Why can't I recharge my shields at a station again?
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Because.... science?
Not to mention the many dockers who got fried to a crisp walking into the shields as they mosied up to a ship. You can't see the force field and by the time that the static electricity makes your hair stand on end and the metal on your clothes spark, it's already too late. So shields are now automatically turned off on landing and not switched on again until the ship leaves the pad. No charging while landed.
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Well, it all came about when FD decided that your shields needed to recharge at an appropriate rate no matter where the location (in the past, when you entered SC your shields went to full strength). I do think that your shields should be charged by the station once you are docked.
They're too busy recharging your 4 gazillion SCBs!
<runs away cackling gleefully>
<runs away cackling gleefully>
You have the same problem when you replace your power plant.
Not saying I like the current shield recharge mechanics, but it does change your tactics and its something that you must consider at all times.
For example, last night I managed to lose my Vulture's shields in a CZ, so I decided a tactical withdrawal was necessary (i.e. run away!). So I boosted clear of the area, retracted my weapons and headed off to the nearest base in supercruise. In the meantime I switched off my shield boosters and put 4 pips in SYS to hopefully assist the shield recharge.
I no sooner got into supercruise and I immediately scanned an powerplay enemy ship - actually a wing. So now I have the prospect of an interdiction by high ranked ships and no shields!! I tried to manoeuvre away from the enemy ships, but a few seconds later I was being interdicted - my first thoughts were "this is going to be fun".
Most of the time, I just submit and immediately destroy the ship or ships that interrupted my journey, either for credits or combat ranking. This time however I was in full boost, boost and charge that FS drive mode.
Happy to say that I managed to escape and no sooner got back into SC and my shields had at last recharged.
Next time I run out of shields, I will be trying to find somewhere quiet to hide while my shields recharge before I jump into SC.
Have to agree with the OP that an option to recharge when docked would be very useful - even if it was only an increase in the recharge rate, which could not be exploited.
Take care CMDR's
For example, last night I managed to lose my Vulture's shields in a CZ, so I decided a tactical withdrawal was necessary (i.e. run away!). So I boosted clear of the area, retracted my weapons and headed off to the nearest base in supercruise. In the meantime I switched off my shield boosters and put 4 pips in SYS to hopefully assist the shield recharge.
I no sooner got into supercruise and I immediately scanned an powerplay enemy ship - actually a wing. So now I have the prospect of an interdiction by high ranked ships and no shields!! I tried to manoeuvre away from the enemy ships, but a few seconds later I was being interdicted - my first thoughts were "this is going to be fun".
Most of the time, I just submit and immediately destroy the ship or ships that interrupted my journey, either for credits or combat ranking. This time however I was in full boost, boost and charge that FS drive mode.
Happy to say that I managed to escape and no sooner got back into SC and my shields had at last recharged.
Next time I run out of shields, I will be trying to find somewhere quiet to hide while my shields recharge before I jump into SC.
Have to agree with the OP that an option to recharge when docked would be very useful - even if it was only an increase in the recharge rate, which could not be exploited.
Take care CMDR's
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it's a ridiculous inconsistency in the game, and i simply don't buy the 'someone will exploit...' argument. the ship repair fairies seem to be able to repair instantly as do the refuel fairies, but for some reason you have to hang around using up a station slot for recharge.
i run 3xA0 shield boosters on my Vulture and if i lose my shields i can go make tea, mow the lawn, paint the house, take the cats on vacation - all in the time it takes to get my ship flightworthy again.
keep the game moving fd!! at least offer a cost to recharging like you do with repair. get it sorted for goodness sake.
i run 3xA0 shield boosters on my Vulture and if i lose my shields i can go make tea, mow the lawn, paint the house, take the cats on vacation - all in the time it takes to get my ship flightworthy again.
keep the game moving fd!! at least offer a cost to recharging like you do with repair. get it sorted for goodness sake.
non-RP reply.
The exploit of jumping into and then out of SC to get a full, instant recharge was quickly changed and rightly so. I can only assume a simple flag was changed (I do not know my pascal from my logo) to prevent this. That same flag controls the recharge when docked stat and would need more detailed changes to return.
It must have been a case of to stop the exploit, we lost the station docking charge and I can live with that for the moment. I'm sure that FD will find a way of restoring the shield charge whilst docked thingy but they have other, more important things to concentrate on.
I find, by the time I've reached the local CZ, after a swift 'Sir Robin', the shields are topped up (switching off boosters to speed this up helps too).
Now, what is that long pipe like thing I see waving around at the back of my python?
The exploit of jumping into and then out of SC to get a full, instant recharge was quickly changed and rightly so. I can only assume a simple flag was changed (I do not know my pascal from my logo) to prevent this. That same flag controls the recharge when docked stat and would need more detailed changes to return.
It must have been a case of to stop the exploit, we lost the station docking charge and I can live with that for the moment. I'm sure that FD will find a way of restoring the shield charge whilst docked thingy but they have other, more important things to concentrate on.
I find, by the time I've reached the local CZ, after a swift 'Sir Robin', the shields are topped up (switching off boosters to speed this up helps too).
Now, what is that long pipe like thing I see waving around at the back of my python?
I don't want to see instant or rapid shield recharge at stations, neither free nor for some credits. I want decent passive shield regeneration generally, so that both this becomes a non-issue and big ships don't have to wait 10 minutes or more after a fight, idling while the shields replenish.
How about both? Instacharge in stations, and decent recovery rates based on capacitor rating when out of combat. In combat can stay as it is.
Ummmm, just switch off the boosters when you lose the shields? Reactivate once they're back up. Works fine.
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OP. It would be convenient to recharge the shields when docked, yes. Easiest would be to allow SCBs to be used while docked. They made them work in SC already, should not be too hard to enable the button.
On the other hand, if they made walking around ships before this change I would not be too sad.
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^^ This.