Guardian shield boosters are a great addition to many builds. Sure in bigger ships their impact to the total shielding is often pretty small, but anything that improves the shields is still a bonus, so why the heck not. In smaller ships they are often game changer in PvE because you can make plenty of non-conventional builds with them on ships that are normally pretty bad at shield tanking. I see no reason NOT to unlock them as it is very straightforward and easy to do.Better get the other fsd boosters. The shield boosters are really not worth it. Just enlarges your e-peen
If you manage to drop your shields in a build like this (without guardian shield boosters) you are just a bad pilot
Have you tried that Corvette in CZs, or is it just a theoretical build? I can't see the sense in having bi-weaves and SCBs. Also, when I tried a beam laser like that, it wouldn't cool my ship enough for the SCBs. Surely, prismatics would be a lot better if you want SCBs, and I can't see the point of HRPs for a shield tank. Wouldn't it be better to have stronger shields so you don't lose them?If you go for full laser build just take my PvE CZ Corvette and adjust it to Anaconda (same base idea works for both ships). https://s.orbis.zone/f39d That has been proven to work excellently in PvE giving me for example Top 10 (not Top 10%) in a Conflict Zone Community Goal.
If you haven't got your power distributor engineered, you won't get enough power for burst lasers. Your capacitor will keep going empty, so you can't shoot. It's been a while since I used an unengineered Anaconda, but IIRC it struggled with only pulse lasers. Try all pulse lasers, and if you find that you don't keep running out of capacitor, change the smaller weapons to bursts a bit at a time to see how it goes.So I'll try with Bi-Weaves first, at last no farming to test this! I was also wondering for a full laser build. I guess it is full pulse, not burst?
I completely disagree. Guardian shield boosters are absolutely necessary if you want to wade in to any battle with a fully engineered ship, and an unengineered Anaconda will lose its shields in no time. It's an absolute liability without them. OP wants a farming boat, not a ship to practice combat technique.Better get the other fsd boosters. The shield boosters are really not worth it. Just enlarges your e-peen
If you manage to drop your shields in a build like this (without guardian shield boosters) you are just a bad pilot
Yeah, I have flown that ship a lot in the CZs + whatnot. It is not theoretical. As I already stated I have gotten top 10 CMDR spot in CZ Community Goal with it (and pretty easily also) so I know it works.Have you tried that Corvette in CZs, or is it just a theoretical build? I can't see the sense in having bi-weaves and SCBs. Also, when I tried a beam laser like that, it wouldn't cool my ship enough for the SCBs. Surely, prismatics would be a lot better if you want SCBs, and I can't see the point of HRPs for a shield tank. Wouldn't it be better to have stronger shields so you don't lose them?
Finally, OP is pretty new. I bet he doesn't have access to all that engineering and probably no Guardian stuff either.
If you haven't got your power distributor engineered, you won't get enough power for burst lasers. Your capacitor will keep going empty, so you can't shoot. It's been a while since I used an unengineered Anaconda, but IIRC it struggled with only pulse lasers. Try all pulse lasers, and if you find that you don't keep running out of capacitor, change the smaller weapons to bursts a bit at a time to see how it goes.
Have you tried that Corvette in CZs, or is it just a theoretical build? I can't see the sense in having bi-weaves and SCBs. Also, when I tried a beam laser like that, it wouldn't cool my ship enough for the SCBs. Surely, prismatics would be a lot better if you want SCBs, and I can't see the point of HRPs for a shield tank. Wouldn't it be better to have stronger shields so you don't lose them?
Yes I agree with that. I'm not suggesting that prismatics would be better. I would always choose biweaves with a boatload of Guardian shield boosters. I was only suggesting that his SCBs were a complete waste of time with biweaves, but they do work well with prismatics. IMHO both prismatics and SCBs lost their use on a Corvette as soon as we got the Guardian modules. You'd have to be pretty bad to lose your shields on a full shield tank Corvette with biweaves.I'm not sure why anyone thinks prismatics are any better for SCBs? They restore a flat amount. They're going to give you the same amount of shield back no matter what you're using, and the thing they synergise with, like all forms of shield boost and restoration, is resistances.
It's hard to create a build with any amount of boosters where an SCB is going to restore more than your base shields, and it's always useful to have an emergency button to hit if you're getting low in extended combat.
Yes I agree with that. I'm not suggesting that prismatics would be better. I would always choose biweaves with a boatload of Guardian shield boosters. I was only suggesting that his SCBs were a complete waste of time with biweaves, but they do work well with prismatics. IMHO both prismatics and SCBs lost their use on a Corvette as soon as we got the Guardian modules. You'd have to be pretty bad to lose your shields on a full shield tank Corvette with biweaves.
I was only suggesting that his SCBs were a complete waste of time with biweaves, but they do work well with prismatics.