Defence bonus

[Oggy ben Doggy]

quick question, does the defence bonus from armor (scattering and one other kind) stack with ECM defense bonus?

[CaptSpoogy]

Yes it does.

Also, for weapons there is a modifier variable that can increase the weapon's effectiveness...

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[jc173]

Are you sure about that Capt Spoogy? I ran some tests on this awhile back on identical targets at the same range one with ECM only and one with ECM and stealth armor and the to hit percentages for the firing ship were the same. Or is this a recent change?

[Puke]

unless its changed in 1.35 from 1.30, they do not stack. they both use the same ability type, which is a nonstackable ability.

[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.