I love the ablative armor even in its current state i use it as a panic button, it can take a direct hit from the crystaline entity after it explodes which is very awesome.
Making it toggle would be a great idea, it could be treated similarly to the Dynamic Tactical System of the 1000 day veteran ship, where in that case its an offensive bonus (+ accuracy and weapon power) the ablative would be a defensive console.
Perhaps a simpler solution to adding some built in Transphasics would be to allow Intrepid Class Torpedoes to gain up to 50% (basically Transphasics don't get 90% and only go up a bit, everything else is now 40%) shield penetration while armour generator is engaged.
I like the Aux power as Armour generator idea too. Give you say 10s than it starts using Aux power, the more you get shot the quicker it eats the power.
I like the idea of giving ships a 2pc bonus if you got the Refit and the Retrofit. But you have to admit it really screws the Klingons over as they got a lot of Refits, and no Retrofits.
The other thing I worry about is are we buffing obsolete ships? Will the Fleet LRSV have a place with T6 ships? The Vesta kind of dry docked every other Sci ship in the Federation. Chances are it can do the job as good or better.
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While the vesta is certainly ridiculous strong, the intrepid with this revamp would outclass her as a torp-tanky ship very far, and if T6 makes them obsolote - wouldn`t this be a thing why we should buff them? - only time will show us - the devs say no but they say a lot if day is long
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Making it toggle would be a great idea, it could be treated similarly to the Dynamic Tactical System of the 1000 day veteran ship, where in that case its an offensive bonus (+ accuracy and weapon power) the ablative would be a defensive console.
I like the Aux power as Armour generator idea too. Give you say 10s than it starts using Aux power, the more you get shot the quicker it eats the power.
I like the idea of giving ships a 2pc bonus if you got the Refit and the Retrofit. But you have to admit it really screws the Klingons over as they got a lot of Refits, and no Retrofits.
The other thing I worry about is are we buffing obsolete ships? Will the Fleet LRSV have a place with T6 ships? The Vesta kind of dry docked every other Sci ship in the Federation. Chances are it can do the job as good or better.
If I ask you a question it is not an insult but a genuine attempt to understand why.
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