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So with a DT of 20, if you got with an attack of 14 you'd take no damage, whereas an attack of 21 you'd recive one damage, correct?
 
So with a DT of 20, if you got with an attack of 14 you'd take no damage, whereas an attack of 21 you'd recive one damage, correct?
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Reconsidering DR versus DT

Playing Fallout 3 for two years now, I question the whole point of having the SPECIAL version of DR. I mostly agree with Bethesda streamlining things to a single value. But It seems to me that DT is more practical for modeling armor than DR. I always hated how easily Paladin Hoss is killed by those puny little .32 pistol caliber rifles, or how I can blow away a top-level Sentry Bot (Fallout 3) with Paulson's Revovler. To make things even more annoying, Bethesda allowed all Energy weapons to bypass DR. No Telsa resistence that I can see.

I welcome the reintroduction of DT to New Vegas, but I think that Obsidian should drop DR alltogether. It's redundant in the face of the threshold value, it isn't as intuitive or believable for gameplay purposes, it is easily abused by exploiting VATS and unique weapons, and it limits the options for making challenging NPCs. Instead of only inflating a Ghoul Reaver to 1100 HP, developers can add DT for it's metal armor, making it more resilient to lower-level weapons than DR allows. I think this also allows developers to stick by the game rules without borking the challenge; 635 HP is the max allowed at level 30, which makes for a pretty tough NPC as it is. Add a realistic DT to the armor and that Reaver will be potent without having to break rules or abuse DR.http://brianranzoni.com 11:02, August 10, 2010 (UTC)

The difference between DR and DT?

So it seems to me that the main difference between DR and DT is that DR reduces damaged received by a percentage of damage taken while DT reduces damage received by a set number. Correct?

As far as I know, that is specifically and exactly accurate. --Kris mailbox 01:25, August 27, 2010 (UTC)

DT is better?

So with a DT of 20, if you got with an attack of 14 you'd take no damage, whereas an attack of 21 you'd recive one damage, correct?

Sorry forgot to sign- 70.72.160.21 00:07, October 19, 2010 (UTC)