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Last I heard the armor bonus tree's for armor type dont' actually seem to reduce damage at all. Although they may in fact make the armor amount look higher on your character screen. IE, put 0 points in, get hit and look at the damage you take, and then put 20 points in and look... and from what I've been informed it doesn't reduce the damage you take at all.