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May 22nd, 2007, 01:11 PM
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Re: Eeek, am I doomed?
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ECM III 60%
Stealth Armor III 15%
Scattering Armor III 15%
Do all three of those stack, for a total defensive to-hit bonus of 90%?
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Yes, they do. But that doesn't necessarily mean you're doomed. There are a couple countermeasures you can use, depending on the situation.
1) The attack bonuses from combat sensors, ship and fleet experience stack the same way.
2) Missile weapons are unaffected by defense bonuses, if you can flood whatever point defenses the opponent has.
3) Fighters, Wave-Motion Guns, and another weapon that I'm blanking on also have attack bonuses.
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May 22nd, 2007, 01:37 PM
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Re: Eeek, am I doomed?
hey, cappy
1) Yes, I have those. But so does he, I'm sure 
2) Uhh, yeah, but I'm not a big fan of missiles in the mid to late game.
3) Point Defense gets a to-hit bonus as well. I didn't know about WMG's. Those are under High Intensity Weapons, no?
Oh, and can you offer some insight as to why he's bothering with the Emissive Armor? What am I missing about that? |
May 22nd, 2007, 01:56 PM
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Re: Eeek, am I doomed?
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Possum said:Oh, and can you offer some insight as to why he's bothering with the Emissive Armor? What am I missing about that?
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The in game description of emissive armor isn't quite accurate. Hits for 30 damage or less are indeed completely negated, but hits for more than 30 damage get reduced by 30 as well. It only works against shots that hit the hull, but when you're dealing with ship sizes that can't really spare the room for shields it's really nice when a 60 damage hit gets reduced to 30. |
May 22nd, 2007, 02:06 PM
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Re: Eeek, am I doomed?
Ok, guys, thanks for the info.
Time for some frantic retrofitting.
Do you consider Shield Regenerators worth fitting to a BC/BB size ship?
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June 8th, 2007, 12:33 PM
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Re: Eeek, am I doomed?
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Possum said:Oh, and can you offer some insight as to why he's bothering with the Emissive Armor? What am I missing about that?
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The in game description of emissive armor isn't quite accurate. Hits for 30 damage or less are indeed completely negated, but hits for more than 30 damage get reduced by 30 as well. It only works against shots that hit the hull, but when you're dealing with ship sizes that can't really spare the room for shields it's really nice when a 60 damage hit gets reduced to 30.
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