make excess damage bleed over

[Badperson]

I've also had some 'Huh??' moments when you fire a weapon at a ship that would normally do enormous damage, but that tiny bit of shield they have left somehow 'absorbs' the whole thing. If a shield has only 10% capacity left and you're hit by a snac or nova, it shouldn't just only effect the shield. How would it be possible to deflect the entire amount of energy of the weapon, when it would have been overwhelmed right off the bat?

I am in favor. And at the very least on NPC's since you can get stuck on one forever over its ability to get back the slightest bit of shield power.

I agree with this. The fact that even a Starflier can survive a Hvy. Mortar hit (as many as it can, actually) with only 0.1% Sentry LF Shield up is ridiculous.