Gotcha, so higher percentages are most definitely better than lower percentages. That's really good to know. Looks like when I get back to my game tonight I'll be picking up a better shield!

So I've been playing this game for awhile (I didn't even realize there were versions past 1.1 though!), and I can't figure out what the %s are in shields and armor. Are they resistance #s? How do tehy work?