[Cyclop]

Ok. Based off of the two replies, this is a current bug that others have fixed with a leaky armor mod.

I am just trying to answer an issue in our current pbw game since a fleet using nothing more than Phased weapons tore through my Phased shields.

A reply in our forum was: "you are wrong.
Against phased shields, Phased beams work the normal way. Which means they have to deplete the shield's points to start dishing dommage. It is against non phased shields that phased beams are awfully strong as they skip them completely."

This is the answer I feel is true and is a bug in the game:

"A Phased Shield is not a normal shield. Therefore a Phased-Polaron beam does not ignore a Phased shield. The Phased Shield is the defensive answer to the Phased Polaron beam."