Newcomer / Intro Does kinetic resistance in shields/armor also protect against crashing/bumping damage?

[Harrowdown]

I suspect not as just like thermal resistance not protecting you against heat from stars, it seems to be more about weapons. But I wanted to confirm it anyway.

 

[Abysinth]

it ought to, but when I tried to test it was difficult to see if there was any difference

 

[Dommarraa]

Nope. Just thermal weapons

 

[Harrowdown]

Thanks.

 

[Northpin]

Crashing and ramming does absolute damage - resists do not matter.

 

[Harrowdown]

Crashing and ramming does absolute damage - resists do not matter.

So the amount of shields/hull you have does matter, but resists don't? Just making sure I got this right.

 

[Para Handy]

So the amount of shields/hull you have does matter, but resists don't? Just making sure I got this right.

If you have an ADC fitted then watch your shields as it bumps around the station structures when in a queue to launch. If you had no shields then you would get some hull damage (try it). If you go mining without shields then be careful as little bumps from a rotating asteroid can turn into big badaboom.

(I really must remember to click the "post reply" button - it is so embarrassing to come back to a thread and find your post sitting there looking all forlorn and abandoned... )

 

[badibeat]

The raw damage from collisions is first absorbed by shields (ignoring resistances to damage types, but having more pips in shields allows them to absorb more raw damage!), then the hull (again ignoring resistances to damage types).

 

[Rick6549]

Collisions do absolute damage, like plasma accelerators