Phased Shields

[SunDevil]

How do they work?
Are they any good?

I was looking in the components.txt file in the data folder, I can't see where they are that much better than regular shields.

[Resident Alien]

Phased Polaron Beam skips past normal shields as though they are not there but are stopped by Phased Shields.

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Originally posted by SunDevil:
How do they work?
Are they any good?

I was looking in the components.txt file in the data folder, I can't see where they are that much better than regular shields.

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[SunDevil]

Thanks.

[AJC]

Against a human opponent I Suggest using Phased shields.
- level 5 Phased shields provide 375 of shielding per component... the normal level 5 shield only provides 300 per component

[DirectorTsaarx]

What about other shield-skipping weapons? Do Phased Shields affect, say, the Temporal Shifter or Null-Space Projector? The data files claim these "Skip Shields and Armor", while the Phased-Polaron Beams say "Skips Normal Shields". So my guess would be that the Temporal Shifter and Null-Space Projector skip phased shields too... kind of a nasty surprise, eh?

I think the engine-damaging and weapon-damaging weapons also skip both normal and phased shields, but I haven't tested those either...

[Nyx]

Phased shields only stop phased polaron beams. Engine damaging, shield generator damaging, weapon damaging, temporal, and null space weapons all ignore phased shields.

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