Proposed Damage System Overhaul

[Kana]

Suicide Junkie said:
Crystalline ability was abused to make leaky shields like that in SE4, and it works the same way in SE5.

Directional armor can be made thusly:
http://imagemodserver.mine.nu/other/...d_NewArmor.pngShields are global.

Do you think with abilities other than shields, like say the emmisive ability, can you get a directional shield like effect?

Also on damage, Yes its Shields/Armor/Outer/Inner, but what is the selection process of what in that layer gets hit first from that direction (Outer and Inner)? In SE4, it was if I remember correctly the biggest structure item, or it was more likely to be hit first as apposed to smaller structure items....