[Neadlak]

I'm going to chime in that my PDCs are also NOT firing on all fighters that attack me. Let's say in campaign 2 I take a pirate merc mission against a terran frigate; after attacking the frigate, all nearby terran fighters turn their guns on me, but my PDC will not return fire. Irritating!

The freighter taking minimal hull damage is due to very high damage resistances, yes. There is a bug (and, sadly, it's a *hardcoded* bug it seems) in shield piercing resistance; it is applied to *all* damage types. Freighters carry scattering armor x8 (2 in each facing) and all the combined resistances make for some really tough freighters. To overcome this, take out all the armor facings to reduce the resist% to null.

I checked in the components file and scattering armor only provides shield piercing resist, which is why I say it appears to be a hard-coded error in damage resistances. Try equipping some scattering and note all your resists go up.

Also in the news, emissive doesn't seem to add any resistance (check the 'N' button menu) Whoops!

[ October 24, 2003, 04:49: Message edited by: Neadlak ]