Once the external armor plating is lost, the next damage goes directly to your chasis and components.Īrmor tends to be cumbersome and you can get by on poor armor or none, but when things get ugly you'll be wishing you had gone for the best armor in those dire moments.Įach ship has room for 2 plates, a front and a back piece. Typically crafters own the armor market, although some looted armor can outdo a crafters after reverse egineering. It begins to take damage once your shields are lost, and tends to be the component that suffers the most daily decay.