Total Shields vs. Shield Recharge?

[Burusagi]

Which upgrade is superior?

[ShiroiWolf]

I'm of the view that if your shields are less than 200, you want Extra Shields. in this case, you just need more shots to be blocked. If it's over 200, you want Recharge. and if it's 200, basically, decide which is better for your ship.

Now there are of course other factors to consider is the ship a Knife-Edge Brawler/Tank? or is it going to hang in the back and fire lances?

And of course finally there's fleet consideration, Orks for example, Hull Points (HP)+ is just flat out better because of the fact that in ideal combat situations, they're going to be close as much as possible, or ramming.

[Burusagi]

The problem I'm seeing is that ships have so much Hull already, but most of them just have 100 Shields. The precentage gained is much higher with the Shield upgrade.

[Sevrun]

Originally posted by Alcohol Fueled Brewtality:

The problem I'm seeing is that ships have so much Hull already, but most of them just have 100 Shields. The precentage gained is much higher with the Shield upgrade.

Assuming your ships last long enough for the shields to recharge you get more gain but if they tear your ships down before the recharge is complete then the gain is only equal to the hull points.

[Beernchips]

Additional void shield is +100 shield everytime he recharges so 50 seconds
Shield regen rate reduce the recharge rate to 33 seconds. Now I let you do the math to see when its better :)

[Balthazzar]

Tbh I use the +100 shield and bonus regen on both Imps and Chaos for almost all ships. Since the longer the shields are actually taking the damage. There is less degradation to combat effectiveness. Due to lost of defensive turrets and chances of crit.