shields and phased sheilds?

[belverus]

So what is the difference, besides one blocks phased weapons? Should I have both on my ships?

[Spoo]

I've heard that if you mix phased/regular shields they act like just regular shields (a definite bad thing).

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Assume you have a 1kg squirrel
E=mc^2
E=1kg(3x10^8m/s)^2=9x10^16J
which, if I'm not mistaken, is equivilent to roughly a 50 megaton nuclear bomb.
Fear the squirrel.

[raynor]

If you've researched the max level in Phased Shields, I would put just those on your ship. The only time you might put regular shields on your ship instead of just phased shields would be if you had only the first level of phased shields and wanted a higher shield number going up against empires without phased energy weapons. BTW, very few races seem to research phased weapons so IMHO it usually isn't worth it to research them.

[belverus]

Actually there are several races that are using Phased Weapons. It has forced me to research Phased Shields. I also like the Planet Shield you get when you get to the higher shield levels.

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Lord Shadam IV - Ruler of the known universe (well I try to be anyway).

[Codo]

There is a 'planetary gravitational shield' that you can research. It's only effect seems to be anti-bomb defense.

[Suicide Junkie]

In my games, I always swap the phased& non-phased hitpoints.

Then theres a trade-off. You can have stronger shields, or you can block phased weapons. You can't have it both ways.

I really wish MM would fix the shields so they stack different types properly.

Non-phased have screwed up your phased defence since at least SEIII.
Its really bad when you forget to replace one normal shield on your baseship, and the fleet of baseships gets wiped out by LCs with PPBs.

[Codo]

The Sergetti from the ModPack sure as heck researched Phase Weapons...As I found much to my pain and dismay when I first ran into them. I had Shields V, but didn't research Phase Shields yet, since I hadn't run into any phase weapons. Figured the first time someone shot a Polaron I at me, I'd have time to research and refit to phase. Nope, the sergetti ran into me, didn't like, and glassed my fleet because they had Polaron V's... *Sigh*

Anyways, once you fully research shields, a Phase V has a higher rating than Shields V, so you should use them at that time.

Mixing shields types is a bad idea. I remeber that when the AI used to fill in space on their ships, sometimes they'd dump in a Shield V...to complement their PHASED shield array. My polarons cut through their shields until the standard generator died.

Codo

[Triumvir Emphy]

You can't research planetary shields, those are an artifact tech, you discover it on a planet with ruins.

[This message has been edited by Triumvir Emphy (edited 08 March 2001).]