Re: Limits on armour? and Full Steam

On Jul 6, 2006, at 8:50 AM, McCarthy, Tom ((xwave)) wrote:
>
> Armour can be a very effective way to keep a ship at full strength  
> for a
> very long time.  Some NSL ships require about 3/4 of their sum of hull
> and armour boxes destroyed in order to force the second threshold  
> check.
> It's a bit excessive, and I think most of those ships, rebuilt  
> under FB2
> rules, would play better with a bit more hull and a bit less armour  
> (and
> by play better, I mean 'be a foe that opponents feel they have an  
> equal
> chance to beat').

I would disagree. The big armor layers on the NSL are a thing of  
beauty for KV gunners.
For other opponents, the NSL heavy armor recommends more maneuvering  
to get into more favorable arcs. It's never been a good idea to go  
head-on with an NSL battle wall. But get behind one...

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