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turks1turks1 Member Posts: 1 Arc User
Hey, I've noticed recently that the Borg in the Sector Space invasions are draining my shields really quickly and easily. I'm level 60 and have my Starship Power Insulators maxed at 9. I am not talking about the pulsing green shield neutralizer they do that can be cleansed by Hazard Emitters. This is a white beam, narrow, and can be used by Sphere's or Cubes. The Borg don't kill me, but it's a real annoyance. Am I doing something wrong? I heard that Cryptic increased the shield drain abilities lately...is there anything that can be done on my side to combat this? Again, I'm level 60 and, other than being annoying, it doesn't really affect me. I do the Borg Sector invasion a lot, usually clearing all sectors everyday. I notice a lot of low level ships just getting murdered now. I remember being in one of those low level ships. It's why I put 9 points in Power Insulators in the first place. Any advice would be appreciated. I run with the Borg Deflector & Engines and the Dyson shield. Thanks in advance for the helpful responses!
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  • frontline2042frontline2042 Member Posts: 219 Arc User
    edited March 2015
    It might be tachyon beam. It's a known issue in STFs. There's no hard counter for it like hazard emitters for the neutralizer, but what you can do is use shield repair abilities like science team, emergency power to shields, shield batteries, or reverse shield polarity to mitigate the shield loss/ recover shields once the beam is done.
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  • jarvisandalfredjarvisandalfred Member Posts: 1,549 Bug Hunter
    edited March 2015
    turks1 wrote: »
    Hey, I've noticed recently that the Borg in the Sector Space invasions are draining my shields really quickly and easily. I'm level 60 and have my Starship Power Insulators maxed at 9. I am not talking about the pulsing green shield neutralizer they do that can be cleansed by Hazard Emitters. This is a white beam, narrow, and can be used by Sphere's or Cubes. The Borg don't kill me, but it's a real annoyance. Am I doing something wrong? I heard that Cryptic increased the shield drain abilities lately...is there anything that can be done on my side to combat this? Again, I'm level 60 and, other than being annoying, it doesn't really affect me. I do the Borg Sector invasion a lot, usually clearing all sectors everyday. I notice a lot of low level ships just getting murdered now. I remember being in one of those low level ships. It's why I put 9 points in Power Insulators in the first place. Any advice would be appreciated. I run with the Borg Deflector & Engines and the Dyson shield. Thanks in advance for the helpful responses!

    This is the tachyon beam of doom. It is not cleared by anything, and power insulators do not have a significant effect. We're SOL until it gets fixed, basically.
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