Is spaceship armor useless?

[Fred Brackin]

Originally Posted by vicky_molokh

Much of this exchange boils down to this:
Rules imperatives are towards always focusing on the PD vs. Missiles rivalry. This is the true reason behind people being worried that armour is useless.

Not my experience. In pone of playtest battles for the tactical system the whole thing was settled by beams because all targets were destroyed before the missiles could get there.

That experience showed me that one layer of armor was inadequate for preventing major damage from a single hit from a secondary battery of the next SM down. UV lasers with a (2) divisor if anyone wonders. The particle beam major batteries on the larger ships appeared to be overkill for any tactical role. No one needed that much armor penetration.

So it's not just missiles. :)