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= Armor (for version 2.25b) =
= Armor (for Steampires) =


[[Image:Armor_small.gif|left]]'''Plain armor''' - Plain armor offers mild protection from damage.
[[Image:Armor_small.gif|left]]'''Plain armor''' - Plain armor offers mild protection from damage.
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* Health: 30
* Health: 30
* Weight: 15
* Weight: 15
* Damage reduction : 0%
* Damage Modifier: 0
* Damage reduction due to angle (Angle Modifier): 0.1
* Damage reduction due to angle (Angle Modifier): 0.1
* Speed To Damage Modifier: 0.8%
* Speed To Damage Modifier: 0.008
* Damage To Heat Absorbed: 2.5%
* Damage To Heat Absorbed: 0.025
* Bioweapon Damage Modifier: 150%
* Bioweapon Damage Modifier: 1.5


* Strong Against - Nothing
* Weak Against - Biological Weapons
* Other - Takes 50% extra damage from Biological Weapons


Analysis
Its better than nothing but should be replaced as soon as possable.




[[Image:Armor_small.gif|left]]'''Composite armor''' - Composite armor consists of layers of steel, ceramic, and plastic honeycomb. and it's designed to offer protection from almost all types of projectiles equally well.
[[Image:Armor_small.gif|left]]'''Composite armor''' - Composite armor consists of layers of steel, ceramic, and plastic honeycomb. and it's designed to offer protection from almost all types of projectiles equally well.
Composite is regarded as the best armor in Empires, it has massive health, has no major flaws, weighs very little and is easy to research. Unfortunately, it is incredibly expensive and due to it's lightweight nature, can have twice as many plates as the next most expensive armor, this results in composite being generally a bad research strategy due to the fact it can set a team back 2000 res for a single tank.


'''Research Required:''' Mechanical Engineering > Advanced Machining > Composite Armor
'''Research Required:''' Mechanical Engineering > Advanced Machining > Composite Armor
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* Health: 80
* Health: 80
* Weight: 10     
* Weight: 10     
* Damage reduction : 15%
* Damage Modifier: 0.85
* Damage reduction due to angle (Angle Modifier): 0
* Damage reduction due to angle (Angle Modifier): 0
* Speed To Damage Modifier: 0.5%
* Speed To Damage Modifier: 0.005
* Damage To Heat Absorbed: 2.5%
* Damage To Heat Absorbed: 0.025
* Bioweapon Damage Modifier: 100%
* Bioweapon Damage Modifier: 1
 
 
Analysis
*Pros
Low weight
High hp per plate
-15% damage


* Strong Against - Slow projectiles
*Cons
* Weak Against - High velocity projectiles (rail guns)
Cost
* Other - Composite armor has no major disadvantages. Its light weight and high health allows multiple plates to be added to a tank. effectively trading special attributes for high health.
+0.005 speed to damage


Composites strength is its brute hp approach. It is easy to max out your armor and weapons and still have a bit left over. The down side to this is that this will cost almost twice for your tanks armor package. Bio is somewhat a non issue due to the shear amount of hp that the armor has.
The 15% damage reduction may seem impressive, but this is almost always outweighed by the +0.005 speed to damage. With the exception of very slow weapons, Composite takes more than the normal damage.
Overall, composite is overrated at best, at worst, it is the fastest way to burn the 10k res that you have saved.




[[Image:Armor_small.gif|left]]'''Reactive armor''' - Electrically charged armor is internally aligned with charged capacitors. When an incoming projectile makes contact. the capacitor discharges its energy into the projectile. disrupting it or possibly even vaporizing it.
[[Image:Armor_small.gif|left]]'''Reactive armor''' - Electrically charged armor is internally aligned with charged capacitors. When an incoming projectile makes contact. the capacitor discharges its energy into the projectile. disrupting it or possibly even vaporizing it.
Reactive is the counter to most missiles and the slower a projectile is, the more damage is resisted. In particular, Sticky bombs are much less powerful against reactive, however due to the low number of plates a reactive tank can don, this difference results in stickies still do roughly the same percentage of the tanks total health. It also takes full damage against hitscan weapons (HEMG, DU, BioMG) because they have no speed.


