Phased Shields Question

[Arkcon]

Some days I get lucky with the postings . I 'member one time ...

I was playing PBW, and was at war with someone who really knew what he was doing. He did the usual, went straight for the DUC5, light cruiser, and sent a fleet to my home system. I could barely hold him back with my APB, shield 3, battle cruisers.

'Tho I did have some fun, altering their targeting to destroy his support ships so he lost transports, repair ships, and sensor ships.

Anyway, an ally tells me a fleet of his cruisers armed with ppb were headed my way. But I had been researching shields up to phased shields III, just not building any intermediate models to not tip my hand. My under construction battleships would be ready for him.

Well, not really, he took such high aggressiveness and defensiveness that he was unhitable by me and hit me like he had a talisman. But the point was, ...

Did I have one? Oh yeah, subterfuge. That was fun.