BS Shield recharge rate

[daedalus]

I like killing Liberty Dreadnoughts and Cruisers with one of my characters, and I could take out about 15-20 before having to fly back to the pirate base to rebuy bats/bots. In 4.79.3 I can harvest Navy Captains and Generals all day without worrying about my shields. I think this is because the BS shield recharge has been increased to such a rate that the npc ships can't damage me fast enough. The only thing that even affects the shield bar now is the Cruiser forward gun.

There used to be a little bit of skill and danger in doing this but now there isn't any. I'm wondering - has anyone had a BS duel since 479? If the npc Dreadnoughts had the same shields, I doubt we'd be able to hurt each other, or it would take me a very long time to kill them.

The recharge has been increased too much I think. I suggest reducing it to something like it was, or have bs weapons deal more damage (which I think they should - compare a Nomad turret to a codename gun - pathetic!) I thought the recharge was OK before - the only problem was the F1 trick.

I'm guessing this change, if it stays, will make shield stripping turrets like Tizona essential for bs battles. I'm a bit of a purist though and I want to keep my Nomad turrets - but I think they'll now only be useful for one-sided battles with npcs or trade ships.

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Role-played characters:
daedalus - Liberty Navy
bandersnatch - Ruthless criminal possessed by a (huge) alien
Shredder - Small-time Kusari pirate, looking to join the Blood Dragons

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