I earned access to Prismatic Shields last week. On my T9 cargo hauler I replaced a standard 5A shield that was reinforced to level 5 with HI cap experimental and 4 resistance shield boosters with a 5A Prismatic engineered to level 5 reinforced with HI cap and 4 heavy duty shield boosters with super capacitors and it tripled my absolute shield strength with a loss of only 0.5 LY in my jump range. I would say that it was definitely worth the grind to get the Prismatic shields.
Yeah, good arent they, but they take ages to regenerate. Whats the best additional eng/unit to help speed that up?
You can put fast charge as a special effect, which increases charge rate by 20%, but if they get really low, a reboot/restart will bring them up to 50%
Good tip as well if your shield is down, deactivate any shield boosters, it will lower the 50% value and your shield will come up quicker.
Activate them back after it comes up, and the more pips you put in system the quicker the shield will recharge.
When shield is up you can throw a few Shield Cells to speed up charging if you have any, don't forget to use heat-sink too or you'll overheat !
good to know about shutting down the shield boosters o7! I was wondering why my shield recharge was taking so long when it got low during the last CG (after I had stacked a couple more boosters on my fdl for added shield strength).
Great tip!
Reboot your ship for instant 50% shield strength. Not advisable in dangerous situations obviously.
There isn't one. Don't use prismatics if you ever expect the shields to go down .
I only use them on my Cutter (shields never drop due to all the boosters) and my Courier. The shields shouldn't drop on a Courier as you shouldn't be being hit.
Regen rate for me on this T9 is not an issue. I use the ship as a cargo hauler during Community Goals so it only has to be able to escape an interdiction. I never turn and fight in this ship.
Indeed
Yeah, Prismatics are great for when you want jus load of capacity but, eapion the big ships the recharge time is well, let's just say it's faster to jump to another system and dock than to wait.
As an example, without reboot/repair, my PvE Corvette will take just over 13 minutes to restore sheilds and then another 45 minutes to go from 50% to 100%.
As an example, without reboot/repair, my PvE Corvette will take just over 13 minutes to restore sheilds and then another 45 minutes to go from 50% to 100%.
Traders in open.
you are now the prismatic shields expert ...only ELITELY HARMLESS like us can be in awe
Since it takes some time and effort and credits to obtain Prismatic shield my post was only intended to help other Cmdrs to decide if the shields are right for them. I never claimed to be any kind of expert and I didn’t appreciate your presumption or your insulting post.
did not know this thanks ! sometimes it didnt work was wondering why
Don't be a Summer's Eve.
There are some drawbacks to prismatic shields.
Firstly. Their regeneration rate. It sucks.
Then the weight! Prismatics are heavy.
And finally their power consumption. About 3 times as much as biweaves.
Having just 1 pip regens the same as 4 pips. Unfortunately. Same for any shields. 2 or more pips just adds to the resilience of the shields. So 4 pips in shields will take longer to wear down than 1 pip.
This applys to all shield types.
Hope that helps.
Firstly. Their regeneration rate. It sucks.
Then the weight! Prismatics are heavy.
And finally their power consumption. About 3 times as much as biweaves.
Having just 1 pip regens the same as 4 pips. Unfortunately. Same for any shields. 2 or more pips just adds to the resilience of the shields. So 4 pips in shields will take longer to wear down than 1 pip.
This applys to all shield types.
Hope that helps.
Prismatics work good with Enhanced Low Power mod on large ships in a ‚cold build‘. Reduced heat, weight and power consumption and shield strength is usually better than in a A-rated normal shield generator with Reinforced mod.
I have a Cutter, 7A low emissions PP, armed, 6A prismatic with 2100 Mjs shields that idles at 14% heat.
I have a Cutter, 7A low emissions PP, armed, 6A prismatic with 2100 Mjs shields that idles at 14% heat.