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question about shields

novemberalphanovemberalpha Member Posts: 33 Arc User
edited September 2012 in Federation Discussion
for a defient refit what shields could I use to to stay in the fight longer. I see some players are able to keep there shields up even as they take weponds damage
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    lordfuzunlordfuzun Member Posts: 54 Arc User
    edited September 2012
    You shield is only part of the answer. The other is what Bridge Officers abilities they are using. The two most common are Emergency Power to Shields I or II which gives you are moderate shield heal, but also increases power to your shields which inceases the amount of damage resistance they have, AND there is a shield damage resistance buff on top of that. And player will be using Tactical Team, which has a 10 second shield rebalancing buff which is better then you you get by clicking on your ship status. That's a kin to the command "Divert power to the forward shields". But it's actually to which ever shield facing is taking fire.

    Other common abilities are Reverse Shield Polarity which uses damage to heal your shields and Transfer Shield Strength which you can use on your self to help and buff damage resitance of your shields.
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    eurialoeurialo Member Posts: 667 Arc User
    edited September 2012
    escorts often use maco shield, however that shield is only one step...
    you need emergency power to shield and/or transfer shield strengh to buff your resistance and/or heal your shield. Use a pair of each one and also use a pair of tactical team... try to use them as often as possible.

    reverse shield polarity can help, but i do not use it.


    consoles are important to increase shield's capacity and shield's regenetation rate... but do not forget that the shield's energy level also impact on damage resistance and regeneration rate... Learn about using and switching between the 4 configurations you can set up and save.


    finally do not forget that also duty officers assigned to space roster can help.
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    age03age03 Member Posts: 1,664 Arc User
    edited September 2012
    You want a regen that regen and go with omega as maco is for engineers.
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    shaeplyshaeply Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited September 2012
    against borg:
    maco shield - 35% resistance
    EPtS - 25% res
    125 shield power - 35% res
    that means 95% shield dmg resistance. do i understand this right?
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    lordfuzunlordfuzun Member Posts: 54 Arc User
    edited September 2012
    shaeply wrote: »
    against borg:
    maco shield - 35% resistance
    EPtS - 25% res
    125 shield power - 35% res
    that means 95% shield dmg resistance. do i understand this right?

    Close. There is a cap 75% shield damage damage. Before the cap it was possible to reach 100% Shield Damage Resistance. Which is sorta the reason they added the cap.
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    eurialoeurialo Member Posts: 667 Arc User
    edited September 2012
    shaeply wrote: »
    against borg:
    maco shield - 35% resistance
    EPtS - 25% res
    125 shield power - 35% res
    that means 95% shield dmg resistance. do i understand this right?


    also TSS give you a small resisstence buff...
    [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]

    Playing STO spamming FAW is like playing chess using always the computer's suggested moves
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    kerryleblanckerryleblanc Member Posts: 2
    edited September 2012
    What's the best shield for klingon's bird of prey class
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    teleon22teleon22 Member Posts: 424
    edited September 2012
    kerryleblanc wrote: »
    What's the best shield for klingon's bird of prey class

    Klingon Honor Gaurd. It can placate someone shooting at you and allow you to battle cloak more safely. :cool:
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    bohiapbohiap Member Posts: 535
    edited September 2012
    eurialo wrote: »
    escorts often use maco shield, however that shield is only one step...
    you need emergency power to shield and/or transfer shield strengh to buff your resistance and/or heal your shield. Use a pair of each one and also use a pair of tactical team... try to use them as often as possible.

    reverse shield polarity can help, but i do not use it.


    consoles are important to increase shield's capacity and shield's regenetation rate... but do not forget that the shield's energy level also impact on damage resistance and regeneration rate... Learn about using and switching between the 4 configurations you can set up and save.


    finally do not forget that also duty officers assigned to space roster can help.

    This. I run a MACO shield on mine with two copies of Tactical Team, two copies of Emergency Power to Shields, and a doff that reduces cooldowns. I don't remember what eng and sci consoles I have, but at least one boosts shields.
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    novemberalphanovemberalpha Member Posts: 33 Arc User
    edited September 2012
    but is it possible to stack the boffs abilities and does not work together. Like if I was to get 2 hull heals can I use one then the other one 2 min later???
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