'''Research Required:''' Electrical Engineering > Reactive Armor
'''Research Required:''' Electrical Engineering > Reactive Armor
* Cost: 20
* Cost: 20
* Health: 70
* Health: 65
* Weight: 20
* Weight: 20
* Damage reduction : 10%
* Damage Modifier: 0.8
* Damage reduction due to angle (Angle Modifier): 0.1
* Damage reduction due to angle (Angle Modifier): 0.1
* Speed To Damage Modifier: -0.4%
* Speed To Damage Modifier: -0.4%
* Damage To Heat Absorbed: 2.5%
* Damage To Heat Absorbed: 0.025
* Bioweapon Damage Modifier: 50%
* Bioweapon Damage Modifier: 0.5


* Strong Against - Fast projectiles and Biological weapons
* Weak Against - Slow projectiles
* Other - Reactive Armor takes less damage as the speed of the projectile increases. The weight of the armor makes it somewhat less useful for heavy tanks. 


Analysis
*Pros
Half damage from bio weapons
-0.004 speed to damage
0.8 damage mod
*Cons
Weight
Cost
Low hp per plate
The -0.004 speed to damage and 0.8 damage mod are the major selling points for reactive. While this is the best armor to counter bio, the other team will simpley kill you with conventional weapons due to the low hp per plate. Reactive users will have to sacrifice armor or weapons due to the weight.
Overall, reactive only works in the early game when tanks have lightweight weapons. Unfortinatley, you will have to research a lighter armor once you get to medium and heavy tanks.




[[Image:Armor_small.gif|left]]'''Reflective armor''' - Reflective armor is able to deflect almost all of a projectile's kinetic energy away from the vehicle so long as the projectile does not hit perfectly perpendicular to the armor plating.
[[Image:Armor_small.gif|left]]'''Reflective armor''' - Reflective armor is able to deflect almost all of a projectile's kinetic energy away from the vehicle so long as the projectile does not hit perfectly perpendicular to the armor plating.
Reflective is one of the best armors in the hands of good players, since reflective can take up to 50% of total damage off, it makes it capable of shrugging off even very powerful hits. A common strategy with reflective is to angle ones tank so a corner faces the enemy, this does 2 things, exposes 2 sides to the enemy, and increases the amount of damage will be reflected by angle. Exposing the two sides makes the enemy tank less likely to focus on one side in particular, and can result in the tank taking much less damage to a specific region.


'''Research Required:''' Physics > Projectile Physics > Reflective Armor
'''Research Required:''' Physics > Projectile Physics > Reflective Armor
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* Health: 60
* Health: 60
* Weight: 15
* Weight: 15
* Damage reduction : 0%
* Damage Modifier: 0
* Damage reduction due to angle (Angle Modifier): 1
* Damage reduction due to angle (Angle Modifier): 1
* Speed To Damage Modifier: -0.1%
* Speed To Damage Modifier: -0.001
* Damage To Heat Absorbed: 2.5%
* Damage To Heat Absorbed: 0.025
* Bioweapon Damage Modifier: 100%
* Bioweapon Damage Modifier: 100%


* Strong Against - Missiles
* Weak Against - Direct. non-angled hits
* Other - Damage is reduced depending on angle of impact as well as taking slightly less damage from high velocity projectiles. A hit at 45 degrees will reduce damage taken by half.


Analysis
*Pros
Angle modifier
&Cons
Low hp per plate
Angle modifier
The only saving part of reflective armor is that if you can angle your tank, you can take 50% less damage. If you do, reflective is a well balanced armor with average cost and weight. If you cant get that angle, you will need to get a new tank as most weapons will cut through a full plate in a hit. To make matters worse, homing weapons have a tenancy to hit nearly perpendicular to the tank, making them very lethal to this armor.
Overall, while this armor has great potential, you have to be able to maneuver to get the shots to hit at the right angle. Due to the rate of fire of the current weapons and the lack of room to maneuver, odds are your tank will be out of armor before you can get everything lined up. While vets might be able to make this armor work, new players will have trouble keeping there tanks alive.




