[Wardad]

I have had good luck invading planets using ver1.49. Some planets still do get glassed. In most cases the population is just to small to survive the collateral damage. I have had my own worlds wiped out that way, the WPs would have survived if the population did.

The damage percent makes some sense if using Shield and Armor skipping weapons. Very usefull for slowing down a invading fleet, especially an AI fleet without dedicated repair ships.

It also makes some sense for use with boarding ships. No sense in wasting expensive boarding parties on a totally wasted hull.