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Old September 4th, 2002, 06:46 PM

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Default stealth armor

First, how does stealth work exactly? It says on armor gives you a 'chance' at being undetected. How much do you typically need to be hidden? Is stealth armor the only was to be undetected? Scattering armor? How's that work?

Second, in a full tech game (all tech trees are fully researched at the beginning of the game), is stealth more or less useless since the best sensors are all available at the beginning of the game anyway, and other armor is cheaper?

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Old September 4th, 2002, 06:54 PM
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Default Re: stealth armor

I will type quickly before some one beats me to it.

There are three levels of cloaks available and 4 grades of sensors.
Grade 1 default from begining of game
Grade 2 sensor detects level 1 cloaks in system.
Grade 3 sensor detects level 1 and 2.
Grade 4 etc...
Mines are level 5 cloak by default.
Storms have different cloak levels.

Stealth armor is level 1. It also gives a +15 ECM which is its greatest asset. It is also good as armor, but costly.

To operate stealth use the icons on the tool bar. I'm not sure about the latest revision, but the mine sweepers don't work when cloaked. Ships can't be retrofited when cloaked.

Scattering armor prevents internal scans of componants, which is next to useless. It also gives a +15 ECM which is its greatest asset. It is also good as armor, but costly.

Both armors used together give a +30 ECM.

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Old September 4th, 2002, 07:03 PM
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Default Re: stealth armor

I think that Cloak Levels add to System or Sector Cloak Levels (Nebula and Storms). Therefore a Cloak 3 plus a Level 2 cloaking storm whould make a ship undetectable.
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Old September 4th, 2002, 07:48 PM
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I think that Cloak Levels add to System or Sector Cloak Levels (Nebula and Storms). Therefore a Cloak 3 plus a Level 2 cloaking storm whould make a ship undetectable.
No, cloak levels do not add. It's just the highest individual one that is active.
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Old September 4th, 2002, 08:43 PM

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Default Re: stealth armor

A word of caution on using stealth armor on sattelites. While this might at first glance to be a good idea (for the +15 defence) DO NOT use this on satellites guarding Warp Points! This will cloak the whole stack of satellites and let your enemy in. I had a whole system wiped out by the Rage this way!
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Old September 4th, 2002, 09:35 PM

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Bad Rage, Bad, Bad, Bad! Shame on you for glassing poor little Taz.

I belive you can use Stealth armor in Sats as long as you don't turn it on.
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