The community seems to think "C" is the "base shield" based off this post. The post throws me off because the phrase "optimal mass" but the minimum mass has a better multiplier (I wish they'd call it "best" instead of "min").
E is the lowest (what would generally be considered base) and also what the ship starts out with. If you look at any of the tables out there and reference them with dev posts regarding shield strength it is clear that "C" is where the community is modeling base shields, but even those numbers don't seem to line up properly when you look at the upper and lower limits (based off the idea that shields move in ~7.5% increments), I must be missing something.
Here are slope and intercepts for each of the two lines (based off the wording of Mike's post about linear interpolation) as well as the best shield values each ship can have (not counting boosters):
Take a Cobra with Class 4 shields for instance.
y = mx+b
180=-284x+569 or x=(180-569)/-284 => x = 1.369718
A 1.37 multiplier for the base shield value of 80, or: 109.576. When you check out the community table they list that value for a Cobra with 4C shields. I feel this is wrong and I'd love some schooling on why I'm wrong or confirmation that I'm right. The community is using erf for whatever reason which gives a straight-up wrong answer for something like Class 3E on a cobra; when you use the linear interpolation values...should be 72.68, not 61.
E is the lowest (what would generally be considered base) and also what the ship starts out with. If you look at any of the tables out there and reference them with dev posts regarding shield strength it is clear that "C" is where the community is modeling base shields, but even those numbers don't seem to line up properly when you look at the upper and lower limits (based off the idea that shields move in ~7.5% increments), I must be missing something.
Here are slope and intercepts for each of the two lines (based off the wording of Mike's post about linear interpolation) as well as the best shield values each ship can have (not counting boosters):
| Class | Best Slope | Worst Slope | 1.5 Intercept | .5 Intercept |
| 2 | -54 | -166 | 109 | 221 |
| 3 | -164 | -496 | 329 | 661 |
| 4 | -284 | -856 | 569 | 1141 |
| 5 | -404 | -1216 | 809 | 1621 |
| 6 | -540 | -1620 | 1080 | 2160 |
| 7 | -1060 | -3180 | 2120 | 4240 |
| 8 | -1800 | -5400 | 3600 | 7200 |
Take a Cobra with Class 4 shields for instance.
y = mx+b
180=-284x+569 or x=(180-569)/-284 => x = 1.369718
A 1.37 multiplier for the base shield value of 80, or: 109.576. When you check out the community table they list that value for a Cobra with 4C shields. I feel this is wrong and I'd love some schooling on why I'm wrong or confirmation that I'm right. The community is using erf for whatever reason which gives a straight-up wrong answer for something like Class 3E on a cobra; when you use the linear interpolation values...should be 72.68, not 61.