armor absorption cap?

[Malfet]

Yes, it is capped at 100%. What bugs me, though is I’m not sure if bonuses from equipped armor affect only that slot, or global armor absorption. According to the tooltip, it’s the later. Game guide doesn’t say one or other, but there is a post in advanced mechanic section sayng that:

Advanced Mechanics

Armor Absorption Stacking
The way Armor Absorption is stacked is from Increases “Armor Absorption by x%” on affixes like Rugged. It stacks like this:
DAA * (1+(IAA+IAA+…))
So, if we had 5% increased armor absorption on our boots, and 8% on our shield, the equation would look like this:
.70*(1+(.05+.08))= .791 or 79.1%

As noted by eisprinzessin, the only global slot that can currently have IAA is a shield. Every other slot that can have IAA is a local slot, which means that the IAA value on that slot can only effect that slot. Scars of Battle (a Soldier Passive) can increase global Armor Absorption by 25% at 8/8 or 35% at 18/10.

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That was back in B27, and I wonder has it been changed, or not.