I considered getting the Prismatic Shield, but everything I read about it said it wasn't worth it - that even though they're tough, you basically have to dock to recharge them because even with engineering it can take upwards of 5 to 10 minutes for them to recharge to 100%.
"Everything" you read about it is mostly from people who doesn't know how to use them.
If they were only trying to take on the ships I down with a weaker shield they wouldn't last, the all point of Prismatic is resilience, you can kill your target before your shield go down, especially useful when you take on a wing of 2, 3 or more, then use a shield cell bank to get it back up when needed.
I used it on the Corvette in assassination missions and there is no contest, at one point I was pitted vs 5 ships (4 in the video), the target Fer-de-Lance, two Vulture escort, and a couple of Mercenary Anacondas (1 interdicted me before the target area), and they are a lot harder to kill than the usual bounty target.
The only structural damage I suffered was from overheating because my laser had a hard time locking-on target but with a normal shield I would have ran out of shield cells way before I could have killed the third one.
What I do is to keep the fire page on with the shield cell bank ready to go and par it with the laser which contribute to keep it cool, with the Krait, it is a lot easier to hit a target with lasers, since there are two of them and they are close to center line as well, I use 2 X 2D Beam Laser [
Fixed] XXXXX Long range Thermal Vent.
Also, to keep power supply in its margin, I disable one shield cell bank, then change from one to the second one when empty, it's a bit trickier in a fight but possible when you're used to navigate your pages.
No problem there, the only thing is to be sure you manage your shield levels and use the shield cell before the shield goes down too low, in this video, I took it just in time, better do it a bit earlier.
My Krait MKII shield is 6A Prismatic Shield Generator XXXXX Thermal resistant.
2 X 5D Guardian Shield Reinforcement.
2 X 2A X Shield Cell Bank Specialised.
Specialised Shield Cell Bank is an
engineer modification that can be applied to
Shield Cell Banks. It decreases boot time and thermal load, and increases shield reinforcement, at the cost of reduced integrity and increased
power draw.
(Edit) > I'm going to improve on the Krait MKII shield cell banks by fitting 2 X 3A Shield Cell Bank Specialised and mount a 4D Module Reinforcement Package (or perhaps a 4D Guardian Module Reinforcement Package since I still have loads of power on tap).
For the shield strength I have 1,081 Mj on the Krait and 2,585 Mj on the Corvette.
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