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EXASTRA INVICTAS
Crux Special Tasks Group
Gallente Federation
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Posted - 2013.06.09 14:54:00 -
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Godin Thekiller wrote:Harpyja wrote:No. No need to imbalance armor and shield vehicles any more than their current state. What you are requesting will give stronger AV for anti shields and weaker AV for anti armor.
No. What is it with people thinking Hybrid is effective against shield? It's like nobody here plays EVE other than me.... Peace, Godin 
*cough* ahem
I think the belief stems from certain hybrid weapons, such as railguns, doing 108% vs. Shields and 97% vs Armor, or something like that. I believe this "mostly same" value stems from damage types in EVE being 41.6% Thermic and 58.4% Kinetic for Tech 1 Hybrid ammo. When you look at the standard resist profile being 20%/40% Therm/Kin for shields and 35%/35% Therm/Kin for armor (assuming Gallente or Caldari), then:
(Large Antimatter Charge)
Thermic: 20 - (20*.2) = 16pts
Kinetic: 28 - (28*.4) = 16.8pts
Total vs Shield = 32.8
(Large Antimatter Charge)
Thermic: 20 - (20*.35) = 13pts
Kinetic: 28 - (28*.35) = 18.2pts
Total vs Armor (G/C) = 31.2
So hybrids are actually a teensy bit better against shields.
(Large Antimatter Charge)
Thermic: 20 - (20*.35) = 13pts
Kinetic: 28 - (28*.25) = 21pts
Total vs Armor (M/A) = 34
Except against Minmatar or Amarr. Hah.
Anyway, that aside, a majority of the hybrid weapons in the game (I believe) do slightly more damage against shields than armor. But they are nearly equal. |
EXASTRA INVICTAS
Crux Special Tasks Group
Gallente Federation
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Posted - 2013.06.09 16:19:00 -
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Harpyja wrote:Also, the name 'hybrid' implies that its useful against shield and armor at roughly the same effectiveness. But doing 22% more damage to shield than armor is too significant of a damage difference, while EVE has less than a 10% damage difference.
Actually, the name hybrid implies that it is made from two separate things, being combined into one common element. In this case, blasters and railguns. The hybrid charges are used separately by each. Railguns accelerate the charge magnetically, using the casing for the attack and the internal charge is mainly filler.
By comparison, blasters eat the outer casing, and fire the internal charge contained by a magnetic field. Two completely different technologies that are combined into one group, hence "Hybrids".
Got nothing to do with shields or armor. |
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