I. ARMOR CLASS & PENETRATION

Armor in Purge works differently then any other FPS. The armor class and armor point values are un-changeable for balance purposes as well as different for each class. Armor is made of two values, armor points and armor class. Armor points are the amount of "hit points/health" the armor has, which functions until it has 0 Armor Points left or has been depleted. Armor Class is the resistance to penetration or the higher the Armor Class, the more damage the Armor will absorb before passing that damage to character Health.

All Purge classes are wearing the best in high-tech or magical armor. (The assumption is that high technology and magic are common, mass-produced, and easily available in the Purge world.) The armor in Purge is inherent to the class. Therefore, players will not be able to choose armor. There is no need to buy armor as a character's armor is full when he spawns

Let's say we have a class with 5 AC (we don't, not the point), and a weapon that has a damage type with 10 penetration. Half of the damage done to the player with 5 AC will be absorbed by armor, thereby taking off some of his armor points. The other half of the damage done will go into the player's hit points, reducing them. Now, the Mage has an AC of 20, he is attacked by a weapon with a penetration of 20 and a damage of 35. Since the AC and penetration are the same, all of the damage goes into the mage's armor points, not hit points. It is rather simple when you think about it. The amount of damage that goes into hit points is (Weapon_Damage-(Weapon_Damage*(AC/PEN))), or (Weapon_Damage*(AC/PEN)) goes into armor points, if you prefer to look at it that way.

II. ASSUMPTION OF ARMOR CLASS

Armor Class values are rated to the point in which the armor will completely stop the attack so the protected individuals receive absolutely no damage, including any "blunt trauma".

Armor Class is measured on an exponential scale. Every 10 points of Armor Class is 10x harder and more resistant to damage. Armor Class 20 is 10 times harder than Armor Class 10. Armor Class 30 is 100 times harder than Armor Class 10. This is further illustrated by the chart below.

III. ARMOR TYPES

• AC - Armor Class. (explained above)
• AP - Armor Points. (explained above)

VI. WEAPON ARMOR PENETRATIONS, JARRING, AND STUNNING

• Description - the general description of what exactly the type of damage is.
• PEN - the penetration value of the damage type. (described above)
• JAR - the multiplier amount of recoil being hit by the damage type causes.
• STUN - the base multiplier for the duration you are stunned when hit by the damage type.

VI. HIT AREAS & DAMAGE CHART

ª = Damage can be halved with good Tenacity (saving throw vs. nonvital damage).