[[Image:Armor_small.gif|left]]'''Regenerative armor''' - Regenerative armor is engineered with living tissue designed to grow calcium carbonate as the protective medium. As it is newly formed. it is malleable enough to find its way into damaged areas where it solidifies and reinforces/replaces material that had been damaged/destroyed.
[[Image:Armor_small.gif|left]]'''Regenerative armor''' - Regenerative armor is engineered with living tissue designed to grow calcium carbonate as the protective medium. As it is newly formed. it is malleable enough to find its way into damaged areas where it solidifies and reinforces/replaces material that had been damaged/destroyed.
Regenerative is a decent armor but due to it's doubled damage from bio, against the wrong weapons it will get annihilated. Regenerative regains hitpoints at a fairly slow rate, and the slow speed means armor will not be repaired by a large amount in the middle of a fight. However regenerative may be more effective for grenadier tankers, since between skirmishes it will generally regenerate back up to full strength.


'''Research Required:''' Biology > Regenerative Armor
'''Research Required:''' Biology > Regenerative Armor
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* Health: 75, Regeneration: 0.045
* Health: 75, Regeneration: 0.045
* Weight: 15
* Weight: 15
* Damage reduction : 0%
* Damage Modifier: 0
* Damage reduction due to angle (Angle Modifier): 0
* Damage reduction due to angle (Angle Modifier): 0
* Speed To Damage Modifier: 0.32%
* Speed To Damage Modifier: 0.0032
* Damage To Heat Absorbed: 3%
* Damage To Heat Absorbed: 0.03
* Bioweapon Damage Modifier: 200%
* Bioweapon Damage Modifier: 2
 
 
Analysis
*Pros
Regenerates
Above average hp (75)
 
*Cons
+0.0032 speed to damage
Regeneration is slow
Extra damage from bio


* Strong Against - Nothing
The one selling point is that regenerative armor heals by itself over time. The bad news is that this is slow and only works if you still have armor. Bio weapons are difficult to deal with, as you will not only take extra damage, but you will be taking damage faster than your armor can heal.
* Weak Against - High velocity projectiles. biological weapons (takes double damage)
Unlike composite that has a 15% damage reduction, you will be always be taking more than normal damage. This is somewhat offset by the regeneration capacity but dont count on it.
* Other - Armor is self regenerates as long as there is base material. Slightly increased heat absorption from damage. takes double from biological weapons
Overall, regenerative armor is a nice way to get the other team to get bio weapons. In the long run this will probably cause more problems than it solves




[[Image:Armor_small.gif|left]]'''Absorbant armor''' - Absorbant armor is engineered with strong materials able to undergo excessive plastic deformation. This allows the armor to reduce damage received as a projectile's speed increases.
[[Image:Armor_small.gif|left]]'''Absorbant armor''' - Absorbant armor is engineered with strong materials able to undergo excessive plastic deformation. This allows the armor to reduce damage received as a projectile's speed increases.
Absorbant is pretty poor compared to other armors. For weight reduction composite beats it by miles, and it's increase in defense against fast projectiles (generally cannons) is fairly useless for BE due to NFs less cannon-heavy tech, it also takes full damage against hitscan weapons (HEMG, DU, BioMG) because they have no speed.


