Armor, Shields and Damage (FAQ): Correction

[Zanthis]

That is correct Nyx. Also, any OA already destroyed prior to the start of battle will not provide any regeneration during the entire battle.

[LintMan]

Clarification question:

You say that OA is not automatically repaired outside of combat. Do you mean not at all, even between turns?

I'm pretty sure I've seen some OA on my ships get destroyed by a screwey warp point, but then repaired the next turn. This was in a pre-1.19 game, though - I haven't checked it lately.

[Zanthis]

LintMan:
That is correct. I did about 10 end turns in a row with a ship that had lost 2 out of 3 OA components to a mine while I was testing and no repair happened.

Personally, I think at the start of "your" turn, every ship you own containing at least one un-destroyed OA component should have all OA components repaired for free.

I'm not sure when components are repaired (at the start or end of your turn) but if at the start, I'd also ensure that this OA regeneration happened before your repair bays went to work. No sense wasting repairs on self-regenerating armor.

[This message has been edited by Zanthis (edited 08 February 2001).]

[E. Albright]

Bump.

[Magus38]

Actually I think I must raise an objection. While it is true that OE does not repair itself while destroyed outside of combat, once a layer of OA regenerates within combat it does indeed contribute to the whole. I think the problem is that the level of actual damage reported each turn misrepresents the true level of damage the armor currently bears, meaning that the repair is incorrectly reported. There are exceptions to this simply in that the behaviour of OA in general is very flaky and sometimes actually inconsistent.

[dumbluck]

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