Armor Upgrades ....

[McNeo]

Shiny...

If this were to happen, it would be quite a nightmare to balance. It would have to affect both the turning inertia (responsiveness) and mass (responsiveness again) which Im not sure is possible to do on a whim when switching out armour upgrades. Though, and I could be wrong, it should be much easier to simply add mass, but that again is a big issue to balance. If not done properly, people will probably still use the same, rather than an equal distribution of all armours.

I'd like this if it were done, because its annoying to have to buy armour when I make a new character. For most, it isn't a problem but I trade so little that it really eats into my tiny tiny bank account!

Prices would have to change and a massive debate would ensue as to how capships are affected by this. After all, the Osiris is the one to whom agility matters the most in its class, whereas a Rheinland battleship captain will just make a beeline to the highest armour multiplier.

Changing the size of the ship is not possible either.

With alot of coding, hardpoints could be added to the outside of ships where models of metal plates could be added corressponding to the armour upgrade type. This might even act as a barrier after shields, and the plates fall off if under heavy fire. Lighter upgrades might have smaller plates with less health, and heavier upgrades the opposite...

Then again, its a balancing nightmare, and I can't think of how it would be worth the time to solve something like this. At this stage though, armour upgrades are pretty pointless, as everyone in a fighter/bomber has a universal mk VIII. Its less clear cut with capships though.

Perhaps universal armour should be removed and capital ship armour remain in place? Its not a great difference on fighters, since everyone carries the same one. But I do see many different ones on capships, the most common being the cap VII.

Meh. I dont think its too good an idea right now, but maybe it can be seriously considered for the version after 4.85. That is, if it hasn't been thought over already:unsure: