Researching Shield statistics
04 Feb 2022Mardraum
Fellow Commanders.Maybe some of you will call me naive for just having figured this out, but anyway, I am glad I did the research.
Like the title says, this article is about shields.
What I used to do is get the highest amount of raw shield strength.. Now, I stumbled upon an article that said this is not the best way.
So I did some research and found out that shields have a risistances modifier.
Default resistances on shield are:
Kinetic: 40%
Thermal: -20%
Explosive: 50%
With some Enginering, You can modify these numbers.
So for instance, I own a FDL, the way I used to engineer my shield generator and boosters is:
- 5A PrismShieldGen, Reinforced grade 5 and HI-Cap
- 0A ShieldBooster, HeavyDuty grade 5 and SuperCapacitors
- 0A ShieldBooster, HeavyDuty grade 5 and SuperCapacitors
- 0A ShieldBooster, HeavyDuty grade 5 and SuperCapacitors
- 0A ShieldBooster, HeavyDuty grade 5 and SuperCapacitors
- 0A ShieldBooster, HeavyDuty grade 5 and SuperCapacitors
- 0A ShieldBooster, HeavyDuty grade 5 and SuperCapacitors
This results in the folowing specs:
Raw shield strenght: 6.666,8
Kinetic shield strenght: 11.816,2 Resistance: 43,6%
Thermal Shield strength: 5.908,1 Resistance: -12,8
Explosive Shield strenght: 14.179,5 Resistance: 53,0
As you can see, the most common damagetype has the lowest resistance (Thermal) and there is no balance whatsoever.
Now my FDL (The Wolfpack) is engineered als follows:
- 5A PrismShieldGen, ThermalResistant grade 5 and Fast charge.
- 0A ShieldBooster, HeavyDuty grade 5 and SuperCapacitors
- 0A ShieldBooster, HeavyDuty grade 5 and SuperCapacitors
- 0A ShieldBooster, HeavyDuty grade 5 and SuperCapacitors
- 0A Shield Booster, Resistance Augmented grade 5 and SuperCapacitors
- 0A Shield Booster, Resistance Augmented grade 5 and ThermoBlock
- 0A Shield Booster, Kinetic Resistant grade 5 and ThermoBlock
This results in the folowing specs:
Raw shield strenght: 3.231,8
Kinetic shield strenght: 7.107,7 Resistance: 54,5%
Thermal Shield strength: 7.124,9 Resistance: 54,6%
Explosive Shield strenght: 8.211,3 Resistance: 60,6%
As you can see, This is way more balanced and the most common damagetype has a lot more resistance.
Now, The way you tweak these numbers are different for each ship, and totally up to your preference, however know this exists!
I hope this helps someone...
Good Luck!
Cmdr Mardraum.