hallow path
The new discomfort changes buff armor alot, and as such wearing clothing with discomfort is very viable if you know how the system works, which ill explain here.
so the new system works by slowly giving you stress above .25 discomfort. this means things like kneepads/elbow pads which give miniscule amount have no effect when used alone!
even a gas mask has no effect. discomfort only affects full kitted gear like metal armor.
now, before i explain further. if you are at 100 discomfort you gain 0.001 stress every second. this is basically only achievable with full metal armor.
Now, if you just afk you will reach max stress in full metal armor in 4 ingame hours (you gain 0.001 stress every second at discomfort IV)
BUT, this is where it gets interesting, every time you kill a zombie you lose 0.02 stress. Meaning if you kill atleast one zombie every 20 seconds no matter what armor you are wearing you will never have stress. Most armor like gas mask+kneepads give you so little stress you need to wear it for ingame months to get the first stress moodle