We recently had a military based fight between four PCs with combat armor vs. two NPCs with combat armor, and the fight took over an hour and 13 rounds. It was a Tech Level 12 setting, we had mostly laser carbines, and we'd often hit but with either not damage or only 1 or 2 points of damage. We were trying to retake a starship using a boarding action, so high explosives didn't seem like a good option.
Anyway, we came away feeling that combat armor made you almost invincible, and made fights take way too long.
How do folks deal with combat armor? Leave it outlawed due to law levels and/or Military restrictions? If you do have it, do you just do long combats, or maybe ensure you've got plasma weapons handy? Love to get folks feedback
Anyway, we came away feeling that combat armor made you almost invincible, and made fights take way too long.
How do folks deal with combat armor? Leave it outlawed due to law levels and/or Military restrictions? If you do have it, do you just do long combats, or maybe ensure you've got plasma weapons handy? Love to get folks feedback