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Originally Posted by Nils_Lindeberg
There is a certain rock-paper-scissors logic to absorbing armor.
Light weapons with high DX fighters win against heavy weapon fighters with low DX.
Armored opponents win against light weapon wielders.
Heavily armed fighters win against heavily armored opponents.
And fighters in the middle with a little of all do better overall, especially if they manage to hit the sweet spot of 1 more adjDX than their opponent.
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That's right; one of the surprising strengths of the system is how well it represents the arms race between various armor and weapon matchups, given how few rules specific to that idea it contains. The 'rock/paper/scissors' aspect emerges from just a couple of rules. I would add, though, that the relative value of various armors and weapons changes a lot when you consider tactical situations other than 1 on 1 melee fights. If you have to stand under massed missile weapon fire for any time at all you absolutely have to have armor or you are cooked.