Bulletproof Fighters - Useful?

[Thinking42Man]

I played a game starting with bulletproof fighters. They seemed ok, but generally not as good as regular fighters, because the AI rarely constructs basic turrets, and fighters do so little damage to other fighters in the first place. The only real upside is that they cost metal only, which is helpful if you're overloaded with metal. I think they need some kind of a tweak to make them more attractive, but I could be wrong. Interested to hear your opinions on this.

[x4000]

Funny you should ask, we are planning to buff them for the next beta version.

[Thinking42Man]

Cool ^^

Fast reply ftw!

[x4000]

Sometimes as other ships are rebalanced, a given type drifts to the weak end of things. That pretty much is what happened to bulletproof fighters, so now were trying to make them a lot cooler and resistant to more than just shell ammo, etc.

[Thinking42Man]

Cool! If you decide to make them resistant to missiles (more so than other fighters, anyway) perhaps rename them to 'Kinetic Dampening Fighters.'

EDIT Better name idea ^^

[keith.lamothe]

Ok, for 3.028:

-Bulletproof fighters now have the exact same stats as fighters except that they are bulletproof and (new) immune to insta-kill.

Note that with the fix (also for 3.028) preventing zenith-mirror reflected shots from ignoring immunities, units like bulletproofs that are immune to their own ammo now have a significant use against zenith mirrors.

[jordot42]

Brilliant!!

[Ozymandiaz]

Ok, for 3.028:

-Bulletproof fighters now have the exact same stats as fighters except that they are bulletproof and (new) immune to insta-kill.

Note that with the fix (also for 3.028) preventing zenith-mirror reflected shots from ignoring immunities, units like bulletproofs that are immune to their own ammo now have a significant use against zenith mirrors.

Sweet!