 🤬. In my opinion, everything they were answering was the same crap everyone should have ALREADY knew if they watched the dev streams. Need I say it really ticked me off. The point is, it's refreshing to see you giving us new information and a closer look at the new outfits. You are greatly appreciated!

[JackMacLupus]

The primitive armor basicly screams "I am Groot!" XD

[JiggyGian]

Instead of bringing the nerdy helmet with you everywhere, I think it's best suited for horde night. Seeing that if you're out and about you'll be looting mostly unless you're in tier 4-6 POIs.

[jayl]

You can tell they took direct elements from Fallout for the Nomad and Nerd set.
The head cage on the nerd is the raider head armor from fallout 4. The nomad helmet looks pretty identical the the NCR Ranger's helmet from FO New Vegas.

[Chakeis]

The bonuses on the armor pieces all feel like a good idea initially that wasn't discussed much inhouse because there are some HEAVY discrepancies in power between them.
We all know how this will end up; everyone will use the same exact combination of items and a lot of the cool designs will end up going unused.

[mythrion]

Not sure if this is an unpopular opinion, but I hate the inclusion of a wide variety of niche armor sets. I do not want to switch from my fighting gear, into my vehicle driving gear, to then switch to my resource harvesting gear, then switch to my bartering gear... I will forgo all that and then just feel bad for not doing it.

[calebblack]

I'm looking forward to your 1.0 playthrough amigo.

[Fool_ofa_Took]

I really can't tell if I'm gonna like this new armor system. I think i'll like it sometimes, but not all the time. When I'm really itching for survival-based gameplay, I think it will break my immersion a little too much. I'm still looking forward to trying it out, though. Great video, as always.

[ELPez]

we got 7 days to die metas before gta 6

[mementomori]

So glad they changed the Nerd Chestpiece Bonus from "Bonus Skill Point Chance" to "Bonus Magazine Point Chance". That makes it much less of a "must have on at all times" and puts it into the situational one... also makes it so that collecting Magazines instead of immediately using them is a good strategy now.