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Could we get a buff to personal shields?
adamkafei
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I know that PSGs are supposedly "new technology" but I think they should be worth more than 3 shots from the borg, so here's what I propose should be done about this.
1: Endgame (STF sets etc) PSGs should have their caps raised to 500-750, this will give them a few more hits before exposing your health bar to damage. (all others should have their caps increased accordingly)
2: Endgame PSG resistances should also be raised, they're silly now
3: Reroute power to shields should become the ground equivalent of Emergency power to shields (with respective level increases for example: RPtS 1 = EPtS 1, RPtS 2 = EPtS 2, RPtS 3 = EPtS 3)
4: The shield generators on engineering kits are laughable, I think they should get a slght boost to regen and to resistance
5: I think the medical generator should also get a buff (off topic I know) as they are just as laughable
I can't think of any more things to add to this list but all of these things would make PSGs a lot more useful and add to the Engineers ability to assist the team with bunker fabrication. We all know that Science can use the medic kit to health tank (which is in NO way a call for a nerf, it's a GOOD thing) but I think that Engineers should be the counterpart to this with the ability to shield tank.
I appreciate ANYONE'S input on this
1: Endgame (STF sets etc) PSGs should have their caps raised to 500-750, this will give them a few more hits before exposing your health bar to damage. (all others should have their caps increased accordingly)
2: Endgame PSG resistances should also be raised, they're silly now
3: Reroute power to shields should become the ground equivalent of Emergency power to shields (with respective level increases for example: RPtS 1 = EPtS 1, RPtS 2 = EPtS 2, RPtS 3 = EPtS 3)
4: The shield generators on engineering kits are laughable, I think they should get a slght boost to regen and to resistance
5: I think the medical generator should also get a buff (off topic I know) as they are just as laughable
I can't think of any more things to add to this list but all of these things would make PSGs a lot more useful and add to the Engineers ability to assist the team with bunker fabrication. We all know that Science can use the medic kit to health tank (which is in NO way a call for a nerf, it's a GOOD thing) but I think that Engineers should be the counterpart to this with the ability to shield tank.
I appreciate ANYONE'S input on this
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Shields are a joke on the ground. Easy to recharge, but SO easy to lose and not gain back if you're still being shot at.
Engineers healing their shields I'm not worried about, but we only have three shield heals outside of items. The captain ability of re-route power to shields, and the Shield Recharge on one, maybe two kits. Along with of course, the Shield Generator.
Even so, Generators pull a huge amount of aggro and die within moments to anything. they can be healed, but only once a minute with the Quick Fix ability, and by the time that happens, you can make a new one already, especially Turrets or Mortars since you will have another chance at a DOFF proc if you have those equipped.
At the very VERY least, make the PS Generators skill give much more to shields. Threat control would also be nice to give a shield resistance boost to as well, because that only affects armor, and it's easy to resist health damage and easy to gain it back.
More engineering shield heals would be nice as well.
This might be a little more needed than most would think, considering that Into the Hive is coming out, and things might be pretty tough there.
get shot at. and the other two classes only have shield batteries to use
That's why I suggested the generator buff
that doesn't change the lack of effect though, I don't have a problem with their range, most of the time it's easy to put them behind cover and if you can't then you give them a cover shield, the problem is the laugh-ability of their effect, and the lacking PSG cap and resistance, the generator only buys you 2 more shots in an elite STF if that
My tac officer has about 695 on its personal shield. My eng has about 800 (no commando shield hp specialization yet). I think shields are fine. If shields are raised they should reduce health as you can easily get around 1200 hps now.
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I wonder if PSGs need a cap raise though. Even that I got 640 shields, the Vaadwaur still one-shots them, unless I'm rerouting power.
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Anyway, I think they need a minor buff, but not by much.
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Interesting. Coulda sworn it was at the top of the board for me in this section. Ah well. I think with DR and upgrading shields got enough of a buff.
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I think part of it is that your shield doesn't benefit from the DRR of your armor. You might have a DRR of 50 or more.... but that doesn't apply to your shield. so an attack that does 100 damage to your shield might only do 50 hp damage.
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More to the point a moderate boost to PSG health would be helpful, or perhaps increasing 'shield hardness' of PSGs, same effect either way. Point being, in a firefight I often find myself popping hypos and shield pulses just to survive an encounter with voth specialists.
I exaggerate, but you get the idea, PSGs don't offer the kind of protection that they imply they do.
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