Trauma Plates

[dvsilverwing 241]

I noticed on the press vest there's a large square pouch on top of the 3 velcro pockets, might we be seeing things such as Hard and Soft Trauma Plates of different NIJ ratings in the future, for insert into things such as the Press Vest, Anti-stab Vest, Tactical Vest, Plate Carrier, etc.? It doesn't seem like such a stretch to see in-game and it'd make a lot of sense to find them in Police and Military locations.

Edited January 27, 2014 by dvsilverwing

[doviszxc 194]

put in a goddamn frying pan into the vest + cooking pot

 

OP

[TomJeff 12]

Heck yeah I'm all for it. Just know its going to be ruined and unfixable real quick.

 

maybe convert some of the damage not inflicted onto the char into shock? I imagine if you take a few 7.62x54R rounds to the chest you wont get up very quick. (lol, j/k mosin would penetrate most trauma plates) Probably because even without penetrating your ribcage might be mush.

 

this could be simulated by going unconscious just like a punch to the head does. few seconds. Sure that may spell death too, but may would still make the weight worth it.

 

Maybe it should slip into the inventory slots of the vests? Like a 2x2 item, leaving you with 2x2 space for magazines or a sidearm.

[commanderbash 102]

I see no issue with its implementation, damage wouldn't have to be turned into shock, it'd be the same as now that getting shot degrades the plate and damage would seep through on lower quality levels, even if they make the area bullet proof at pristine it'd only be for a few shots and only for a relatively small area on your person(center mass front, sides  and possibly back exposed) so having good plates might not help you at all during a shootout depending where your hit. If plates were as rare as some of the attachments it would be fare enough trade off just to find them

Edited January 27, 2014 by commanderbash

[dvsilverwing 241]

 

maybe convert some of the damage not inflicted onto the char into shock? I imagine if you take a few 7.62x54R rounds to the chest you wont get up very quick. (lol, j/k mosin would penetrate most trauma plates) Probably because even without penetrating your ribcage might be mush.

 

Maybe it should slip into the inventory slots of the vests? Like a 2x2 item, leaving you with 2x2 space for magazines or a sidearm.

 

Soft trauma plates, yes, they should do nothing against rifle rounds and even pistol rounds should do blunt damage to the user but the trauma plates should stop the rounds from drawing blood. Hard trauma plates however, are a bit different; they should be rarer, only found in military loot areas, and maybe take up more space and possibly slow the character down, but because the impact is evenly distributed through the steel it can stop rifle and pistol rounds without causing damage to the user at all, I'd imagine a LIII could stop a 7.62x54r without difficulty, probably without bulging the back even. And yeah, it should definitely take up inventory space in the vest; but actual ballistics vests don't generally have pockets anyway, save for most of them having a slot to insert an additional trauma plate on top of the kevlar.