Rebell! Down with Armor Upgrades! D:

[Mounteblanc]

The purpose of removing armor upgrades would not to require a rebalance of the entire game, but to shorten fights.

Armor should be like the Cheetah thruster. It's expensive, and it doesn't give you much of an advantage. A possible way to do this would be to add the possibility of your armor being destroyed, by adding it as a hardpointed item. This would probably be more work than it would be worth, though.

[Guest]

Ehh...im not proposing to remove the upgrades. I'm just saying that I'd challenge players to fly without one for a month or a week to return to that feeling of vulnerability. It' really improves flight skills.

[Zukeenee]

I avoid PvP anyway. The only reason I use armor upgrades is for radiation damage and the occasional NPC gank.

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[Bubbles]

Nerf SNAC.
Make a torpedo with similar properties that will explode if TCDed

[Thurgret]

Nerf SNAC.
Make a torpedo with similar properties that will explode if TCDed

Uh. What? You've not read up on that, have you? There is already a Nova. And explosive torpedoes are useless against capital ships unless they can hit the shield generator. If they can't, they won't even dent it.

That aside, mini razors and nukes are rather more dangerous to fighters than SNACs, as far as I'm concerned...

And, yeah. Flying without armour is a learning experience. I had Mark 2 armour on my most frequently used fighter for about three months. That's 1.7*base armour. IIRC, one mini razor hit would get me.

[Guest]

Get out of my thread, Karlotta.

EDIT: My 3k post was

Get out of my thread, Karlotta.

[Akura]

Sure, I'll try it.

[Varyag]

You guys feel free to ditch your upgrades. I will take them off your hands if you want.

*smiles at the Kearsarge's VERY thick hull.*

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"I looked up and all I saw was green death"

[Camtheman Of Freelancer4Ever]

Armor upgrades are fine, you just gotta dodge more. Really, Now that I know, Getting SN'ed in a fighter REALLY is a lack of skill on the pilots part.

//holy crap my post count, its my lucky day.

[Hundra]

Of course it is, son.

Armor upgrades are something I despise, but something I must use.