Engineers Engineerign Prismatic shileds/Corvette. (balancing help)

Ralron

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Hey guys:

I need some GOOD advice on Prismatic and Shield boosting for my Corvette (mostly balancing). NOW, I know this post has some what been posted before but every time people answer with " well i have Bi-weave* and this and that works for me on my FDL....***.. GOOD FOR YOU! i need info in Prismatic Corvette!!! :D

comparing the 2 is like comparing an American Muscle car to an Import....

Prismatic has 2 HUGE disadvantage that others don't and its POWER DRAW and Regen!
so i have a couple worries!

my Corvette is currently working at 89% power. ( FYI: i mostly PvE but I do plan on doing some MINOR Wing PvP to kill some griefers {maybe})

1: for my Shield Booster i have x8: I was thinking of getting ONE of each Resistance and then x5 HD!
a: considering I have 89% already will this Blow out my power draw over the 100%?!
b: is getting resistance even worth it? and if NOT will the extra x3 HD NOW kill my power draw?!

2: for my Actual Prismatic Shields: i keep reading people arguing over Thermal or reinforce Witch to me sounds STUPID considering Reinforce KILLS the already HORRIBLE Regen and thermal seems to be Useless since they Nerf the Thermal weapons?! ( i might be wrong ) and Considering my SBs are gona use ALLOT of power this might be bad!

a: I was actually thinking of getting: Enhanced Low Power to try to Offset the Power Draw from the shields+Sbs If you guys think ill need it?! ( keep in mind I'm at 89% power right now! )

B: if you don't think ill BUST my power , then would Thermal be better?!

C: OR Reinforce!? Does the Broken Regen NOT matter if i had x8 HD SBs ( if resit is useless) ( meaning my shield would never really go down?! specially not with my Shield Cell Bank!?


I would LOVE a good reply from a Guru ( preferably some one with Prismatic shields on a corvette! i dont care about Bi-wave and FDL ships and blah blah )

Thanks!
CMDR Ralron.
 
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Jon flint

Jon flint
Ok, I'm definitely not an expert or a hardcore PvP guru or anything cool like that.. but I do have a Corvette with engineered prismatics...

They're strong enough to win or escape any pvp fight I've encountered so far, so can't be too bad.

Their stats are approx 4400mj raw strength with 59/51/64 resistances.

That's with a reinforced base shield, 2 thermal boosters, 1 resistance enhanced booster and 4 heavy duty boosters.

My 2 7A specialised SCBs will recharge them, but it takes 4SCBs to go from 1% to 100% charged thanks to the high Mj value.

If I choose to stick around in a fight, and my shields do go down... Well there's no chance to get them back up, I don't even try, just go 4 pips to ENG, 2 pips to WEP and fight tooth and nail (falling back on 4500 armour+ module reinforcements)...or i run!

As for power, well I have no issues with a lvl 4 overcharged powerplant, so you should be fine.

+8x shield boosters seems a bit of an odd choice, where's your heat sinks to counter the SCB heat? Or is it a super cool running build?? I know with my own build, if I fire an SCB without heatsinks, I hit about 125% heat and start taking module damage.. with heatsinks, I can fire 2 SCBs per heatsink and never pass 50% heat.

Failing that, I do have bi-weaves on my fdl :p
 
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Ralron

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so yeah i do have a HS my bad!! so i have x7 SB! cause yeah i run high heat! LOL

ALso i already have a G5 power plant set up and currently running at 89% power fully deployed with OUT any SB ( witch is gona add like 25% more power draw per SB x7! soo im a little worried that im gona BUST over and then have to grind for more MATS to make it viable again..

Like i said i mostly do PvE! is the resistance really worth it?

so your not using Enhanced Low Power?! for the -40% on the prismatic?! witch seems to be really good and offset the disadvantage?! I had to do Efficiency Engineer on most of my weapons to get from 100+% to the 89% im at now .. the SB +25% really worries me.


If i understand this correctly . The Broken Regen on the Reinforced upgrade shouldn't really bother me?! at that point i should just be running any ways? ( or fight it out?! )
 
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Herbrand

Herbrand
Properly engineered shields on one of the big three are effectively impenetrable. It's either Reverberating Cascade Mines or give up.
 

Ralron

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thanks for the replies guys still unclear on a couple things.

- do you think having 5to7SB engineered will bust my 100% power? ( currently at 89% ) ( i say 5 cause i might get a couple Resistance ) and 5+ reinforced.

- Is the Resistance worth it?!
 

rrobes

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In PvE, if you get 4k+ in shields, you should be fine, w/ prismatic or other. In discussion w/ a fellow wing member who has prismatic, he mentioned that there is a weight penalty for them. Since the Corvette is already jump range challenged it may be a consideration. I have since dropped the idea to do PP to collect the prismatic (I'm no fan of PP, tried early on).

I have a Corvette that I can get to over 5k hull and 4k shields (non prismatic) and in PvE, the only time things get a little hot is when 3 or more CZ NPC'S simultaneously start firing on you, even then, if I have SCB's, I will fight it out and many times kill enough to quiet them down.

I've already pared down all the weight possible and can manage 17ly+ jumps full combat , I would hate to sacrifice any more range for prismatic.

Just a note for PvP, Corvette is fine as a support ship but lacks speed. If your wing stays tight to you, Corvette firepower can change the fight. But if a wing mate gets isolated and is forced from you, catching up against adversary small/medium ships isn't going to happen. Exactly this happened to us during a recent fight, my wing mate lost his Clipper and I couldn't get there. Our fast movers weren't in the fight so we paid the consequences.
 
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