Tevarin Shields

Shadow Reaper

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Okay so, I was thinking again about the wee little Razor EX as a stealth recon spotter for the Polaris, especially nice it has such a tiny radar cross section, comes with stealth armor and ought to be near impossible to catch if it is sighted, and I was thinking about the pair of S2 scatterguns it carries. They do a ton of damage, but only at very close range. You don't want to fight with this ship, but if you're flying recon and a Vanduul escort spots you, it would be nice to think you could take him out. With about 2,000 DPS you might do that with the tiny Razor, but would you get your ass shot off trying?

So I'm thinking about this and it occurs to me, if you had Tevarin shields maybe you could have at. Remember the skinny is supposedly the Tevarin shields are highly directional, and though they only cover a small portion of the ship, they cover it really well. If you had a decent shield covering the nose of your Razor, you could straif an enemy pretty effectively at close range, given it has such powerful guns, super high lateral accelerations, and tiny target. You could joust with this. So what is the chance you can replace the Razor's two small shields with Tevarin shields?

So I looked and who'da thunk the Prowler comes with two, small shields? Special shields. They're "Shimmer" shields. Only they're not that special. They come stock in the Sabre (which gets 4 of them) and the Avenger, and so far as I'm aware, those are not directional. Is that right?

Best laid plans of mice and men. . .at least I learned the shields on the Prowler are planned to suck.

Anyone know anything about the Tevarin Shields? Is that gonna be a thing?
 
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I can like both comments here and be happy. I love theorycrafting and I think the @Shadow Reaper has a good idea, as Lore goes. Currently Shields are not as directional as the Tevarin lore would allow, if only because they haven't coded them properly in game yet. Too much time? perhaps. I think it's just enough time for the state of an alpha to explore possibilities before and as they are implemented.
 
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@Shadow Reaper , if I'm not mistaken, isn't the Banu Defender supposed to have some sort of Tevarin Shielding? If I'm wright, then if all goes right in regards to the BD, you'll find out more info on that near the end of June.
 
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theorycrafting in Alpha is for people with too much time on their hands
Would you rather be theorycrafting or washing the dishes or your laundry by hand? 😉
 

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Would you rather be theorycrafting or washing the dishes or your laundry by hand? 😉
Now I'm intrigued,
my interest is piqued!
See I wanna know,
and I'll ask to make it so:
why are those the only two options?
 

NaffNaffBobFace

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Now I'm intrigued,
my interest is piqued!
See I wanna know,
and I'll ask to make it so:
why are those the only two options?
They were the most time consuming menial tasks with automated solutions that do the work for you (dish washer, washing machine) I could think of. 🙂

Automation gives you time on your hands (or is supposed to)
 
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NaffNaffBobFace

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Ahh. NaffNaff hasn't figured it out. If you theorcraft while doing either the dishes or laundry, you can be banned from doing the dishes or laundry. Just saying.
I must look into this immediately.
 

maynard

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Would you rather be theorycrafting or washing the dishes or your laundry by hand? 😉
I do my theorycrafting as I wash my dishes, one by one
They were the most time consuming menial tasks with automated solutions that do the work for you...
doing laundry by hand might be better than the laundromats around here
 

maynard

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...If you theorcraft while doing either the dishes or laundry, you can be banned from doing the dishes or laundry. Just saying.
oh, noes!

I live alone

if I'm banned from dishwashing and laundry, they will never get done!
 
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