AI isn't very keen on tanking without shields, ...
For the sake of the example, imagine all lowtech ships got 500000 armor. Suddenly they smash everything so it's not a concept that fundamentally can't work.
For the sake of example you go to an insane extreme no one in this thread has suggested is required. More crazy armor also has nothing to do with what I said and is an attempt to change the subject to something absurd you can easily counter.
The AI can't do armor tanking. Your argument about armor tanking only applies to player control, which isn't the point at all.
...but it definitely drops them to avoid hits that won't damage armor too much...
This is a mechanic used for retreating by the AI and it's trading armor to avoid overloads. It isn't used aggressively so bringing it up has nothing to do with my counter to your original incorrect statement.
There is a lot of hyperbole about low tech/destroyers/whatever being useless, a good portion from you. Compared to that any position will look conservative
High tech wouldn't become bad with a nerf or if low got a buff, nobody said that.
Please refer me to my post that said they were "useless" because I've been clear that they are inferior to high tech during this entire thread, which is accurate.
I even stated they are viable. I have not been hyperbolic, perhaps I used overgeneralizations but that isn't being hyperbolic. If you can't defend your statements please don't just make things up to portray me as unreasonable. This is a well veiled ad hominin attack. Paint me as unreasonable and not my points.
There are posts in here expressing concerns that Low tech will get overbuffed. There are posts suggesting ships like specifically the Tempest are not overpowered currently. Actual posts in this thread. That is the reality.