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Originally posted by suicide_junkie:
May I ask why you see the ablative armor as too powerful?
It is quite tough in terms of hitpoints, up to 60% stronger than shields per KT, but they cost a lot, and take ages to repair.
Actually, I vaguely remember changing the costs of the armor in my mod. I don't remember if I made it cheaper, but doing my own analysis (which I admit is basically off the top of my head and is mostly an intuitive grokking of the entire component list working together as a whole), the Ablative Armor seemed slightly too powerful at the upper levels. Besides which, it was the only armor that had 5 levels instead of 3.
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Eg. Take a 4 shield BB/DN (160kt defence). gives 1400 shields. 1400 hp. of ablative armor takes up 100kT.
Looks good, BUT:
-armor can't regenerate during battle
-1400 hp armor takes 13 turns to repair with a repair bay III!
-armor dosen't come back between fights during the same turn!
-Costs 4x the price per KT!
-shields cost 0.47 minerals per hitpoint, while ablative armor V costs 5.7 minerals per hitpoint (12x the price of shields)
Also, the Ablative III's have roughly the same costs as the V's, but the provide fewer hitpoints.
The ablative armor is "one-shot survivability, at a price."
Ships with only ablative armor will not survive a second battle.
Ships with only shields might not survive the first battle.
[end rant]
All of what you say I agree with. However, I still stand by my assessment that levels 4 and 5 were tougher than I wanted to put into my mod. *shrug* I'm sorry you don't like the change. It really isn't a personal attack on you so there's no reason to "rant" on me =) IMO, it's a very minor change.
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[This message has been edited by Devnullicus (edited 17 May 2001).]