'''Research Required:''' Chemistry > Absorbant Armor
'''Research Required:''' Chemistry > Absorbant Armor
* Cost: 10
* Cost: 10
* Health: 55
* Health: 70
* Weight: 12.5
* Weight: 12.5
* Damage reduction : 0%
* Damage Modifier: 0
* Damage reduction due to angle (Angle Modifier): 0
* Damage reduction due to angle (Angle Modifier): 0
* Speed To Damage Modifier: -0.75%
* Speed To Damage Modifier: -0.008
* Damage To Heat Absorbed: 1%
* Damage To Heat Absorbed: 0.01
* Bioweapon Damage Modifier: 100%
* Bioweapon Damage Modifier: 1
 
 
Analysis
*Pros
Low weight
Low cost
-0.008 speed to damage
Average hp per plate


* Strong Against - High velocity projectiles (rail guns)
*Cons
* Weak Against - Missiles, mines
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* Other - None


The low cost and low weight of absorbant lets you carry max or near max armor with a lot of firepower.  The -0.008 speed to damage gives absorbent a 30 to 50% damage reduction against cannons, and at least 20% damage reduction against missiles. Bio may be somewhat of an issue due to the average hp.
Overall, if absorbant dies fast to something, every other armor will be worse.




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Different kinds of armor play very important roles in the tank battles of the Empires universe. Select the appropriate type of armor and you will come out victorious.

A note regarding guns: There are two types of anti-vehicle weapons: guns and cannons. Cannons are anything that fires a shell that is affected by gravity. Includes rail guns. high explosive cannon. extended range cannon. These shots are affected by the the Speed To Damage Modifier. Guns fire projectiles that are not affected by gravity and have an instantaneous travel time. Includes bioMG. DUMG. HEMG. These shots are not affected by the the Speed To Damage Modifier.


Armor Weapon Table (for version 2.24):

To see which weapon is best against which armor have a look to the table below. But keep in mind, that this table only compares pure damage.

Armor Weapon Table

Armor (for Steampires)

Plain armor - Plain armor offers mild protection from damage.

Plain armor is regarded as the worst armor. It has poor health, and weight, but it makes up for this in it's price. Standard armor is fairly useless and has no advantages, as such it shouldn't be used after a better armor is researched.

Research Required: None

  • Cost: 5
  • Health: 30
  • Weight: 15
  • Damage Modifier: 0
  • Damage reduction due to angle (Angle Modifier): 0.1
  • Speed To Damage Modifier: 0.008
  • Damage To Heat Absorbed: 0.025
  • Bioweapon Damage Modifier: 1.5


Analysis Its better than nothing but should be replaced as soon as possable.


Composite armor - Composite armor consists of layers of steel, ceramic, and plastic honeycomb. and it's designed to offer protection from almost all types of projectiles equally well.

Research Required: Mechanical Engineering > Advanced Machining > Composite Armor

  • Cost: 25
  • Health: 80
  • Weight: 10
  • Damage Modifier: 0.85
  • Damage reduction due to angle (Angle Modifier): 0
  • Speed To Damage Modifier: 0.005
  • Damage To Heat Absorbed: 0.025
  • Bioweapon Damage Modifier: 1


Analysis

  • Pros

Low weight High hp per plate -15% damage

  • Cons

Cost +0.005 speed to damage

Composites strength is its brute hp approach. It is easy to max out your armor and weapons and still have a bit left over. The down side to this is that this will cost almost twice for your tanks armor package. Bio is somewhat a non issue due to the shear amount of hp that the armor has. The 15% damage reduction may seem impressive, but this is almost always outweighed by the +0.005 speed to damage. With the exception of very slow weapons, Composite takes more than the normal damage. Overall, composite is overrated at best, at worst, it is the fastest way to burn the 10k res that you have saved.


Reactive armor - Electrically charged armor is internally aligned with charged capacitors. When an incoming projectile makes contact. the capacitor discharges its energy into the projectile. disrupting it or possibly even vaporizing it.

