PvP Two questions about shields

[CMDR Cknarf]

I always go with prismatics on large combat ships, even for PvE activites. You don't need to worry about broken regen times and distributor draw When your shields never go down. Top off with banks, or do a reboot/repair between fights.

People are often too concerned about the visual representation of their shields than the actual numbers.

 

[Krash]

I always go with prismatics on large combat ships, even for PvE activites. You don't need to worry about broken regen times and distributor draw When your shields never go down. Top off with banks, or do a reboot/repair between fights.

People are often too concerned about the visual representation of their shields than the actual numbers.

If its red you're dead

 

[Morbad]

People are often too concerned about the visual representation of their shields than the actual numbers.

For any protracted engagement where one can get more than a few seconds of breathing room, the active regen of bi-weaves will often more than make up for any deficiency in upfront shield strength.

I noticed this even in PvP duels with the shield-focused bi-weave Mamba setup I was using in Beta...as often as not, I was regenerating the equivalent of 50-100% of my total shield strength over the course of a 10-20 minute duel, even the ones where my shields never failed. Of course, taking focus fire in wing PvP doesn't leave much time for active regeneration, but there are few, if any PvE analogs to this...even CZs where on is the only ship on a side, or wing assassination missions don't have that sort of sustained heavy firepower...NPCs just get shot down and thinned out too fast.

 

[CMDR Cknarf]

In a built prismatic Corvette you can smoke ships in a Hazres for as long as your heart desires, and you’ll be worrying about ammo long before shields are even a concern. In PvE it doesn’t matter all that much, a well engineered large with either or will likely do fine

 

[AP Birdman]

For any protracted engagement where one can get more than a few seconds of breathing room, the active regen of bi-weaves will often more than make up for any deficiency in upfront shield strength.

I noticed this even in PvP duels with the shield-focused bi-weave Mamba setup I was using in Beta...as often as not, I was regenerating the equivalent of 50-100% of my total shield strength over the course of a 10-20 minute duel, even the ones where my shields never failed. Of course, taking focus fire in wing PvP doesn't leave much time for active regeneration, but there are few, if any PvE analogs to this...even CZs where on is the only ship on a side, or wing assassination missions don't have that sort of sustained heavy firepower...NPCs just get shot down and thinned out too fast.

In a built prismatic Corvette you can smoke ships in a Hazres for as long as your heart desires, and you’ll be worrying about ammo long before shields are even a concern. In PvE it doesn’t matter all that much, a well engineered large with either or will likely do fine

I gotta agree with Morbad here.
I've been using bi-weaves on my pve Vette that I use in pirate activity zones which are fairly tough and after a battle my shields pretty much recharge to full while I'm sitting there collecting mats with my limpets.
Nostrildomus brought his Vette with prismatics in with me once and he had a really hard time keeping his shields up.
I can sit in a pirate zone collecting mats for a solid hour and never have to fire off a SCB.

 

[Cmdr Ultra]

A huge part of combat is often head on ramming. Players often try this.

Or you can turn a joust into a collision. Prismatics excel at this. Turns the tide of battle instantly.

 

[AP Birdman]

A huge part of combat is often head on ramming. Players often try this.

Or you can turn a joust into a collision. Prismatics excel at this. Turns the tide of battle instantly.

That's not necessarily true. A bi-weave hull tank FAS will out ram a FDL with a prismatic all day, every day.