Proposed Shield Booster Stacking Fix...?

[CMDR Cosmic Spacehead]

Just a random thought.

I've literally not put any real thought in to this, but here goes:

Change Shield Boosters to add X shield HP, instead of a %. A rated adds more than E obviously.

Adjust power consumption for A-E rated, so A rated is basically for high power capacity, and E is low power capacity.

Done. Lol

I'm not sure what exact numbers to use.
And SB modifications generally stay as is, but instead of increasing the % boost, it just adds % hp to the SB.

Then instead of getting 20+% stacked on more 20+% on top of shield HP, until you have ridiculous overall HP, you'd only really have a fixed amount.
You can still stack them, but they don't go all mental.

Not sure what to do about excessive resistances though, except maybe adjust the resistance modifcations so they actually remove HP from the SB...?

Thoughts?
I have no idea on what this would achieve.

Has this been thought of before?

CMDR Cosmic Spacehead

 

[Dsign]

I don't know if we really need a fix for this, I never thought about it and it never bothered me. [smile]
To me the current balance between shield boost and power consumption is pretty good.

 

[Crank Larson]

I don't see that there is a problem with the current system, myself.

 

[Matthewnhecht]

You do realize the 20% only stacks off the original amount if you go into the game and do some basic math you realize that.

 

[Starwolfe]

Yeah, shield boosters don't work that way.

100 shield base + 4x boosters = 180.

It is 20% off the base shield, then added not multiplied.

 

[CMDR Cosmic Spacehead]

Oh well. That learned me didn't it.

I have no idea how anything works in ED. It's all just magic to me. Lol