WOW! Almost 24hr later and my shields still not recharged!

deathmagnet

deathmagnet
Just logged back in. It has been about 20hr or so since I logged out. I was amazed when I saw that my shields were still only at 1 ring. Personally I think this is awesome, 1 less way for people to exploit the game. I logged out sitting in normal space near a star. Not sure if where you log makes a difference. Just thought it was pretty cool and wanted to share. Maybe this
isn't news to anyone but it's news to me.
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GrimThara

GrimThara
I'm a bit confused here so pardon my ignorance, but I thought you had to be in-game for your shields to recharge?

Was this changed sometime? Did shields ... not recharge before or ... do they recharge now? Do they recharge at a slower or faster rate now?

I'm a bit lost.
 
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Mr.Crisp

Mr.Crisp
haha you get forced to use SCB's just to charge your shields, then drop down into station to refill.
Brings back the "bigger ship bigger cost" into the gameplay.
 

Katkon

K
GrimThara said:
I'm a bit confused here so pardon my ignorance, but I thought you had to be in-game for your shields to recharge?

Was this changed sometime? Did shields ... not recharge before or ... do they recharge now? Do they recharge at a slower or faster rate now?

I'm a bit lost.
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You used to be able to recharge them simply be exiting and re entering SC, if memory serves. That doesn't work now - the shields don't recharge when you enter/fly in SC apparently, only in 'normal' space. Makes the game a bit more dangerous, and forces those with SCB to use them more frequently as they can't rely on the SC crutch, so to speak.
 

Space Dandy

Space Dandy
When charging shields now the best thing to do is get to station leave game open but turn of screen and speakers then close game down next day before work or w/e.... if on weekend just don't turn the game off.
 
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dsagent

dsagent
As a PvP player I prefer it this way. Less exploits. Plus I have so much money that buying shield banks are no problem.
 

Space Dandy

Space Dandy
Zephyriel said:
So when you're not playing, the mission timers run out, you lose your powerplay progress, your reputation decays, because hey, everything happens in real time. But your shields don't restore?
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It's magic for you know realism....lol
/sarcasm

....but really in case people exploit by leaving game and logging back in to get 100% shields quick I guess....
 

DidierDrbois

DidierDrbois
So hang on just a minute. Are you saying that you must be logged in for shields to recharge but not for your reputation to decay? And you guys see no problem with that?
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Don't get me wrong, I enjoy playing ED but if there's anything that sends my time down the crapper it's inconsistency. Has anyone reported this as a bug? Coz that's what it is in my eyes.
 

Yokoshima

Y
Honestly I think shield should regenerate at 1 point/s or .5%/s, which ever is higher. None of this 1 point per sec. for all ships rule. For 90% of the PvE content mobility is king. My Imperial Courier in actual combat (WZs, RES, USS, etc.) has well over 10x the survivability/longevity of my conda. I simply almost never get hit. In my conda it can take 20 min for my shields to come back. And as a flying barn I get hit a lot. The coyrier has over 500 shields and 1500 in SCBs even with 0 pips in sys I am fine. My shields are back before I even get to my next target. But, should I put 4 pips in systems my Effective shield HP goes up to 4670 and I can still have the maneuverability to not get hit. Its kinda crazy that aside from fighting multiple (as in 3+) other ships the small ships are the most tanky.
 

PsychoFish

PsychoFish
a) I'm in favour of the current shield recharge mechanic (to get this out of the way)
b) I strongly suggest that shields recharge faster at stations. New ship outfitting: Shields to 0 - Silent running: Shields to 0 ... do you want us to wait forever just staring at the screen?
c) Everything in the game progresses in real time, but not the shield recharge? I know it's by design, but why? Where is the possible exploit if you turn off the game and come back later instead of parking your ship somewhere in the nothing or a station and keep the game running while making dinner?
 
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Zeeman

Zeeman
Super, ultra annoyingly, if the game crashes with you on full shields, when you log back in, you have.. NO shields.

That is.. VERY bad...

Z...
 

AJ_Impy

A
If you have shield boosters and your shields go down for whatever reason, turn them off. This will greatly reduce the time until your shields come back online, at which point you turn them back on again and pop a few boosters or wait.
 
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