You can just dismiss my points with "in practice", insinuating I did not actually test my build. Yes, you do notice the 15 seconds where nothing happens, and you do notice the 4 pip SYS time when you do nothing else but wait for it to rebuild.
if you somehow miss that after losing shields, the rebuilding doesn't start for the quarter of a minute, then you're not paying attention and you're definitely not fighting ships that are challenging in any way whatsoever.
Bi-Weave or not, losing shields is bad.
You could wind your neck in a bit, mate. I actually agreed with you in the rest of my post, which you've left out.
I don't notice it because I'm having too much fun and the impact of losing shields since 1.5 is greatly reduced. Again, as the above posts say, by the time your shields are back up you frequently haven't lost more than 10% hull. This isn't always the case against certain winged deadly opponents but is often enough the case. This wouldn't have been the case if biweave shields were released without the changes to hull and HRP's that accompanied their introduction. I used to always notice the time when shields went down as I felt at significant risk of ship loss the whole time.
I'm not writing off what you say, your experiences may be different. But please try to temper the agro a bit. You've pretty much just dismissed my whole post on the basis of one line.
I fight only what the game puts in front of me in CZs and HazRES (and I don't tend to pass up a challenging wing unless I'm low on shields and hull).
Our views may differ but I definitely agree that biweave shields are useful for more than just small ships. Where our opinions or experiences change is where you feel biweave shields aren't worth it on weaker shields because you notice how long they're down for.
We have different play styles. I hull tank and you shield focus. So of course I'm going to notice the time shields are down less than you.
The point is, biweave shields need to be accompanied with strong hull builds on ships with weaker shields. Providing you do this, they are amazingly fun and very, very powerful in PvE.
More importantly, for players like me, is the fun part. Of course, players who dislike losing shields at all are probably going to prefer to focus on scb builds and stronger shields.
This isn't about arguing who is right. It's about discussing the options players have to use biweave shields effectively. We can do that without arguing.
