mass reduction?

from Sins Forums

there's been something bothering me since i first got this game. if you read the stat change for the vasari third tier armor research, it says it reduces the mass of ships and structures by 8%. what the hell does this mean? does it have any effect on gameplay? does it make ships faster?

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Reply #1 from Sins Forums Top

I've never been quite sure, but if the devs are following newtons law, my guess is it affects acceleration.

Reply #2 from Sins Forums Top

it affects speed and turn rate by some value (8% maybe?) and, of course, increases armor by however much

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Reply #3 from Sins Forums Top

Then here a bit of trivia. Cargo ships and Capital ships have the same mass.

Reply #4 from Stardock Forums Top

i never really got to put much concern on this but i'm guessing acceleration too.:)

Reply #5 from Sins Forums Top

I thought I read somewhere it effects max speed too but I can't remember where so it might just be acceleration.

Reply #6 from Sins Forums Top

I'm pretty sure it does affect max speed. If you look at the game files, the name of the research is RESEARCHSUBJECT_SPEEDBOOSTARMOR Based entirely off of that, I would say it increases the max speed

Reply #7 from Sins Forums Top

EDIT: Double post, sorry.

Reply #8 from Sins Forums Top

sounds good. that was my guess, but i hadnt looked into the game files