How does armor actually degrade ?

[Hajutze]

I decided to test how much Attuned Crystal Armor degrades. I went and attacked 1 creature while wearing PoP (superior), Nex (pernix legs) and an Attuned Crystal Body.

 

PoP is listed as 12 hours of combat, Nex is listed as 10 hours of combat. After 25 minutes of fighting I got those results (all armors started at 100%):

 

Attuned Crystal - 99.4% (around 60-70 hours)
Superior PoP - 99.1% (around 45 hours)
Nex Gear - 97.9% (around 20 hours)

 

Is there anything I'm missing ? I guess if I don't fight back the armors degrade at 50% rate BUT why does the superior PoP armor degrade at abnormally slower rate ?

 

Sorry for the dumb questions lately but google ain't really helpful.

[Poppet]

Armors can degrade when you deal damage, take it, time you're in combat and via proc'ing effects.

 

Pvp armor degrades purely on time in combat. Malevolent degrades based on hits you deal and take.

[Major Dash]

Yeah, the older armors generally degrade based on time in combat while the newer ones are based on hits taken.

 

So in general, Nex armor is always going to take around ~10hrs to degrade, but Tectonic could last hundreds of hours or only 30 minutes depending on how many things are attacking you.

[Sy_Accursed]

Wasn't there a patch note a week or two ago now where they updated some/all of the older armours to the new degrade mechanic though? (I recall barrows being mentioned so might've just been them)

[Hajutze]

My point was - both PoP and Nex as far as I am aware degrade by time in combat, but for some reason the ratio isnt 10 to 12 but rather 10 to 20 (or 6 to 12).