[quote=“Coolthulhu, post:24, topic:11385”][quote=“deoxy, post:23, topic:11385”]All your other gear suggestions: to get to actual immunity (instead of just reduction) requires either A) CRAZY encumbrance or B) very high encumbrance and giving up one of the easiest and best ways for a melee character to have decent storage, which is cargo pants/shorts and/or army pants.
Wetsuits have acid resist of 1 (last I checked), so I don’t know why you even list those… unless you are meaning for making SURVIVOR wetsuit stuff, which is at least mid-game and involves giving up other REALLY good stuff just to deal with acid (which kinda makes my point for me).[/quote]
Repeating your old point won’t work after I brought it down by listing exact sets of items granting acid field immunity.[/quote]
OK, let me make it more explicit, then.
Unless things have changed since the last time I tested it, your list of equipment DOES NOT GIVE IMMUNITY unless you stack several of them, resulting in very high encumbrance. That is, unless you prioritize acid immunity over EVERYTHING else, you still take auto acid damage*. This is the point several people are making - it’s worth prioritizing acid protection over EVERYTHING else, which means it’s OP.
- I haven’t tested the vehicle trick you mentioned, though I would say that’s a bit of an exploit if it does work.
Personally, I think any decent set of boots should protect you from acid on the ground, it’s the initial “spit” that should do the damage, and it should be fairly hard to protect against - the spitter should cover 50+% over you, meaning that if you’re not 100% covered, you’re probably going to get it. Also, I think that protection from that should be fairly easy to get… just very hard to maintain. That cleansuit? Sure, it protects you just fine (heck, enough plastic bags would do)… until it takes a hit of any kind. For most items, the acid protection should decline with damage.
