Talk:Armor/@comment-2604:6000:A24C:5600:1C20:C2D2:A9CD:B631-20180306233015/@comment-78.8.239.138-20180704155741

700 armor provides 70% armor reduction. When you put Steel Fiber on, it goes up to 1470 armor and around 83% damage reduction. That's around 18,5% increase in armor reduction. Doesn't really seem like it's worth it. Why? Because our brains are funny. It's not the reduction that matters, it's the amount of damage, and our brains see the relative difference of those two very differently. That 70% damage reduction means you get 30% of damage sent your way. 83% damage reduction means you get 17% of damage. That 18,5% increase in damage reduction means a 44% decrease in received damage. Putting in steel fiber almost halves the damage you'd receive without it when you put it on a frame with 700 base armor.

If you had 300 armor, your base damage reduction would be 50%, and your reduction with steel fiber on (630 armor) would be 67%. This means that the amount of damage you'd receive would drop from 50% to 33%. That's a 33% decrease in received damage.

I don't really see how it doesn't make sense to put armor mods on high armor frames as they're actually even more effctive there, other than maybe the argument that you won't need damage reduction higher than some arbitrary number you personally consider high enough, which is kinda bullshit if you ask me.