Players and their armor.

[Condottiere]

Sword Worlders apparently have that doctrine, considering their likely opponents.

Add smart bullets, especially for drones and Ewoks.

 

[IanBruntlett]

In a couple of adventures I ran recently, the player characters had to surrender weapons to customs. They didn't have battle dress - they had cloth armour - but that was OK with customs. However, it looks like they're going somewhere largely without customs so I wonder how that will work out

 

[Arkathan]

As a comparison, if you rolled a 3 effect to hit, and were shooting a rifle that rolled a total of 30 damage, but your target was a tank with 120 armour, the rifle still does 0 damage.

Effect adds to damage, so in your example, if the armour level was 30, you would do 3 damage.

 

[Nelphine]

I wasnt getting into the details of how to determine damage. Strictly in my head it rolled 27+3 for effect is 30, but either way, the point of the example gets across.

 

[Jame Rowe]

The answer is always FGMP.

The M means "manipulator" so that any sophont of any gender can use it. Yes, psychic manipulation counts.

 

[Condottiere]

Psionically triggered.

 

[Marc]

And there is always the 'crunch gun solution'... a 20mm long-barrelled LAG with HEAP ammo specifically designed to make battle dress troops start to use cover again. It won't always penetrate, but it will penetrate enough times to matter.
PROTIP: Hunting battle dressed troops is like hunting armored vehicles. Use an HK team of 4... two guns and two spotters. Random mines in their zone is also useful.

And a lot of flankers...
Because, given my experience in ground combat.....once you start hitting them, they WILL come for you.