Damage Reduction of Gem Armor

[Strill]

The IC2 wiki lists the damage reduction for each piece of Quantum armor, but I can't find anything similar for Gem armor.

Basically I wanna know if it's possible to combine certain pieces of quantum and gem armor and still have 100% protection.

[hobby_boy]

Gem armour offers you 100% protection. You can drown, die in lava and you are resistant to any damage you can get. If you press G, you'll also have jet pack style flying.

[Strill]

Everything I've read says that gem armor gives 90% damage reduction for the full set.

[DanielJin]

Red matter armor gives you 90%, in that sence gem armor should give you pretty much 100%

[Torezu]

Everything I've read says that gem armor gives 90% damage reduction for the full set.

This is correct. The armor protection for quantum comes from the chest plate, though the helmet does quite a bit of other things.

[Strill]

This is correct. The armor protection for quantum comes from the chest plate, though the helmet does quite a bit of other things.

Huh? I don't understand. On this page of the IC2 wiki, it lists the damage reduction for each piece of quantum armor, but you say it all comes from the chest plate?

Armor Piece

Protection Ratio (%)

Helmet 15%

Bodyarmor 44%

Leggings 30%

Boots 15%

Is it not possible to mix Quantum and gem armor without losing your invincibility?

[Torezu]

On this page of the IC2 wiki, it lists the damage reduction for each piece of quantum armor...

I was unaware of this, as I have never worn anything but a full suit of Quantum once I can get it. Reading the wiki, perhaps that's why many servers ban the quantum chestplate only, is because it is the determining factor in damage reduction.

[Strill]

Ok I tested it out in survival mode with NEI. With a quantum chest and gem armor I was able to withstand a nuke blast from four or five blocks, and took about 6.5 hearts of damage. It's certainly less than full quantum armor, but pretty close to invulnerability.

[atheneftw]

quantum armor doesnt take dmg from anything.

gem armor takes damage from tnt, nukes and infernal plate explosion