Engineers A couple of Shielding upgrade questions.

[Some1else]

This is for a PvE build, with emergency PvP.

First, which is a better upgrade for Shields, lvl5 thermal, or lvl5 reinforced?

And second, which is better for shield boosters, lvl3 thermal resistant, lvl3 Resistance Augmented, or lvl3 heavy duty?

And finally, how does mixing and match work with SB's? i.e. I will be upgrading 6 SB's on my cutter.

Much thanks for any help.

LLaP

S1E

 

[DragoonKnight]

This is for a PvE build, with emergency PvP.

First, which is a better upgrade for Shields, lvl5 thermal, or lvl5 reinforced?

And second, which is better for shield boosters, lvl3 thermal resistant, lvl3 Resistance Augmented, or lvl3 heavy duty?

And finally, how does mixing and match work with SB's? i.e. I will be upgrading 6 SB's on my cutter.

Much thanks for any help.

LLaP

S1E

I think for a Cutter, the lvl 5 thermal is better. You dont really need to worry about increasing your shields so much (with the best shields in the game already), but getting more out of each MJ of shields would be very beneficial to you. A good LVL 5 thermal roll will take you from -20% thermal resist to +40% thermal resist.

I think it is best to go for a mix of heavy duty and resistance augmented.
Heavy Duty Shield Boosters go up to level 5. I would go for a level 5 (or at least level 4) heavy duty shield boosters on a cutter.
Resistance Augmented shield booster also go up to a level 5, while the thermal resistant only go up to level 3. I would go for Level 4 Resistance Augmented shield boosters. The imperial shielding for the level 5 can be really hard to get.

I think shield boosters, you have to add up their effects and then it is multiplicative by what your shields do - someone should be able to confirm this in regards to resists.

 

[Some1else]

Much Thanks for the info DragoonKnight!

Guess I'm off to roll the dice.

LLaP

S1E

 

[Kzak]

Level 5 thermal resist shields, 2 level 5 resistance-augmented shield boosters, 3 level 5 heavy-duty shield boosters and you're set for a Conda/Cutter/Corvette.

 

[Some1else]

WOW, this shield set up is sweet!

I got interdicted by a dangerous Conda, and let it light me up. I finally got bored, and left. It didn't even drop one ring!

Much thanks to both you Commanders!

LLaP

S1E

 

[Bernie65]

WOW, this shield set up is sweet!

I got interdicted by a dangerous Conda, and let it light me up. I finally got bored, and left. It didn't even drop one ring!

Much thanks to both you Commanders!

LLaP

S1E

With that setup, you can just boost into the pirate Conda and blow her up. Faster than deploying hardpoints, just needs a bit of confidence on the first try. But trust me, you will hardly lose a ring when the Conda goes boom.