1 hour ago, niripas said:
Of course you are right that those resists will stack. However your Vigilant lasted almost 40 seconds under concentrated fire. In similar situation (almost) max resists Patriarch lasted 19 (signature masking + pulsar active) and was killed by only 3 ships shooting at that ship (Thar’ga, Covops, Destroyer). I didn’t test the adaptation mechanism as it’s not available for R15.
Build tested:
You must understand a few things that are pretty much left unexplained.
Hidden passive bonus modifiers for hull and shield resistances and damage resistance at lower ranks gain more benefits than any Rank 15 ship. Archelon, Reaper, Blood Tormentor. (in %, not pts.)
There is another modifier that impacts or adjusts critical hits and damage as well and possibly some other modifiers, not just resistances and damage.
If you got one slotted ship of Rank 15, then your Rank 7 ship will actually have all 15 implants. Archelon, Reaper, or Blood Tormentor will get all of them.
Some exclusive Premium modules that make the ship more powerful than any standard variations.