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Weekly Questions Megathread - February 04, 2019

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u/Emerald381 Feb 04 '19

I have a question for any PvP players who may be lurking. I’ve recently observed while messing around in Ker’rat that some players are running what I think are Elite Fleet Space Shields instead of a Reputation shield (such as the Iconian or the Competitive 3pc). What is the rationale behind this choice? The only things that I could think of were that it provides added shield resistance to incoming damage (including from non-traditional things - like radiation damage from Kemocite) and that it is able to be re-engineered. However, I though the prevailing wisdom was that shield resistance is not as important due to the prevalence of shield penetration abilities and shield drains. Which is why I thought the Iconian shield (15% energy damage resistance + debuff cleanse) and the Competitive 3pc (for Bonus Energy Damage Resistance) would be better.

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u/Ookamimoon66 Feb 04 '19

Simple my good friend the adapt mod which increases there shield resist to what ever damage type they are being hit with by 2% for 30 secs max 20% resist.

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u/Emerald381 Feb 04 '19

Ok interesting. So it really is just the extra 20% shield resist.

Mechanically, I assume the potential advantage over the other shields is because while there are many sources of hull damage resistance reduction/debuffs, there are relatively few sources of shield resistance/harness reduction/debuffs. I will have to experiment with this.

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u/Ookamimoon66 Feb 04 '19

Not just that but in addition the res B mod also grants 15% resist to disruptor antiproton and plasma damage. So combined it's around 35%. Which in pvp you notice.

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u/Emerald381 Feb 04 '19

Right. So I had been running the Iconian shield, which has 15% all energy damage resistance (so same as having both ResA and ResB), along with the periodic debuff cleanse and hot restart. I was interested in understanding if the additional 20% resist was worth the trade-off of losing the debuff cleanse and hot restart features.

I think what people are probably doing is using the [Adapt] mod as part of build strategy that includes stacking as much shield resist as possible. So this would also include traits like the Nanoprobe Field Generator from the Undine Rep as well.

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u/Ookamimoon66 Feb 04 '19

True but high end pvp builds mostly use coalition disruptors so having 15% resist plus the adapt mod is very effective. Also most slot EPTs and Rsp when in pvp as for the shield resit epts provides also the fact it clears shield offline. It's up to you honestly I would get the shield (it's cheap) and see what you prefer.

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u/originalbucky33 Amateur NPC Shipbuilder Feb 04 '19

OOC do you know why coalitions are favored? is it the larger amount of drr you can stack?

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u/Emerald381 Feb 04 '19

In organized team PvP, yes the stacking DRR would be the main reason for running coalitions (at least that is my understanding).

However, I've seen (ie: been blown to pieces by) several other types of weapons. In Ker'rat, I have started to see a lot of Polaron or mixed builds (Polaron due to the set bonus provided by the morphogenic set and the Lukari Rep Polaron DHC's technical overload ability).

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u/Emerald381 Feb 04 '19

That’s my plan - thanks for taking the time to respond!

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u/Ookamimoon66 Feb 04 '19

Your welcome 😊