I use a respark, works nicely with the -50% damage taken when shield breaks.
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 improvementOriginally 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.
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
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