The Shield discussion thread
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nice! Thanks!
CMDR 1 : Shield Cells 0
I do apologise for all those I killed last night in Lave (hope you didn't lose too much), including the 1v3 I had, which I limped away from after killing them all.
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Finally, people whom use shield cells, sorry guys, you are delaying the inevitable, and its quite annoying.
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Hope they make the shield cells more power hungry, or at least a little more expensive.
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Good fun CMDR's
I do apologise for all those I killed last night in Lave (hope you didn't lose too much), including the 1v3 I had, which I limped away from after killing them all.
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Finally, people whom use shield cells, sorry guys, you are delaying the inevitable, and its quite annoying.
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Hope they make the shield cells more power hungry, or at least a little more expensive.
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Good fun CMDR's
OMG, that must have been the worst 5:30 minutes ever... asphyxiating right in front of the station. :O
I assume you are pretty new, so I'll try to explain it in depth.
In the "Outfitting" screen in the station where you buy new modules, keep a close look at the "power available" and "Power deployed". If you installed some power hog and haven't upgraded your power plant accordingly, the moment you press "u" (deploy weapons) in space, the power requirement will be the number in the second column. If that is too far above what your power plant supplies, systems will shut down, a big red warning will appear on the hud. Just undeploy the weapons, and you should be able to fly again.
Hint: If you are in the outfitting menu, bought a new item and hear the sound of a depleted shield reloading, you probably don't have enough power.
When you press "4" in the cockpit (not in the outfitting screen), you can go to the "Modules" tab and set the piorities, that is the order in which the modules shut down when you don't have anough power. You probably won't need a cargo hatch, FSD (It is inoperable while weapons are deployed anyway) etc. when in combat. That way you can install parts that are a little above what your power plant supplies, with varying results. I think in my ship, I can go ~1 MW above. In smaller ships it might be a little less.
And while you are here, there are also limits for your thrusters (if you go over the optimal mass, you won't be as fast or maneuverable as you could be) and your shields (hull mass should be below optimal mass, or they can't take as much damage).
That did it! thanks again!
Asp A6 shield? Can't find any.
Hi,
I can't find a station selling me A6 shield for the asp. I have access to the founder's world and there is no A6 shield... (only B6, yes i'm looking in the class 6 slot). I don't really want to sell my asp and buy another ship with class 6 slots just to see if A6 shields are available then buy and fit my asp again...
A6 shield are still available to buy for the asp? I know that some modules (like overcharged weapons) can't be bought anymore but are still installed on gamma ships.
Am i missing something?
Hi,
I can't find a station selling me A6 shield for the asp. I have access to the founder's world and there is no A6 shield... (only B6, yes i'm looking in the class 6 slot). I don't really want to sell my asp and buy another ship with class 6 slots just to see if A6 shields are available then buy and fit my asp again...
A6 shield are still available to buy for the asp? I know that some modules (like overcharged weapons) can't be bought anymore but are still installed on gamma ships.
Am i missing something?
You cant get it at Founders, try Oikawa City
but what if your not a founder surely someone else knows where it can be sourced?
i know i found one ages ago but unfortunately i can't for the life of me remember where i got it now.
i know i found one ages ago but unfortunately i can't for the life of me remember where i got it now.
I've seen an A6 since release but at 15MCr I had to pass 
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I can't be certain of the exact location, it was a fringe system industrial station that I passed through, but it might be Fisher Ring at Uchang as my pilot notes say that it has a comprehensive range of upgrades. It's on the edge of known space, so it may be a bit too far out of your way unless you are planning an exploratory foray up the Orion Arm. Good luck with the search anyway, what you want is definitely out there.
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I can't be certain of the exact location, it was a fringe system industrial station that I passed through, but it might be Fisher Ring at Uchang as my pilot notes say that it has a comprehensive range of upgrades. It's on the edge of known space, so it may be a bit too far out of your way unless you are planning an exploratory foray up the Orion Arm. Good luck with the search anyway, what you want is definitely out there.
Not only would that death have been avoidable by properly managing your ships power, but also you didn't pay attention to power usage when you equipped them in the station.
yes you can, i've got a C6 shield on mine!
i haven't seen an A6 for ages at jameson (can't remember if the last time was post release or during gamma), i've been looking for ages for one as i don't want to put in a B6 as it'd be too heavy. mind at 14 million+, it had better do the ironing as well at that price!
Look at my previous post, just found one here (out of pure luck).
I was looking for class 6 shield because the mass of my fully fitted asp is ~40-50t over the optimal mass of an A5 (apparently it make them less effective).
that's why i was sticking with the C6 for the time being. cheers for the heads up on the location, i'll swing by there and pick one up!
You can get an A6 shield @ Bugayaman in the Lave area. It's 16.xM whereas the A5 is 5.1M. 40 tons vs. 20 tons weight.
I agree, but my fully fitted asp mass is over the optimal class 5 mass... but way below class A trusters. As far as we know, under the optimal mass modules are working normally but start to get degraded perf if you go over, so i should not loose manouvrability while gaining shield resistance. Ofc i loose money and cargo but that's another story ^^