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Personally i just accepted i'm not very good at decorating anything past macro-sculpting. Never felt the need to write an "open letter".

Pics or not maniacal enough :P

Um, that might be a setting that needs to be changed before the new server goes is created, and can't be changed afterwards? Absolutely no idea, just guessing.

What is this necromancy?

Ohhhhhhhhhhhhh, i see now what you mean. That IS kinda gross. Well then, yeah your method is more practical. Although i still want non-cubic blocks to be lighter :,(

I understand what you're saying, but now i'm confused on another point. I thought that, while using rails, you can get 2 or more non-cubic blocks into the same space, but once the physical non-cubic blocks touch an actual collision is registered and the rail grinds to a halt? Meaning that the...

Well wait, that's something i'm actually interested in. I've been trying to to refine my idea but have never gotten much constructive criticism. In what ways does my idea not discourage exploiters?

I'm not playing devil's advocate, i'm just confused why you're pursuing such a circuitous route in solving this.

No i understood you the second time. 1k damage would be imparted on the shields, np, but then, supposing shields are down and all the blocks have less than 1k health each, more 1k's worth of hp would be removed. If each block had like 400 health, and there's 4 of them, and they all receive 1k...

I vote lvl 1 recon chamber gives block-count, who's with me?

But isn't the problem with the current system that it allows this kind of exploit? What you're suggesting where each block inside the same space all the full damage, which means a 1k projectile actually will impart 4k damage (where there's 4 blocks inside the same space) you keep saying no but...

Well yeah, but isn't that how bullets already work? 1k projectile hits 1 block, penetrates, hits the block behind it? And allowing each non-cubic block to absorb any amount of the projectiles damage defeats the purpose of this proposed balance. The issue at hand is clipping these non-cubic...

Absolutely MATHEMATICAL but then why not just compare mass vs block count? Then you get an idea of ship capabilities without making armor cubes seem more scary than they are?

What i'm hearing is "If cannon shoots 1000, and hits 4 1/4 slabs in the same m^3, and each receives 1000 damage, 4k damage is imparted onto the ship"

Ah i see, weapons do extra damage if they hit multiple blocks in the same cubic meter space . . . While i'm sure that's possible, from a programming stand-point, i expect my solution to be the easier to implement.

I understand what you're saying, but the issue remains that even if they all get hit, you've still abused the system to increase what armor you have into an exploity density. You'd still have (in the case of four 1/4 slabs) 4x the hp per m^3 and all the lag that comes with. Making them all get...

What about secret option #c, "I measure in blocks and then assume the worst"?

My thoughts are they're stacking non cube blocks within the same cubic space because they get more hp/m^3, which is the whole point of balancing the hp/block. Also only wedges would get exactly 1/2 hp, blocks that are even smaller get even less. Minimum size slabs are like .25m^3, so they get...

So apparently there's a large debate going concerning someone's PvP ship which may or may not be a "cheat" and which i'm not weighing in on OR touching with a 31 and a half foot pole. Instead I want to see if people's moods have changed on balancing non-cube blocks since the last time i asked...

Personally i'm sad i thought i was building to the meta but then some guy went and did the math on reactors. https://media.wired.com/photos/59330bceaef9a462de985285/master/w_1277,h_673,c_limit/Screen-Shot-2013-11-14-at-3.33.02-PM.png