Is spaceship armor useless?

[Ulzgoroth]

Originally Posted by vicky_molokh

Regarding the 3MJ UV LASER: that probably indicates picking the wrong scale (as mentioned above).

If you set the hex scale by the smallest stuff rather than the biggest, you're going to lose a lot of the potential benefits...
As for PD range, that should probably be calculated based on relative missile velocities instead of being tied to hex-scale.[/QUOTE]
By RAW, it's just a flat value. It doesn't change with the hex scale, which is where some of what I was pointing out comes from.

Originally Posted by vicky_molokh

(I also consider the Basic system something of a mess. I tried playing it, and it's just too unwieldy.)

I don't think I could bring myself to actually try playing the Basic system, there's too much that's just bizarre.