Make the most of Armor Plates

You must put away your currently held weapon in order to apply Armor Plates. This means you can apply APs faster if you’re carrying a lighter weapon – and also that the Amped Perk will help minimise the time it takes to heal up to full Armor.

You can do quite a lot while you’re applying Armor Plates, such as sprinting and opening things like crates and doors. Don’t just stand still while healing up – get on with things.

Applying an Armor Plate will fill your Armor up to the top of the current bar. Which means if you’re only slightly damaged, it will still take a full Armor Plate to heal up that tiny bit of missing Armor.

Armor is globally applied to your entire body, so it protects against headshots and limb shots too. There’s no damage reduction involved; Armor literally just gives you a higher effective Health pool. The only thing that can bypass Armor is the Gas.