SEV shipset instructions?

[Captain Kwok]

Directional damage as in if the ship gets hit in the front, the forward components will get damaged and so on. Henk's assessment on the data file was correct.

[Phoenix-D]

Directional damage but unlimited firing arcs. An interesting combination.

[Kana]

So I guess there is no backward engineering on this arcs thing? I mean if we can track damage coming in, why cant we track damage going out...?

[Captain Kwok]

Introducing weapon arcs makes for a difficult balancing act among shipsets.

[Q]

I still don't understand how directional damage in combination with armor/outer/inner hull compartment works:
if the ship has lost all armor in the front but still has armor on the sides and rear what will be destroyed by the next hit in the front?

[Phoenix-D]

Q said:
I still don't understand how directional damage in combination with armor/outer/inner hull compartment works:
if the ship has lost all armor in the front but still has armor on the sides and rear what will be destroyed by the next hit in the front?

One of the internal components in the front, in the Outer Hull.

[Q]

Phoenix-D said:

One of the internal components in the front, in the Outer Hull.

Doesn't this make (strategic) combat quite unpredictable and ship design complicated?
If all enemy fire comes from one side (as often the case) your ship is soon destroyed unless the AI reacts clever enough and turns the ship around to cover the weakend side. In Starfury the AI could not handle this situation well.

[Kana]

Captain Kwok said:
Introducing weapon arcs makes for a difficult balancing act among shipsets.

I guess that is a problem, if its tied into the shipsets as apposed to the components...

As for balancing...not many problems in SFB due to arcs, it just makes certain ships more interesting to battle with than others...