Org & Crystal armor question

narf poit chez BOOM · #1 November 30th, 2004, 07:28 PM

Wouldn't a ship with Org and Cryst armor be nearly invulnerable?

Alneyan · #2 November 30th, 2004, 07:33 PM

Alas, the Organic Armour would not regenerate the Crystalline Armour. P&N and its cross-over racial techs do give a regenerating Crystalline Armour, but it takes more space; I have yet to try it though, and couldn't say if the regeneration is much of an improvement.

narf poit chez BOOM · #3 November 30th, 2004, 07:35 PM

Thanks.

Suicide Junkie · #4 November 30th, 2004, 07:37 PM

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Alneyan said:
Alas, the Organic Armour would not regenerate the Crystalline Armour. P&N and its cross-over racial techs do give a regenerating Crystalline Armour, but it takes more space; I have yet to try it though, and couldn't say if the regeneration is much of an improvement.

The P&N Biocrystal armor takes the same space, and gives you 60% of both of the "purebred" abilities.

The key advantage is that your CA ability dosen't stay broken for long

Alneyan · #5 November 30th, 2004, 07:47 PM

Oops; it looks like I confused your Biocrystal armour with the one from Devnull. (I would gladly pick either for my ships though)

Using a mini OA would be a very good idea, rather than the usual Ablative/Plasma armour. A nasty combination to say the least.

Suicide Junkie · #6 November 30th, 2004, 07:35 PM

Not really; unless the organic armor gets hit before the crystalline, you don't get the organic bonus.
Plus, you're decreasing your crystalline total, which is almost never "enough"

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Now, if you were to mod the organic armor to be 1/6th in every stat (size, regen, hitpoints) then it would be a totally awesome combo.
The mini-OA gets hit first almost always, and regens, while the CA keeps the shields pumped.