Armor how does it protect?

I've been getting conflicting information on how armor protects?

Does GW have "hit locations" based off of armor or is it an global "add" and compare.

I was think I if mix all 4 ele armor (fire, earth, air, water) does it give you a global +5 vs all AL or does the earth attack have to hit the "earth part" to get the earth +5.

Well, it is within my knowledge that the Ascalon/whatever armor for warriors that reduces damage is a global effect on the armor, and that it doesn't stack... so one piece will always give you the same damage reduction.

I can't say I know about "+Armor" effects on armor, but I get the feeling that they, too, do not stack. As for local or global effects, I couldn't say. But I do know that if I load a PVP elementalist with full Aeromancer armor, and I get hit by a lightning bolt, I should be taking a lot less damage if the armors stack... that would be +75 armor vs. Lightning. No way.

It's a comlicated equation that takes into account skill use, armor, player level, enemy level, attribute req, and weapon. For a full summary on it look in a hard copy guild wars guide they have a good description. Anet may also have some info on it on their site, or even possibly on this site.

Sigh...again, the only global armor bonuses are Knight's/Ascalon damage reduction and Mesmer armor +15 AL while casting. All others are locational.

Ah so with the ele armor, so a fire spell has to hit a piece of armor that has the fire al for it to work. If it hits the earth piece (assuming I mix) it does normal fire damage. So mixing would not be a good thing. I wish the adapt armor (spelling) wasn't axed when the game went live.

I did try search function but it keeps going to a blank page?, I'm using firefox.

I thought the Search function at the bottom of the page was fixed; I used it a bit ago. Huh. Anyhow, the Advanced Search below the text box, or the Search at the top of the page, works just fine.

The global dialog box on the top in bottom in a forum to search the forum appear to be broke with Firefox and IE. The advanced search does appear to work (top and bottom).

In side of the thread, the dialog box, Search thread appears to work.

Yep, those white boxes are broken. But Advanced Search is better.

Will use Advanced search, I thought search across the board was still down, I do apologize for starting a frequent asked thread.

It's okay... I think we're done talking with each other now.

Closed.