Shield Integrity vs Optimal Strength

[Furry Eskimo]

Anyone know the difference?

I'm about to upgrade my shields and am trying to decide what I want. In the the past I've gone with thermal resistance, but now I'm considering reinforced shields.

[Straight White Male]

Reinforced are the best on an A or prismatic shield,
I wouldn't put it on a bi-weave.
Try it using this. https://coriolis.io/

[Noble 6]

shield integrity?
as far as i know that doesn't exist.

optimal strength (i think...) means the
max hp your shields have when they are 100% "charged".
prismatic for example have a very high optimal strength.

[Furry Eskimo]

That's what I thought. Optimal strength is listed under reinforced shields.
Thing is, "Integrity" is listed under thermal resistant shields. Idk what it affects..

It's silly, but I'm using bi-weave on my corvette. I expected it to be really bad, and it was, but then I installed a guardian shield booster or two and Wow, it's so much better. Right now I'm just trying to make it Great.

[John Titor]

Strength = shields
Integrity = module hp

[Straight White Male]

https://s.orbis.zone/42d3
Look at that one, then swap out the prismatic for a bi-weave once.

[Furry Eskimo]

Publicado originalmente por zantar:

https://s.orbis.zone/42d3
Look at that one, then swap out the prismatic for a bi-weave once.

I'm having a little trouble telling what I'm looking at.. Sorry..
I managed to swap out the shields for bi-weave, but now what? I'm afraid I don't really know how these numbers relate to actual combat. Usually I test out a module in combat before engineering it, but the prismatic shields are SO expensive, and personally, I like fast regen.

[AISTHESIS]

By definition:

Integrity = durability, I believe this is how much damage the module itself can take from everything like internal overheat and prolonged use perhaps.

Optimal Strength = total incoming damage blocked from other components and hull perhaps.

Your shield may block (optimal strength 1000) 1000 damage but at 50 damage armor piercing shot to the shield module may kill it (exceeding shield integrity of 50).

By definition this is how these would work. I do not know if this is how they actually work. Someone needs to verify or add more info.

[Furry Eskimo]

All done upgrading for now, thanks.
I don't have Nearly the resistance level you're suggesting, but I have guardian hull upgrades and module upgrades to boot. I try and build ballenced ships. I fight NPCs and do random missions that catch my eye. I know I could be an unkillable beast with 1000 times more shields than anyone could ever take down, but I don't need that. Decent regend and defense is enough, for now at least.
I'll upgrade a shield booster or two and see if that helps, bight right now I have a few point defense modules. They're fun and help make sure that explosives can Never be used against me, my fighter, or my wing.

[Furry Eskimo]

Oh, btw, does piercing damage just, ignore shields? I haven' used missiles for a long time.. If I target a ship's shield generator with a torpedo, and I one shot it?? And can they be engineered? I've never looked into using them because of their terribly low ammo count.

[John Titor]

Publicado originalmente por Furry Eskimo:

Oh, btw, does piercing damage just, ignore shields?

No. All ships have a base hull resistance. Piercing helps defeat that.
Edit: called hull hardness

Publicado originalmente por Furry Eskimo:

... If I target a ship's shield generator with a torpedo, and I one shot it?? And can they be engineered? I've never looked into using them because of their terribly low ammo count.

Your wording is awkward. Torpedoes with a specific experimental (phasing sequence?) can damage shield integrity directly.

[Furry Eskimo]

Yeah, sorry, idk the specifics of how damage works.. Usually I just try to get bigger numbers, even though damage is way more complex than that..