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Originally posted by clark:
Quick question: Ablative armor says it 'negates' 30 points of damage... What exactly is meant by this? It absorbs 30 points of damage, or it prevents any damage under 30? I notice that for the federation, they can only use 2 of these on a ship.

Does that mean is can absorb/prevent 60 points of damage? Or is it non-cumulative?

Is this effect per round, or per shot fired at it?

So, say 10 ships attack in one round, each with a 10 point damage weapon... would only the Last few get through? Or would none of them?

Just trying to understand what this effect has... thanks for any future replies.

EA (after it was FINALLY fixed) subtract the EA value ( 30 in your example) from each hit damage. It is not cumulative. Only one, the highest EA value available, is used. It does not matter if EA armor component is actually used. Some mods use this feature as a non-armour, internal "damage absorber". Armor skipping weapons, like null-space or shard cannons ignore EA ability completely.