Power 2.0 Shield Engineering Tables v.0.201.349

BillGHero said:

The power requirements for upkeep and recharge are both, currently, 20 * #blocks in e/sec.

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It's funny how the upkeep *power cost* of fully charged shields is the same as when they are in the process of filling, given how a necessary *minimum shield recharging rate* was introduced to be able to charge/upkeep shields, the value of which depends on the size of the specific capacity pool that needs to be kept full by a given recharger. (Or did I misinterpret something there?) The upkeep power cost could be the same as the upkeep shield recharge requirement.

So basically, currently, every recharger block gives 20 HP/s recharge and 20 e/s power load. I recently built a massive station (521 long, 861 wide, 170 tall) that I managed to fully cover with 10 shield bubbles, and the shield-upkeep power cost alone is 1,600,000 e/s (40% of the production rate of the largest reactor-stabilizer setup I could possibly install on that station, a Level-30 one with 4mill power generation).

Just saying. (One probably won't have much more stuff that add power loads on similar scales on a station though, maybe the turret arsenal if there are many powerful ones among them.)

Another thing... Is it true that the *under-fire* shield recharge rate was brought down to zero?

Meaning that we should concentrate on high-capacity instead of high-recharge, and be concerned about the size of our recharger groups only to achieve properly sized shield bubbles that just about cover the stuff in their range?

DeepspaceMechanic said:

Another thing... Is it true that the *under-fire* shield recharge rate was brought down to zero?

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Yes

DeepspaceMechanic said:

Another thing... Is it true that the *under-fire* shield recharge rate was brought down to zero?

Meaning that we should concentrate on high-capacity instead of high-recharge, and be concerned about the size of our recharger groups only to achieve properly sized shield bubbles that just about cover the stuff in their range?

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This combined with the update coming to armor may well make armor a valuable defense. Will be a nice change from the "more shields" game. I just hope it doesn't swing too hard toward armor and leave shields lacking.