Shieldbusters

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Shieldbusters. First of all, there won't be any new ones in 4.84. Second, about the energy requirements. To be honest, I don't like the presence of high-level shield busters at all. If I could, I'd remove them completely, but then people would kill me. Generally, the point is to make anti-shield weapons have same efficiency against shields that normal weapons have against hull. Which is logical, and does involve increasing energy requirements, given the massive amount of shield damage that those weapons deal.

I thought this needed more looking into than would be allowed in the balance thread. Should we keep shield busters in the game?


I personally say they should go. I think we should get rid of all shield busters, including the Inferno and Capital ship weaponry. If we remove them, it gives each faction the same disadvantage. Nova/Supernova shield damage would have to be upped a little to compensate. In the long run, removing shield busters levels the playing field for each faction. Removing someone's shields isn't an impossible feat, and the pirate faction that does have access to the only decent fighter shield buster (the "Del Cid" line) has very, very nice weapons. Removing shield busters eliminates an entire layer of balancing issues.

I'd like to see what the general consensus is... After all, I remember when we discussed making players lootable, I was highly against this move but when I experienced it I found it to be a pleasant change.

EDIT: Confusing wording fixed.

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