you can increase the protection of any armor but the defense always lose in JA3 so super heavy protection is penetrated by super heavy penetration, I think it's possible but it would be easier to modify the explosives instead of the armor

Originally posted by Sir Ni:

you can increase the protection of any armor but the defense always lose in JA3 so super heavy protection is penetrated by super heavy penetration, I think it's possible but it would be easier to modify the explosives instead of the armor

Like I said, I tried that. I set the penetration rating of all explosives / grenades to None. But they still ignore all armor (medium, heavy). The penetration rating of grenades / bombs seems irrelevant, they always ignore armor it seems regardless of the rating of the bomb or the rating of the armor. I'm trying to find a way to make it stop ignoring the armor rating, but have had no luck.

has been a long time I messed with this effects but I think it's the explosion itself that can penetrate so you should take a look at the effect

Tactical AI has a mod option that allows to change explosive damage reduction on prone state globally: Global Explosion Resistance Level. From what I know this effects both enemy AI as well as player mercs.