I was super credit farming for the last 150 or so I needed and tried to recreate a form of the disingenuous video that people are losing their minds about yesterday . It took me a couple tries was actually difficult to get a full magazine into just the armored section. Even in the best video I cared to get you can see one shot accidentally got through.
They are so weak now. Showcasing the armor without showing how much easier to kill they are is just blatant misinformation. I would understand the outrage if they only changed the armor value but they very clearly put thought into it.
They just reinstated the hive guards intended design. Calling them chaff is missing the point. They were in a state where they were lumped in that group because the intended strategy got power crept out of consideration by the addition of so many medium penetration weapons. Now you actually have to think a little when you see a patrol or breach coming at you.