This is something I would like to point out to everyone offering the good and true critique of this game regarding armor systems aso.:

While I do understand that it is not your actual work to fix what is broken in this game many of you seem to care deeply, yet most of the offered critique is plainly saying what you dislike.

If you think you can offer a better system I would like to suggest that we all band together in this thread and actually develop a combat system that is more satisfying to you instead of only saying what you don't like.

I think in this regard it is totally viable and acceptable to offer solutions that already exist, like pen and paper systems D&D or GURPS to name two or other games that solved this better, not excluding ofc. the first title.

TL:DR time for real applicable solutions, not critique.

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Keep in mind though, if you may, that heavy changes require money, so if we get big changes I think a dlc which include said changes is necessary to pay for the time and effort.

It might also be a chance to change the somewhat lackluster storytelling towards the end. I kept getting the expression that arx was meant to be the second station, not the last and that was a stale aftertaste for me.