Weapon with +Armor enhancement

I got a gold sword drop (not that any of my chars use swords, naturally) which has +5 Armor.

I was curious as to how this works. Is it like a shield, which protects from frontal attack? Is is location-based, increasing, say, chest or hand armor?

The armor provided by weapons is universal, from what I've experienced.

Correctemondo ratificus - Universal.

Rat

free fall.

By Universal this means it applies to each piece of armor at any time. You get hit @ your chest piece the +5 armor is applied. Hit in the arm, +5 armor applies. etc etc and so on and so on.

Pretty kewl eh? That is why the debate still stands:: +30hp weapon mod VS. +5 armor weapon mod :: which is better in the long run? Not definite yet.

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