I would prefer a stab proof vest rather than ballistic, what I mean by stab proof you can be stabbed once without dying but the second time your dead, the effects would be the same as ballistic but for being stabbed rather than being shot. The reason I would like this is because of the panic knifers out there.

lol the vests actually work?  I die in the same amount of shots as not having one on so I havent picked one up in forever. 

Wow a nerf the recon drone and vest in the same week, its raining noobs up in here.

"nobody should have to dump an entire clip from an fad into you back to have you turn around and kill me."

There's your problem. The FAD is weaker than the AR15 in the game. Yes, it has higher rate of fire but it doesn't do enough damage. I thought they should boost the FAD's damage by a bit given the unlock level and the fact that it's out gunned by everything else in the game. Dual FMG's are stronger than a top tier assault rifle?!?! Something isn't right with that....

first off apparently you guys dont know theres a glitch that not only allows you to replace your uav with another set of vests but also a glitch that triples the absorption level

I agree that its a vest and not a ballistic helmet, even though the icon is off someones head i believe. So maybe they need to fix that part, but as others have said its easy to find the vest pile and destroy them.

they don't seem to work for me at all.  2-3 hits and i'm dead, same as without.  usually i shoot through them no problem too, one extra shot maybe.  yesterday i was on underpass or whatever the broken highway is called and i shot this guy at least 20 times with an lmg, hit markers mind you, only to keep seeing the vest icon come up.  i've put fewer rounds into a juggernaut.  wtf?  then again I've been seeing a lot of glitches lately.  reaper won't zoom out so i can pan around, can't control the reaper's missiles,  heilcopter flies across screen straight into my predator's missile even with me  trying to dodge it, knife by a guy who ran past me by 10 feet and was faing the wrong way, and so on....