Guild Wars 2

When does armor begin to lose its attributes? When it is damaged or broken? Does armor lose effectivness if all armor pieces are damaged (not broken)?

Armor is fine up until it’s Broken (aka Falling Off). As long as it’s still just Damaged, then there is no real difference in the protection value that it’s giving you.

Wiki quote

Repair
Guild Wars 2 includes an armor repair system. Every time a character is defeated (after being downed and failing to rally) one piece of armor is damaged. Once all armor pieces are damaged, each subsequent defeat will break a piece of armor at random and the character will have to repair or replace it. Broken armor will offer no benefit to its wearer.¹

ooooooooooooooooh! I’ve never experienced a broken armor before. I just know having an armor piece (or few) damaged isn’t a big deal as it’s still effective. Still… rather scary (and annoying) to let it stay damaged =/ It’s a good thing though if you have extra repair canisters. One saved me from a hefty 10-16s repair bill