The Nomad City shield is not actually a shield. As I said earlier, it is technically a trade lane. This type of"shield" takes energy damage as well as shield damage. This is why Ion Cannons, although they don't do shield damage, will still damage the Nomad City "shield".
(08-25-2020, 09:14 AM)Thunderer Wrote: The Nomad City shield is not actually a shield. As I said earlier, it is technically a trade lane. This type of"shield" takes energy damage as well as shield damage. This is why Ion Cannons, although they don't do shield damage, will still damage the Nomad City "shield".
After a little test in SP I concluded, we need to gather a whole server playerbase (85 for sure) for this campaign, give them a Dunkirk with at least six Ion Blasters and release all shoots at the same time.
(08-24-2020, 09:40 PM)Thunderer Wrote: If you don't already have a Bretonian capital ship, the Bretonian Government can fund a number of no armour Invincibles with full pulses.
The Nomad City shield is not actually a shield. As I said earlier, it is technically a trade lane. This type of"shield" takes energy damage as well as shield damage. This is why Ion Cannons, although they don't do shield damage, will still damage the Nomad City "shield".
All shields take half hull damage + energy damage (generally 0 on non-pulse weapons), but that value is modified by the weapon type, which for Ion Blasters looks like this: