[snorkelbill]

As far as I can tell, it really makes a difference on how well your armor performs too.

I got out of my B4C before I was ready for the TiB, so I borrowed a set of SiC. I resisted almost as much with the SiC as I did with the B4C. Probably on average within 10-20 points per fight.

I have to assume that was the fact that for SiC, my RES was way higher than the minimum requirements.