I've never had the issue where the shields being brought up actually bothered me in the slightest. Since if someone decides to attack my base, the entirety of the faction including about 6 Law enforcement indies roll up and ahnnialate the attackers. In my book, for those who say PoBs are the death of discovery. My base in particular, generated about 8 people in one Gallic system. I'm afraid, they are not 'Killing' discovery at all. Mind you, everyone is entitled to an opinion. Though i do think activating the shields to prevent docking would be considering attacking it. Mind you, this as stated above, gives me the excuse to get people active and log to defend it. I suppose it has a positive upside to the server in terms of activity.