Ankaar
2016-01-30 |  | Ship Shields |  |
I get confused sometimes looking at them, mainly when a ship has less than 4 shield types. If all 4 are there, I can line them up and be like, ok, this shield goes to this weapon.
Id like to suggest that every ship list every shield mod (even if its just flat 0) or else rename the shield modifiers so that they are more easily identifiable. Sure, someone playing for a while will, or at least should know which shield name goes with which weapon name. But a new player wont. Ive been around for ages off and on and kin / missile shield names still confuse me - I couldnt tell you what theyre called right now.
So like I said, either list them all, including the 0`s, so we can see them in order and at least line them up that way, or change them so that missile shield is called simply that, missile shield or kinetic shield, you know? No reason to cause any extra confusion in an already relatively complex game for newer players (and me :P ) |
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Ankaar
99+ day(s) ago | I dont think you understood my post at all.
Call them buffs, call them debuffs, call them magical powers, it doesnt matter.
My suggestion was simply to have them all displayed in the same order all the time, even if ones buff/debuff/boost/magical ability/ shield is 0
When ones magical defensive powers arent displayed, you cant simply match them up in order (like ok, energy lines up with this one, kinetic lines up with this one) so then Im forced to go find a ship with all 4 shields just so I can tell if this buff or that buff is for kinetic or missile.
I lknow by now that I should probably have memorized which goes with which, but I havent. If a guy whos been around since 2005 cant remember, its got to make zero sense to new guy.
So yeah, either have ALL buffs listed, even if a listed one just shows a change of 0%, or change the names to reflect more precisely which goes with which, ie enrgy buff, kinetic buff, missile buff, chemical buff
Even GreenYedi`s battle sim has it done better and more easy to check up on that gc`s in game listings |
Fenrir
99+ day(s) ago | Theyre not really shields... this is touched on in EEs guide to how battles work.
Essentially, they are buffs and debuffs to a ships hull strength for that weapon type. This is added (or taken away, left alone, depends on the % if any) to the buff for each fleet attitude. This is also mentioned in the battle guide.
I would suggest that you give that a read so youll understand the shields arent really shields at all |
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