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.

[Alneyan]

Emissive Armour has only one huge drawback in stock: it has only 50 hitpoints, which means it can be taken down rather easily, especially if using CA/OA. Still, it is worthwhile if you are using mundane armour, since a 20 or a 25% damage reduction is better than putting more armour on your ships.

Emissive Armour is also great against those players who like Lightning Rays and/or Destroyers (say, RexTorres): in this case, the Emissive Armour will absorb most of the damage, ruining the day for the other player.