Research Required: Electrical Engineering > Reactive Armor

  • Cost: 20
  • Health: 65
  • Weight: 20
  • Damage Modifier: 0.8
  • Damage reduction due to angle (Angle Modifier): 0.1
  • Speed To Damage Modifier: -0.4%
  • Damage To Heat Absorbed: 0.025
  • Bioweapon Damage Modifier: 0.5


Analysis

  • Pros

Half damage from bio weapons -0.004 speed to damage 0.8 damage mod

  • Cons

Weight Cost Low hp per plate

The -0.004 speed to damage and 0.8 damage mod are the major selling points for reactive. While this is the best armor to counter bio, the other team will simpley kill you with conventional weapons due to the low hp per plate. Reactive users will have to sacrifice armor or weapons due to the weight. Overall, reactive only works in the early game when tanks have lightweight weapons. Unfortinatley, you will have to research a lighter armor once you get to medium and heavy tanks.


Reflective armor - Reflective armor is able to deflect almost all of a projectile's kinetic energy away from the vehicle so long as the projectile does not hit perfectly perpendicular to the armor plating.

Research Required: Physics > Projectile Physics > Reflective Armor

  • Cost: 15
  • Health: 60
  • Weight: 15
  • Damage Modifier: 0
  • Damage reduction due to angle (Angle Modifier): 1
  • Speed To Damage Modifier: -0.001
  • Damage To Heat Absorbed: 0.025
  • Bioweapon Damage Modifier: 100%


Analysis

  • Pros

Angle modifier

&Cons Low hp per plate Angle modifier

The only saving part of reflective armor is that if you can angle your tank, you can take 50% less damage. If you do, reflective is a well balanced armor with average cost and weight. If you cant get that angle, you will need to get a new tank as most weapons will cut through a full plate in a hit. To make matters worse, homing weapons have a tenancy to hit nearly perpendicular to the tank, making them very lethal to this armor. Overall, while this armor has great potential, you have to be able to maneuver to get the shots to hit at the right angle. Due to the rate of fire of the current weapons and the lack of room to maneuver, odds are your tank will be out of armor before you can get everything lined up. While vets might be able to make this armor work, new players will have trouble keeping there tanks alive.


Regenerative armor - Regenerative armor is engineered with living tissue designed to grow calcium carbonate as the protective medium. As it is newly formed. it is malleable enough to find its way into damaged areas where it solidifies and reinforces/replaces material that had been damaged/destroyed.

Research Required: Biology > Regenerative Armor

  • Cost: 15
  • Health: 75, Regeneration: 0.045
  • Weight: 15
  • Damage Modifier: 0
  • Damage reduction due to angle (Angle Modifier): 0
  • Speed To Damage Modifier: 0.0032
  • Damage To Heat Absorbed: 0.03
  • Bioweapon Damage Modifier: 2


Analysis

  • Pros

Regenerates Above average hp (75)

  • Cons

+0.0032 speed to damage Regeneration is slow Extra damage from bio

The one selling point is that regenerative armor heals by itself over time. The bad news is that this is slow and only works if you still have armor. Bio weapons are difficult to deal with, as you will not only take extra damage, but you will be taking damage faster than your armor can heal. Unlike composite that has a 15% damage reduction, you will be always be taking more than normal damage. This is somewhat offset by the regeneration capacity but dont count on it. Overall, regenerative armor is a nice way to get the other team to get bio weapons. In the long run this will probably cause more problems than it solves


Absorbant armor - Absorbant armor is engineered with strong materials able to undergo excessive plastic deformation. This allows the armor to reduce damage received as a projectile's speed increases.

Research Required: Chemistry > Absorbant Armor

  • Cost: 10
  • Health: 70
  • Weight: 12.5
  • Damage Modifier: 0
  • Damage reduction due to angle (Angle Modifier): 0
  • Speed To Damage Modifier: -0.008
  • Damage To Heat Absorbed: 0.01
  • Bioweapon Damage Modifier: 1


Analysis

  • Pros

Low weight Low cost -0.008 speed to damage Average hp per plate

  • Cons

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The low cost and low weight of absorbant lets you carry max or near max armor with a lot of firepower. The -0.008 speed to damage gives absorbent a 30 to 50% damage reduction against cannons, and at least 20% damage reduction against missiles. Bio may be somewhat of an issue due to the average hp. Overall, if absorbant dies fast to something, every other armor will be worse.