PT Boat Armor Question

[gcrutch]

I was playing a learning game of WaS last night and my kids attacked my PT boat unit with a unit of Zekes. The Zekes got one hit on the PT boat - which equaled its armor of one - so one hull point of damage was applied face down.

At the end of the phase, the PT boat sinks (is destroyed) as it has suffered hull hits/damage equal to its hull points. It was then that I noticed the vital armor of two for the PT boat. Since the PT boat is going to be destroyed with just one hull hit, why bother with a vital armor of two?

Is there a situation regarding PT boats where there might be a game difference between getting one damage versus getting the vital armor hit of two damage?

[NimitsTexan]

I cannot think of one.

[aquarius]

I think it's just because AH didn't want any ships to have the same armor and vital armor, as it would confuse new players.

[cwfgamecast]

I'm engaging in pure speculation here, and I am most likely incorrect, that in the future I wouldn't be surprised if a distinction on when damage takes place happens.

If, for example, you beat the Vital Armor of 2 on that PT Boat you auto-sink it and it can't do anything the rest of that phase. Whereas, if you just beat its Armor it could still fight back that phase.

As I said it is pure speculation and probably is utter rubbish. But, it could be, very hypothetically speaking, another explanation for why this is the case.

[gcrutch]

I'm engaging in pure speculation here, and I am most likely incorrect, that in the future I wouldn't be surprised if a distinction on when damage takes place happens.

If, for example, you beat the Vital Armor of 2 on that PT Boat you auto-sink it and it can't do anything the rest of that phase. Whereas, if you just beat its Armor it could still fight back that phase.

As I said it is pure speculation and probably is utter rubbish. But, it could be, very hypothetically speaking, another explanation for why this is the case.

That's what I thought as well - maybe in the future this will be the rule.

[doganpc]

Could be for the points, least in an ideal world where the cost value of ships is determined by their abilities and skewed for their faction and balance. Having a vital of 2 made it worth what it's worth rather than even cheaper (perhaps cheaper than the designers wanted).

Dogan
but thats just numbers :)

[weedsrock2]

Ugh! In my opinion vital armor hits occur too often already. I don't think penalizing you even more for making a vital armor hit would be a good idea at all. :(

[cwfgamecast]

In the games I've played (usually 2-3 games a night, two nights a week, for the past hmm shortly after the game came out) I very rarely meet/exceed vital armor.

Maybe, if my speculation ever happens it'd only target items like the PT Boat or ships/models in that situation.