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What is Shield Regeneration?

cdrgadleycdrgadley Member Posts: 145 Arc User
edited January 2013 in The Academy
For your personal shield...you can get some that have +5.1 Shield Regeneration.

Also...some armor comes with inherent shield regeneration.

How exactly does this +5.1 Shield Regeneration work?
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  • burstorionburstorion Member Posts: 1,750 Arc User
    edited January 2013
    ..every second, it adds 5 shield points to your bar?

    ..it increases the 'wait' shield regen by 5 shield points per tick?

    its either that or the other
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  • cdrgadleycdrgadley Member Posts: 145 Arc User
    edited January 2013
    burstorion wrote: »
    ..every second, it adds 5 shield points to your bar?

    ..it increases the 'wait' shield regen by 5 shield points per tick?

    its either that or the other

    That's what I'm trying to figure out.
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  • twg042370twg042370 Member Posts: 2,312 Arc User
    edited January 2013
    I believe it indicates how fast it regenerates after you stop taking damage.
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  • cdrgadleycdrgadley Member Posts: 145 Arc User
    edited January 2013
    twg042370 wrote: »
    I believe it indicates how fast it regenerates after you stop taking damage.

    So what you're saying is that...no matter how much Shield Regen you have...you still have to wait the 3s before it starts to regen?
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  • lordfuzunlordfuzun Member Posts: 54 Arc User
    edited January 2013
    cdrgadley wrote: »
    So what you're saying is that...no matter how much Shield Regen you have...you still have to wait the 3s before it starts to regen?

    No. Shield Regen means a ships will regenerate at the given rate regardless of combat state. You can look at the Shield detailed description. It will tell you the amount and rate of regeneration. For example my Mk XI Jem'hadar armor has +7.6 / 4 second shield regeneration. It does that regardless of my combat status.
  • twg042370twg042370 Member Posts: 2,312 Arc User
    edited January 2013
    They're talking about personal shields.

    And it's been my observation that shield regen starts after you're not being shot at and the time is just an indication if how much gets regenerated in that period.

    That might be lag/ delay of info between my computer and the servers though.
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  • mimey2mimey2 Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited January 2013
    For ground shields, it ticks every second. So if you have 5.1 shield regen, you get 5.1 shields back each second. On my engineer I can usually add shield regens and resists pretty easily, making my health much harder to get to.

    Ground shield regen is additive (so far as I know), so it all goes together and can make a big difference. It also will, if you are not under fire, still help your shields heal faster, letting you get back into combat quicker.
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  • jslynjslyn Member Posts: 1,788 Arc User
    edited January 2013
    mimey2 wrote: »
    For ground shields, it ticks every second. So if you have 5.1 shield regen, you get 5.1 shields back each second.



    That doesn't sound right. Shields have around 300 points. At 5.1 point regens per second, it would take a minute for yours shields to go back up. It doesn't seem that slow in-game.
  • seekerkorhilseekerkorhil Member Posts: 472
    edited January 2013
    jslyn wrote: »
    That doesn't sound right. Shields have around 300 points. At 5.1 point regens per second, it would take a minute for yours shields to go back up. It doesn't seem that slow in-game.

    It is right but remember it is in addition to the text on all personal shields that says "fully recharges after 3 seconds of no damage" or whatever it says to that effect.
  • cdrgadleycdrgadley Member Posts: 145 Arc User
    edited January 2013
    Alright...this is what it seems like from reading these posts.

    [RegSH] from Armor...regenerates your shield X amount every 4s...whether you're in combat or not.

    [Reg] from Personal Shield...speeds up the automatic shield regeneration that happens after you haven't taken damage for 3s.
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