What Traits / Tactics are considered cheap/cheats?

[douglas]

Strategia_In_Ultima said:If you're playing stock, however, don't repeat do NOT use emissive armor, as it's useless against everything save for long-ranged shots and (small) fighter attacks.

Emissive armor is extremely useful in stock if you're relying primarily on armor for defense. Yes, only shots for damage less than the ability amount are completely negated, but shots for more than that also get reduced by the ability amount. If everyone's still using ships smaller than battleships, even against large mount PPB V's at point blank range, that's still about a 25% reduction in damage. In combination with crystalline armor on really big ships, emissive is critical to taking maximum advantage of the shields from damage ability.