[Suicide Junkie]

Originally posted by HEMAN:
Hello everyone,I playing long hours in this game , I have a ?.
1)Armor > when in battle my ship gets hit.Other stuff gets destoyed first,like supplys & weapons instead of armor . Can somebody give me answer as soon as possible?.

You see, beams hitting your ship tend to poke little holes in your armor and then slice through the guts. There is still plenty of armor left, and the next shots will probably hit armor somewhere else on the ship before digging in again.

The lighter your armor, the more easily it is pierced. Heavy armor is more likely to absorb the full impact of a weapon, and protect the guts of your ship.

You will also need lots of armor components installed on your ship. Don't just put 1 or 2.
If you are adding "structural supports", you can expect those to be hit Last, though not always. They're good for distracting enemy ships (unless their strategies are perfect, the enemy ships will keep shooting at your disabled hulks in order to vaporize every Last bit, rather than switch targets to a live one)

As you go from light to heavy armor, the hitpoints go down, but they get hit first more often, and thus protect your internals better.

In 1 vs 1 combat, using otherwise equal ships (same guns, engines, etc), you will find that the light-armored ship will have roughly 50% more hitpoints, yet the heavy armored-ship will win 2/3rds to 3/4 of the time.
This is because the heavy armor absorbs more hits, while the light armored ship loses internals faster. The light-armored ship gets its guns damaged, and eventually can't fight back.
If the light ship gets lucky and dosen't lose any guns early on, it will win when the heavy armor runs out of hitpoints.

[ July 13, 2003, 14:52: Message edited by: Suicide Junkie ]