Just found this out about shield boosters

[Blitzen Trap]

Maybe old news to most of you, but apparently if you disable your shield boosters after you shields go down then they will recharge faster but when they come back online they will not have as much of a charge as they would if your left them on while recharging. The trade off is if you leave them on then it will take longer for your shields to come back on-line.

So if you are in a dicey situation (like in a CZ) and you need your shields to come back on quickly, turn off your shield boosters.

http://elite-dangerous.wikia.com/wiki/Shield_Generator

-found it under the "notes" section.

 

[AkimuMC]

Maybe old news to most of you, but apparently if you disable your shield boosters after you shields go down then they will recharge faster but when they come back online they will not have as much of a charge as they would if your left them on while recharging. The trade off is if you leave them on then it will take longer for your shields to come back on-line.

So if you are in a dicey situation (like in a CZ) and you need your shields to come back on quickly, turn off your shield boosters.

http://elite-dangerous.wikia.com/wiki/Shield_Generator

-found it under the "notes" section.

Yep. Shield "regenerate" at a certain percentage (can't remember the amount), and as your boosters obviously increase the total, it takes longer to reach the magic percentage. However, as you discovered, if you turn off the boosters you are lowering your overall shield rate, which makes that "regeneration" threshold lower.

I do it all the time in ships with larger shield numbers. Helps save some time.

Also, as an FYI, shield regen faster while docked and in supercruise. That may save you some time as well in the future.

Fly safe and keep those shields up... unless of course you are purposefully flying without them

 

[Arry]

I turn them off for recharge and switch back on, as soon as they have come back up.

 

[Florela]

Hey.

I was told i should be using shield boosters with bi weave shields and do exactly what you do here. So how do i disable shield boosters? Do i need to disable them one by one in my right hand modules menu or is there a way to bind it or something?

Thanks for answer.

 

[AkimuMC]

Hey.

I was told i should be using shield boosters with bi weave shields and do exactly what you do here. So how do i disable shield boosters? Do i need to disable them one by one in my right hand modules menu or is there a way to bind it or something?

Thanks for answer.

The only way I know is to turn them off/on one by one in the right hand module screen.

 

[=71st=RuSh]

Hey.

I was told i should be using shield boosters with bi weave shields and do exactly what you do here. So how do i disable shield boosters? Do i need to disable them one by one in my right hand modules menu or is there a way to bind it or something?

Thanks for answer.

while in battle is very difficult, I think the best is to have shield cells and uses it properly, setting 4 pips to SYS, 2-3 pips to ENG, when try to put the enemy in front of you, and 4 pips to SYS, 2 pips to WEA, and zero to engine while firing!, need to practice all the time, the proper use of the power distributor, the FLIGHT ASSIST and boost.

 

[DustyArne]

while in battle is very difficult, I think the best is to have shield cells and uses it properly, setting 4 pips to SYS, 2-3 pips to ENG, when try to put the enemy in front of you, and 4 pips to SYS, 2 pips to WEA, and zero to engine while firing!, need to practice all the time, the proper use of the power distributor, the FLIGHT ASSIST and boost.

Shield cells are useless in the FDL though. Unless you go for class 4 shields.

 

[Ezren]

Shield cells are useless in the FDL though. Unless you go for class 4 shields.

They really are, for... some unfortunate reason.

 

[AkimuMC]

They really are, for... some unfortunate reason.

I've got a few hundred hours in an FDL... I've never popped 1 SCB in it. Considering how high MJ i can get my shields, and my limited internals, I don't use them in an FDL.

 

[mung0]

Yup one of the first things I do at the start of any serious engagement is open the right-hand panel and switch to modules, have quick access ready for those I may need to disable like boosters / scb swapping.

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Shield cells are useless in the FDL though. Unless you go for class 4 shields.

? You'll have to explain this to me, they work just fine on mine, 5a shield and pair of 4b scbs (only one active at once)

 

[SternSkov]

Maybe old news to most of you, but apparently if you disable your shield boosters after you shields go down then they will recharge faster but when they come back online they will not have as much of a charge as they would if your left them on while recharging. The trade off is if you leave them on then it will take longer for your shields to come back on-line.

So if you are in a dicey situation (like in a CZ) and you need your shields to come back on quickly, turn off your shield boosters.

http://elite-dangerous.wikia.com/wiki/Shield_Generator

-found it under the "notes" section.

No one need to turn the shield boosters on or off. You only need to set up priority!!!

 

[AkimuMC]

No one need to turn the shield boosters on or off. You only need to set up priority!!!

Um... how does the priority reduce my shield MJ rating to recharge faster? You either know something I do not about power management, or you are confused about what is being discussed.

 

[SternSkov]

Um... how does the priority reduce my shield MJ rating to recharge faster? You either know something I do not about power management, or you are confused about what is being discussed.

If you go into modules you can set up priority for each system/modules on the spaceship. The priority goes from 1 to 5. So therefore it is important you don't have the same priority on you shield generator and shield booster.
If you're in a fight and you've lost everything and the system on the spaceship needs to restart almost everything, it will restart those system/modules you have set to priority 1 first, then 2, 3, 4 and then 5.

