<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=163921.msg7733136#msg7733136">Quote from: ReijiTabibito on 16-02-2013, 18:07:19</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Can somebody help me sort this out?  The main armor that I've chosen for my character is a standard Vacsuit.  In the description, the Vacsuit states that unless it takes more than 30 points of damage in one shot, it automatically seals itself up from damage taken.  (p333)<br/><br/>Skip back to the Armor Mods, one of which is Self-Healing, which states that it acts like Repair Spray for whatever armor it's applied to.  Now, fill me in, but doesn't it sound like the Vacsuit pretty much already has that, given that it's self-sealing?  Or am I missing something here?<br/></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br/>It's that one-letter difference that'll get you.<br/><br/>Self-sealing states that it SEALS itself but Repair Spray REPAIRS any sort of damage that a significantly damaged vacsuit might re-seal itself for purposes of keeping the occupant alive, but for example might need repairs to its maker, ecto, sensors, etc.<br/><br/>Thus the difference between self-<strong>S</strong>ealing (you do not die due to vacuum exposure) and self-<strong>H</strong>ealing (your armor will gradually rebuild itself over time unless it is really destroyed).<br/><br/>RAW, 'self-sealing' armor repairs<em>breaches</em>, i.e. holes, and can "instantly self-seal any hole" rather than, say, regenerating the vacsuit's armor rating (if damaged by, say, scrapper's gel) or repairing the vacsuit's other components.<br/><br/>Note that the hardsuit HAS a Fixer Nanoswarm, which is equivalent to repair spray, in ADDITION to its self-sealing capabilities.<br/><br/>It also bears mention that these and other nanitic armor capabilities are subject to the same things that will disrupt any other nanoswarm (Oh, you double-fisted EMP grenades in order to try to take out that enemy swarm? Let's look at your gear-list real quickly and see what else got taken out.).