How do you spec your armor?

Wow did not realise that some put a reasonable amount of amour at the back, I usually run between 8 - 12 on the back, with the centre back usually one or two points higher than the sides.

 

Bingo.

 

6-10 on CT back?
Don't try that in PUG, you would die by friendly fire more than you would like.
On lights though, 6-10 is pretty much the max you have on them... I put 6 on my locust CT back.

 

lol! True, I am VERY cautious of FF in PUGs. I position myself on flanks for the most part so the worst that happens is some splashes on the arms.

For the most part (in my observation, at least) PUG drops seem to be getting better as far as FF and movement go. You still get some dumb matches and on Tournament weekends, you'll always have the try-hards who want to kill everything and give ZERO fucks who's in their way, but, for the most part, I have not had nearly as bad of luck in PUG drops the last 3-4 months as in the past...

 

I got alphaed point blank by some KGC this weekend, and another death by a jester. Both of them are unintentional, but it does show how PUG can be a dangerous place. FYI I was in a long range missile+LL/PPC build so I am on the second line, just that people are after kills and what not they are firing way too early before they get into position.

Obviously no armor would help if you have a deliberate TKing fuckwit like scourge/buttlord group and what not.

 

Depends but in general... 6 (some light builds) <---> 21 (some assault builds). But that's a large window, it's really more like 9-16. This is essentially same for rear shoulder, just, scaled down.