This sector is the most important in the game, doing this wrong will end up getting you killed.

 

[Blitzen Trap]

If you go into modules you can set up priority for each system/modules on the spaceship. The priority goes from 1 to 5. So therefore it is important you don't have the same priority on you shield generator and shield booster.
If you're in a fight and you've lost everything and the system on the spaceship needs to restart almost everything, it will restart those system/modules you have set to priority 1 first, then 2, 3, 4 and then 5.

This sector is the most important in the game, doing this wrong will end up getting you killed.

I think you are confused about the topic here. If your shields go down and you turn off the shield boosters via the module screen on the right hand display, your shields come on line faster, but in a weaker state. Its a way to get some kind of defense up quicker in the midst of combat if you lose your shields. The priority setting has nothing to do with this. The priority settings for your modules have to do with what systems will shut down 1st when you exceed your power usage.

This may help explain it better:

http://elite-dangerous.wikia.com/wiki/Module_priority_control

 

[AkimuMC]

If you go into modules you can set up priority for each system/modules on the spaceship. The priority goes from 1 to 5. So therefore it is important you don't have the same priority on you shield generator and shield booster.
If you're in a fight and you've lost everything and the system on the spaceship needs to restart almost everything, it will restart those system/modules you have set to priority 1 first, then 2, 3, 4 and then 5.

This sector is the most important in the game, doing this wrong will end up getting you killed.

I...uh... know how to set priority to modules... that isn't what I am asking. How will setting module priority of my shield boosters make my recharge time quicker? (I know the answer, it won't. I have to manually turn them off to lower the MJ rating of the shield, and then once the shield comes back on line I have to manually turn the shield boosters back on to get the top MJ rating)

Again, I think you are confused about the topic, but thanks? for trying? to help? (though, your advice is for a different circumstance)

 

[SternSkov]

I think you are confused about the topic here. If your shields go down and you turn off the shield boosters via the module screen on the right hand display, your shields come on line faster, but in a weaker state. Its a way to get some kind of defense up quicker in the midst of combat if you lose your shields. The priority setting has nothing to do with this. The priority settings for your modules have to do with what systems will shut down 1st when you exceed your power usage.

This may help explain it better:

http://elite-dangerous.wikia.com/wiki/Module_priority_control

Nope they won't, you only need to turn them off if you have set the same priority for shield generator and shield booster.

 

[AkimuMC]

Nope they won't, you only need to turn them off if you have set the same priority for shield generator and shield booster.

Yes, your shields will recharge faster if you manually turn off your sb's. The reason it does this is because the SB's increase your overall MJ rating. The higher the MJ rate, the longer it will be before your shields are on line. Priorty has NOTHING to do with this unless you have lost your power plant and are limited to 50% power output, or you are sucking too much juice when your hardpoints are deployed. Otherwise, priority settings will not just turn off/on your SB's to manually lower/raise your MJ rating.

You are wrong. Sorry, it isn't an opinion.

-like I said, you are helping with advice that isn't pertinent to the current circumstances being discussed.

 

[SternSkov]

The reason why, is that it's the priority that decides which system is to be restarted first. So if you have set the shield generator to 1 and the booster to 3 and 4, and the shield and booster goes down, the system will only restart the shield generator due to the fact they are set to priority no. 1

 

[Blitzen Trap]

Nope they won't, you only need to turn them off if you have set the same priority for shield generator and shield booster.

Again, yes...your shields will definitely recharge faster if you turn off your shield boosters while they are re-charging. I do it all the time in CZ's. There is a NOTICEABLE difference in recharge rate with shield boosters off.

What you are saying is if I have my shield GENERATOR set to priority 1 and my shield BOOSTER(S) set to priority 2, then when my shields go down the game will automatically turn off my shield boosters until my shield come back on-line? Because as I understand it, this is simply not the case.

 

[AkimuMC]

The reason why, is that it's the priority that decides which system is to be restarted first. So if you have set the shield generator to 1 and the booster to 3 and 4, and the shield and booster goes down, the system will only restart the shield generator due to the fact they are set to priority no. 1

I understand what you are saying, but please understand if I lose my shield in a fight, I am NOT going to restart my entire ship to get the shields to come on line faster. I am just going to disable the SB's to temproarily lower my MJ rating, and then once the shield fires back on, I will manually turn the SB's back on to again raise my MJ rating.

Your advice is all well and good, in a situation where a restart is required. No restart is required when only shield go off line.

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Again, yes...your shields will definitely recharge faster if you turn off your shield boosters while they are re-charging. I do it all the time in CZ's. There is a NOTICEABLE difference in recharge rate with shield boosters off.

What you are saying is if I have my shield GENERATOR set to priority 1 and my shield BOOSTER(S) set to priority 2, then when my shields go down the game will automatically turn off my shield boosters until my shield come back on-line? Because as I understand it, this is simply not the case.

It won't auto shut down the SB's from my experience. They are still sucking power, and my MJ rating is still raised. I don't even think if you restarted the whole ship it would work like he is claiming either. I am pretty sure the MJ rate would be raised because as soon as the power hits the SB's, your MJ rate is increased...