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Thread: Ship Armor Crafting, Armor or HP which is best
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Marken-Ninny
Thu Aug 04, 2005 7:48 am
#1
Ive been under the impression that while crafting armor for ships, the higher armor rating the better and let the hitpoints stay near its default. Ive never stocked armor but am ready to do so now and figured it better find out for sure before crafting 10+ of each level item 
so whats better? any help is appreciated
so whats better? any help is appreciateda) High Armor Low HP
b) Even mix of the two
c) High HP low armor (im almost positive this is not good)
Marken-Ninny
Thu Aug 04, 2005 8:06 am
#3
thats what ive done, glad to hear someone else is on same path i am
MMKia
Thu Aug 04, 2005 10:41 am
#5
REally depends on the ship layout and the customer. Some of my most popular armor is 1k armor 4.7k mass. Saves you an extra 2k mass that can be used somewhere else.
Goraf
Thu Aug 04, 2005 11:16 am
#6
1k armor 4.7k mass, that is a very interesting piece. Is that with a Mark II or Mark III reinforced panel? With +2 in chassis tapes? How do you distribute the experimentation points?
If you don't want to share your secret recipe, I understand.
If you don't want to share your secret recipe, I understand.
BlkHwkDwn
Thu Aug 04, 2005 4:24 pm
#8
Most of your customers are only going to care about Armor. that is the stat that determines how much protection they get. Low mass armor is great and sometimes will be requested, but i wouldn't stock it as any request for it will be rare. Just put any left over points in mass, as hp is really somewhat meaningless except for how longthe armorwill last.
MMKia
Thu Aug 04, 2005 6:10 pm
#9
BlkHwkDwn wrote:Most of your customers are only going to care about Armor. that is the stat that determines how much protection they get. Low mass armor is great and sometimes will be requested, but i wouldn't stock it as any request for it will be rare. Just put any left over points in mass, as hp is really somewhat meaningless except for how long the armor will last.
you should play on shadowfire. Low mass armor is what the ppl want. It sells faster than my higher mass/armor combos. Both do sell extremely well.
BlkHwkDwn
Thu Aug 04, 2005 7:29 pm
#10
MMKia wrote:
BlkHwkDwn wrote:
Most of your customers are only going to care about Armor. that is the stat that determines how much protection they get. Low mass armor is great and sometimes will be requested, but i wouldn't stock it as any request for it will be rare. Just put any left over points in mass, as hp is really somewhat meaningless except for how long the armor will last.
you should play on shadowfire. Low mass armor is what the ppl want. It sells faster than my higher mass/armor combos. Both do sell extremely well.
do you put in mass reduction kits as well?
MMKia
Thu Aug 04, 2005 9:13 pm
#11
not really. the spawns for petroskivic alum have been the suck on my server. I will do it on special orders for Awings and the such.
Marken-Ninny
Fri Aug 05, 2005 12:17 am
#12
when i stock components i stock like 3-4 diff variations ont he peices and do a couple per level. Heres another question
whats the relationship between armor and hitpoints on armor. does it take dmg on armor then hp or equally on both. or does the armor translate into an armor rating that is used to determine how much dmg is taken on the hitpoints. It doesnt tell you nor have i seen someone explain how armor works in space.
Shadow-Walker
Fri Aug 05, 2005 12:47 am
#13
I always thought the armor was the value of the decay and HP was the total damage it can take. ?
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