why cap ships shouldnt have shields and neither should nomads

[masternerdguy]

1. In Freelancer universe, no cap ship has shields except when discovery is installed
   
2. Nomad ships never had generators
   

Ok, here it goes. In freelancer, it was explained by a bar npc that shields are too unstable to be used on capital ships, and cloaks as well since cloaking was just a variant of the technology. The reason given is that it takes the output of power of more than a single battleship to put a stable shield online.

Secondly, nomads never had shield capability. They do not use shields at all.

*hides*:unsure:

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[Quorg]

I actually like that idea, and don't really understand why shields were added to Nomad and Capship NPC's.

I'm sure there was some reason for it.

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[globalplayer-svk]

1. In Freelancer universe, no cap ship has shields except when discovery is installed
   
2. Nomad ships never had generators
   

Ok, here it goes. In freelancer, it was explained by a bar npc that shields are too unstable to be used on capital ships, and cloaks as well since cloaking was just a variant of the technology. The reason given is that it takes the output of power of more than a single battleship to put a stable shield online.

Secondly, nomads never had shield capability. They do not use shields at all.

*hides*:unsure:

1: in freelancer universe you can not pilot capital ship
2:in freelancer universe you can fly with maybe 40 ships.
3 : in disco you can fly with a lot more ships
4: nomads(keepers) are players too, or you think that it good opinion to take their shiles back? when yes, tehn have you looked on original nomad guns stats? give them that guns back too...
5: in freelancer universe, order is able to use cloak technology. (imagine hutners crying because order has invisible ships.)
6:in freelancer universe you dont have so much systems as here...
7: corsairs was the only faction with shieldbusters...
8: dont forget that fwew nomad figters destroyed whole freeport... (like idea of nomad light fighters with weapons stronger that supernova?)
9:and. nomad ships able to cloak was also presented in original freelancer. like that idea?
10: and this can continue to 823 or so ...
disco is evolution of freelancer.... and evolution are changes...,

and quorg, why? maybe because lot of player just farmed them. and in rp, nomad bs is able to destroy more as one human bs ...

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[Nightmouse]

Because otherwise,, the most powerful ships in Disco (caps and nommies) would be the easiest targets.
Plus, I believe if you remove the shield slot from the NPCs, the players lose them as well. Keepers without shields, yummi.

[Exile]

Nomads don't use shields as Humans do. They use 'Veils'. Micro organism protecting the ships. Read the infocards on the shields or even the Nomad Lore. Hell, they even have a cool special effect that shows its not a normal shield.

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[masternerdguy]

Because otherwise,, the most powerful ships in Disco (caps and nommies) would be the easiest targets.
Plus, I believe if you remove the shield slot from the NPCs, the players lose them as well. Keepers without shields, yummi.

i would like to see both groups lose shields, cruisers, battleships, and gunboats need to lose the shields. Things can be balanced.

Think of all the lolwutters this would stop.

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[FooFighter]

One simple word: balancing.

Have you ever been in a cap vs cap fight? When your shields go offline, your screen starts to shake horribly. Sure, you can still hit other caps, but only because they are seriously big targets and hard to miss.

Now, let's put you into a fighter. Let's see if you can hit your opponent while your screen is shaking like there's no tomorrow.

[masternerdguy]

Nomads don't use shields as Humans do. They use 'Veils'. Micro organism protecting the ships. Read the infocards on the shields or even the Nomad Lore. Hell, they even have a cool special effect that shows its not a normal shield.

yes, but the point is they never used to use a shield. a shield for our purposes is anything that stops damage from entering armor.:rtfm:

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[mwerte]

Remember that what that big thing around the Dyson sphere was? Hmmm, oh, a SHIELD!

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[masternerdguy]

Remember that what that big thing around the Dyson sphere was? Hmmm, oh, a SHIELD!

yes! but did their fighters have it?No

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