William Wolfen wrote:Falcon_D wrote:I believe also that not all ships are equal. I seem to have read somewhere that even though the FDL is a medium ship when calculating damage taken it is treated as a large ship.
My current understanding is that the system is a little more complicated now. The penetration number of the weapon is compared against the hull hardness of the target ship to determine the damage penalty. Some ships have higher than expected hull hardness, and some weapon types have higher penetration than others.
As to the fer de lance, it has a hull hardness equal to the corvette and cutter, which is the highest available IIRC.
Well if I was not already confused about weapons and shields, I am now confused about hull strength. I have always used the wiki as a guide to hull strength, by checking its armour rating here. It this not the case? (losing the plot)