Damage reduction capability of AI designs doesn't make sense

[neph]

Now, I'm sure there's some mitigating factors--maybe the other vessel's got superheavy shells, different bursting charge, maybe it's much larger, etc etc. But that's over an order of magnitude difference! What am I missing!

[Evil4Zerggin]

It's mostly Resistance. It's possible to stack up to -97% Gun Damage, which means such a ship only takes 3% damage from guns, which means it has 10x the effective hit points against gun damage of a ship with "only" -70% Gun Damage.

Edited October 6, 2021 by Evil4Zerggin