Engineers Instant shield killers

[avow555]

I'm flying a high spec AspE since 2.1 dropped. I took a couple of courier type missions and have been chased around by 3 different FAS.
Issues;
1. Instant interdictions on arrival in system (that's new, not)
2. When breaking out to SC you get instantly interdicted again (familiar)
3. Dropping from SC and travelling at max speed away from entry point the npc still drop right on top of you (that is actually new to me)
4. Combat, got into a fight with one and proceeded to get the shield down and chewed into hull. At this point over multiple engagements the NPC always manages to charge it's shield up regardless of my hits on them.
Once their shield is up they always one shot my shield and I'm well into armour.

What is this killer weapon they have because I would love a few of those.
There is something fundamentally wrong with the npc behaviour, they always get their shields up and they always land a shield killer hit...?

This has been one borked update [down]

 

[Dread Lord]

Those are modded torpedoes they kill shields - depending on your shieldstrength 1, 2, 3 or 4 killthem in a blink if you dont have Point defense or ECM
Forgot the Name of the Torpedo mod that does it but am sure someone knows... or Google it

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I have 2 Point defense by the way and never lost shields since 2.1 and I make my Money in RES(high) without issues.... nothing wrong with the update

 

[avow555]

Those are modded torpedoes they kill shields - depending on your shieldstrength 1, 2, 3 or 4 killthem in a blink if you dont have Point defense or ECM
Forgot the Name of the Torpedo mod that does it but am sure someone knows... or Google it

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I have 2 Point defense by the way and never lost shields since 2.1 and I make my Money in RES(high) without issues.... nothing wrong with the update

Unfortunately I have 2 point defence fitted.

 

[Arry]

I think it is funny that all of these nice new engineered modifications have been around for five minutes and yet all of the NPCs have them to top spec. No account of wealth or rank, they just woke up on the 26th, fully fitted with super weapons and new extra ordinary abilities.

Has any player managed this in the same amount of time; I wonder?

It is like the Goddess has found tons of pixie dust and just, thrown it to the winds.

 

[Dread Lord]

if you got two like me am not sure how you would ever loose shields... of Course when torpedoes are fired you Need to make sure to Keep a bit of a distance to make sure Point defense will shoot them down... what ship are you using? I have a FAS which got weak shields but never have lost them and I have spend over 10 hours in high RES since 2.1... they are prismatic but only 381 in total...
you have to have 4 pips into System though when the      hits the fan to make sure your shields can hanfdle what ever Comes in! unless you are new to the game and dont know about 4 pips raising your shieldstrengt by 2.5