(02-04-2015, 04:28 PM)Apl_Juice Wrote: I'm curious though, for those of you folks who fight with armor: how would you handle being shot at? Is that something you could block with a shield? Does you armor save you, or do the bullets pierce through?
Chachan is a smith as well as a paladin-in-training, so he crafts his own armor. While he has more "open" patches with leather and chain to allow for more freedom of movement, the vital parts are currently made out of cobalt (to be improved to Darksteel and so on as he becomes more familiar with Eorzean metals). We're talking cobalt plate here, with the chain also being cobalt rings - both which should be enough to stop a bullet according to ARM 50.
As such, you have a small, mobile, armored target that you're trying to hit. So I could pretty easily imagine a shot being deflected off shield or armor. The only blatantly unarmored part of his body is his face (standard kabuto!), and even that will have more protection once he upgrades to his next "tier" of armor (white kabuto!).
So, as droll as it might sound, Chachan would most likely just keep moving and trust in the armor he forged himself to either soak or deflect the gun fire. At least until he can get close enough to disarm the guy.
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