wc3 manual page 33
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Penetration. Armor/shield penetration expressed in tenths of a cm (.01cm = 1 armor unit)
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(as an aside i think it was unnecessarilly confusing for origin to put this unit system into wc3+)
thats actually 1.8 cm penetration on the laser.
remember the wc3 units are 10x of real units.
hornet has 3 cm armor (3 cm)
arrow has 90 units armor (9 cm)
laser does 18 units damage (1.8 cm)
so neither ship is destroyed with the first shot.
-scheherazade
Oh I thanks for that hint, must have forgotten this...maybe I should read the Handbook again.
I always thought that it where cm not mm....
Well in that case it seams that no real upgrade is needed...maybe set the original value up to 1.5 (3 * 1.5 = 4.5)
I think that would be ok...special for players that aren't that good.
Remember in some missions its not possible to chose a ship!