» Fri Mar 08, 2013 1:49 pm
Auto armour does no such thing! I used it at one point and was constantly one shotted by snipers!
I think it ties back to 'fall off' damage. When you have armor on, it will not necessarily save you against one-shots. If a bow user shoots you from not too far away, you will take full damage, and your AA probably won't save you.
However, in stages like Hydro Dam, the benefits of AA are immediately apparent. When suddenly your energy bar is depleted and you're near death, it means AA just saved you, and the sniper was obviously at one of those far corners. But of course, if you never really tried AA, you wouldn't know, because you'd be dead in such a case.