buff shields nerf hull

[EisenSeele]

Right now in my opinion hull is OP (especially with the armor upgrades), and shields are wayy underpowered.

You've got it in reverse. Shields are what make ship-classes so different. The whole gap between Shield regen of a particular ship and the DPS potential of another particular ship is the largest consideration in whether or not an attack is viable. If you think about it, class offensive capabilities are balanced in large part against the shields of what said class is supposed to be fighting.

For instance, fighter DPS can handle the shields of fighters/bombers/freighters/gunboats, but requires much larger amounts of players to balance or overcome battleship shields. Even battleships that are piloted by complete idiots can easily survive one or two snubs even by flying in a straight line because their shield regen more or less can neutralize the fighter dps.

Also, shields are the MOST important defensive asset of snubs, given that shield points are free and can regenerate - it allows fighters/bombers to soak damage and regenerate without having any lasting damage - while allowing them to deal damage consistently without worrying about dying.

In the same way, shields are the MOST important defensive asset for caps - given that they render smaller shipclasses less effective against them (or rather useless), depending on their regen - and inter-class cap warfare is entirely based on the smaller cap kiting like a bomber would, dealing damage while shields soak up damage, and then leaving to regenerate.

Shields are much more important than hull. Shields determine whether you survive or not, and hull just tells you how long you've got before you die.

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