[Kana]

Yes, but I want the directional damage to also have directional protection. If all the slots are the same, how does the 'shield' protect first, before another component on that side gets hit?

Actually I think from reading something SJ posted elsewhere on using 'leaky shields' as 'damage absorbtion' would work, because the absorbtion would happen before damage I think, but I dont believe the absorbtion is directional...

See the important thing here is directional...which if there is no good reason to use it, then we don't really need the slot layouts, and can go back to the old SEIV component layout.