Rusty on how defense systems work, same as GC2?

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Sorry, this is a real dumb question, but I couldn't find the answer in the user guide and I just might be confusing GC2 and GC3. Am I right in thinking that if you have a defense value on your ship and get hit with an attack that is NOT of the same type, for instance having armor and getting hit with a missile, is it true that the defense value still helps, but only had half of it's listed value? I *think* this was true in GC2, but I'm not sure if it's true in GC3.

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Reply #1 from GalCiv3 Forums Top

They only work against their 'main' attack type.

Reply #2 from GalCiv3 Forums Top

To OP: nope. Defenses are useless against weapons they don't defend against.

Back in beta, Armor used to defend against all 3 to a degree, which is why some ships only have armor as their defense (The blueprints weren't updated on those ships). 

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