Game Mechanics Revealed: Damage Resistance Consoles
Welcome to Game Mechanics Revealed. Star Trek Online is filled with vagaries; the devs are not forthcoming with clarification; the forums are a source of confusing and contradictory knowledge; the chats are rife with conjecture and misinformation. In this series, I will attempt to find the answers and dispel the myths that plague our game. Game Mechanics Revealed: Damage Resistance from Armour Consoles We see the + rating of armour consoles. We put them on our ships and we see the damage resistance ratings that result. Do we really know what the damage resistance is? Can we trust the numbers? Let’s find out. Experiment For this test the aggressor is armed with a single turret, 125 weapon power, at point blank range (in this case, less than 2 km for maximum damage rating of a cannon type weapon. The target is an unshielded cruiser with no hull plating or threat control skills. The target has an innate 2% phaser dam...