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Originally Posted by Michael Thayne
Wee, steampunk battlesuits! I think I would have preferred examples with even higher DRs. Cross-referencing with High-Tech, it looks like the "defensive battlesuit" will make you nigh-invincible until circa 1870 or so, then stops really being adequate.
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Not really - it's only DR20 on the head and torso - everywhere else is DR10, and the TL5 rifles of the 1850s and 60s will handle that (especially the Enfield P/1853 with its SAPLE ammo). I find it amusing that 'primitives' using muskets will be more of a threat (higher base damage) than moderns with rifles until the late TL5 cartridges rifles enter service.
If you want even heavier version, a simple extrapolation would give Move 3/2, 1485 pound weight, $67,500 cost, and DR 30 head and torso with DR 15 elsewhere. That'll resist early-mid TL5 rifles to the limbs, and TL6-7 small arms to the body and head (aside from those using AP ammo).