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Just out of curiosity, what kind of shield is everyone rocking? I'm a huge fan of the Respark series: low shield rating but quick recharge and even faster delay makes fighting a joke.
Anyone able to make good use out of the tankier shields with a hell of a lot longer recharge time?
I was using a large capacity long recharge rate, was dying a lot, swapped to a Respark, and die a lot less.Quote:
Originally Posted by a2thelee
yea respark here, it seems like the logical choice, i mean when do you honestly have 9.6 seconds to wait, and if you get hit when it just starts to recharge you have to wait another 9.6 seconds, if the shield capacity was much higher on the other shields they may be worth it, but the respark is nobrainer for me
I'm a fan of a nice Respark too. The quick charge means you only have to dip your head out of combat and into cover for a few seconds before you're ready to wade it again :)
I have been tempted with others though, like the one that recharges about 80% a second but takes 9 to get going. It might need to to take cover more, but it'll pop up to full in no time! From the high capacity shields I've seen, I've not really had one yet that was enough of an upgrade to balance out the slow recharge time. I'm sure they'll be of use to someone though, especially the good ones.
I think respark is the obvious choice. You could get a high amount shield with cloak I suppose. But as this game offers very little character specialization a lot of the current items simply come short. If you could spec towards high shield, sawed off shot guns, or those revolvers with 5 shots or any other currently sub par weapon to make them viable that would be great.
I'm currently using the tachyon shield in conjunction with the cloak ability (which automatically begins recharging your shield upon activation). With certain perks that allow an approximate 75% up-time on cloak, the recharge delay is negligible and the recharge rate becomes much more desirable.
I tend to go with the lower rating but the higher recharge. I think my current one is something along the lines of 1400 shield with a 2.85s recharge time with 40% per second. The quicker my shield comes back online the better it is for me. I experimented with a 6s recharge time with a 25% health recharge but I really work best with the 2.85 recharge. I guess it's all in how you play.
Respark III, I love it.
Could see Ironclads or Rhinos being useful if you're a cloaker or runnin' a Siphon weapon.
Can't remember what mine is called, but its only about 1000 shield, 40% regen rate, 3 second delay and 50% hp regneration
Blue quality
I think a lot of it depends on your Ego power.
Example: When I was running with cloak, really liked the higher capacity shields with slower start's, especially those with the 25% regeneration capacity. The bonus to this is you go into cloak and move a bit so they don't know where your at, and before you know it.. bam.. your back up to full shields and health.
The problem with a shield with a 6, or even 9, second activation time comes when your NOT using cloak. Decoy may work for this as well, but I haven't tried it yet to see what type of delay in combat you can get with the decoy drawing all the aggro.
With Decoy (and Overcharge as well), I've been using a Respark Regenerator III (Blue).. only has like 1100 points, BUT, it has a 25% health regen (which is constant while the shields up, even if it's not full), a 40% recharge per second, and a 2.85 second delay to start. With the bonus to hitpoints from the ego grid, and hopefully soon the bonus to regen stack, it should make me pretty much a fully up-time DPS machine. Especially when you add in the recharge bonuses for Decoy for those sticky spots where the mobs are massive, or when you get stuck with 2 or 3 other people in the area that affect the NPC's health stat.
But.. for any situation.. the Respark Regenerator II or III (preferably in blue with the lower delay and larger recharge per second) are great options IMO.
I use a respark, works nicely with the -50% damage taken when shield breaks.
Oof, that sounds like an amazing shield. I have the same recharge time and delay but top out at around 1060 shields. 1400 would be one hell of an improvementQuote:
Originally Posted by Sull
Switched up to Respark from the Rebel during my last session. Liking the quick kick in for recharging.
I think the 'Tank' Shields may need a higher base to actually be usable. Right now, the ones I have only seem to have a few hundred points over the Rebel/Respark (so 1200-1300 against 1400-1500 which isn't a big difference) and the long delay on recharge plus the sometimes mediocre/abysmal percentage gain doesn't really help them out at all (10% for instance). So I think a buff to their base would give them some viability (I'd probably use them with my Shotgun loadout if that were the case).
I too prefer the quick recharge time Respark shields.
Currently have 2, one Respark III DX that is 1040, 3.0sec, 50% health recharge, and a Respark IV 1090 2.55sec shield.
Still trying to determine which one I prefer, haven't paid enough attention to see how much difference the 50% health recharge makes. The 2.55sec is really nice though, love the short times between recharging.
Has anyone made any useful observations on the health recharge on these?
High capacity shield with slow recharge + Weapon with life/shield steal for Pvp is excellent. For PvE to if your rocking an SMG or AR with life/shield steal since it gives you a huge constantly refreshing barrier between your HP and enemy fire. Couple this with 3 or 4 good defense/shield ability's and your golden. The best of which you take 15% less damage when shield is recharging (Life/shield steal counts to this passive).
Edit: I can generally stay up against 3-4 Dark Matter snipers shooting me if I'm doing damage to something with my life steal SMG + 1562 heavy shield with its 9.6 second recharge delay. Just an example of what you can accomplish. They are good for tanky builds. For best results have shield have reduced explosive OR electric damage since those are the two elements that burn through them fastest.
I have.Quote:
Originally Posted by DrFeelzgud
One of the nice things.. as long as the shield has HP on it.. ANY HP.. your bonus to health recharge kicks in. This is really nice for dealing with swarms of Archers or the lovely Raider ambushes that pop up early in the game.. a little juke and jive, then bam.. right back into the fight.. full health and full shields. The big one is the health regen however, which if the shield does NOT have it, and yet get caught where your HP is taking a direct slap, it takes a longer time to get that HP up again so your truely full strength. For that reason, I always play with a regen bonus shield.
*edit* And.. one more tidbit I forgot.. if your rocking a regen bonus shield, and say your at an arkfall with the constant BMG heal spam, you pretty much aren't ever going to die.. your health bar goes up almost exponentially with bmg-heals.
Where are you guys getting the green and blue resparks? I have only been able to find a generic white quality one. I would love a blue or something.
I use a respark unless im pvping then I change to one of the large shields with cloak.
I'm using a purp tachyon, 1800 shield, 85% recharge, 9.6s delay. I'm a cloak user, so this works for me. Though if I do find a good respark I may give it a try.
2.7 sec delay Respark III
Thanks, appreciate the info!Quote:
Originally Posted by PseudoCool
Where do you all find these ResparkII -III Regeneration shields? Just curious.