[Fyron]

Umm... why would you ever reduce the hit points of other components when implementing leaky armor? They should be left alone! Big bulky components have a high chance of being hit anyways. Normally, leaky armor will have 20 or more hp/kT, so there will be so many more hit points associated with the leaky armor than those other components that the leaky armor gets hit more often. And if you think about it, those sorts of components are primarily on the outside of the hull anyways (remote miners, weapons, engines), so deserve to have a higher chance of getting hit! Leaky armor should not be designed to get hit first nearly all of the time, just a larger portion of the time than "internals." The armor is spread all over the hull, after all, and it is possible to shoot a spot where the armor has already been destroyed.

[ February 09, 2004, 16:13: Message edited by: Imperator Fyron ]