I'm an old player of the Dayz sever but never have been on the forms that much. After reading Sternbean's idea in Peaches and Sternbean's little idea corner about the Jug-suit, I thought I could talk about the possibilities of adding ballistic vests and/ or pouches. examples of this could be civilian vests, school bags, fanny packs, military ballistic vests, etc.
Vests could Provide a reduction of taken dmg (10%-20% depending on the vest) but have weight the user has to account for, also certain vests could only protect certain areas. For example something like a civilian vest could only protect the front while a police or military vest could protect the front and back of the torso.
Vests could start at uncommon to rare and can be sold to the shop, for a bit of cash.
Pouches could increase the carry weight of a player depending on the pouch, and the player can only have one pouch equipped.