SEV shipset instructions?

[henk brouwer]

I think the firing arcs are a graphical thing only: If your ship is firing at an enemy behind it the laserbeam will originate at the point specified by the corresponding firing arc somewhere at the back of the ship, when it is firing at an enemy in front of it, the laser beam will originate at the front of the ship.

[Captain Kwok]

Directional damage as in if the ship gets hit in the front, the forward components will get damaged and so on. Henk's assessment on the data file was correct.

[Phoenix-D]

Directional damage but unlimited firing arcs. An interesting combination.

[Kana]

So I guess there is no backward engineering on this arcs thing? I mean if we can track damage coming in, why cant we track damage going out...?

[Captain Kwok]

Introducing weapon arcs makes for a difficult balancing act among shipsets.

[Q]

I still don't understand how directional damage in combination with armor/outer/inner hull compartment works:
if the ship has lost all armor in the front but still has armor on the sides and rear what will be destroyed by the next hit in the front?

[Phoenix-D]

Q said:
I still don't understand how directional damage in combination with armor/outer/inner hull compartment works:
if the ship has lost all armor in the front but still has armor on the sides and rear what will be destroyed by the next hit in the front?

One of the internal components in the front, in the Outer Hull.

[Kana]

Captain Kwok said:
Introducing weapon arcs makes for a difficult balancing act among shipsets.

I guess that is a problem, if its tied into the shipsets as apposed to the components...

As for balancing...not many problems in SFB due to arcs, it just makes certain ships more interesting to battle with than others...