Defence bonus

[Suicide Junkie]

If you trust the "to-hit bonus" calculation switch in the ship design menu, they do stack.

It says my LC has +10 defence. When I add ECM III, it says +70. When I add stealth armor it says +85. When I then add scattering armor, it says +100.

I believe that it does stack, because I went up against a max-tech Phong DN in a crap-tech LC, it was hitting all the time. When I added both armors, they finally started to miss about a third of their shots.

[Lord_Draconus]

I wish the offensive and defensive bonus you get for racial bonuses would also show up when your making a new ship.

[This message has been edited by Lord_Draconus (edited 28 April 2001).]

[jc173]

Which switch is that SJ? I don't think I've ever played around with that.

[Phoenix-D]

The relevent section of history.txt..

"26. Fixed - Combat modifiers were not always added together but instead were maxed during combat.
28. Added - Added a to-hit modifier display in the Add\Edit Design Window."

Phoenix-D

[Suicide Junkie]

When editing a hull, the buttons go:
"Comp type" (menu)
"Weap Mount" (menu)
-spaces-
"To Hit Modifiers" (toggle)
"Condensed view" (toggle)
"Only latest" (toggle)
etc.

What it does is switch the "shields/cargo/supply" stat into "offence/defence" modifiers.

[jc173]

Is that a new toggle? I currently have patch4 installed at least until I finish my current game.