LVL10 Champion Gravitron Shield?

Sat May 10, 2003 9:00 am by Cyrax

Where is it? The Outcast Sabre Ships own them, and is it in Malta?

Sat May 10, 2003 9:31 am by Kozmo

I haven't seen one, not to buy anyways. I have never seen a ship drop a shield so i think we are all out of luck

Sat May 10, 2003 12:40 pm by sp00n

not buyable.

modable, yes, but not buyable.

Sat May 10, 2003 8:03 pm by threepwood23

If I can't get a lvl 10, what's the next best graviton H.F shield and where can i get it?

By the way, what type of shield is best for MOST guns. I think the graviton is best against most of the guns people use in MP, but what do you think?

Sat May 10, 2003 8:43 pm by Gnavpot

I am a bit confused regarding shield types myself.

According to earlier postings, the weapons do 120% damage to the shields they are strong against, and 80% damage to the shields they are weak against.

But looking at hitpoints and regeneration rate, the graviton shield is approx. 33% stronger than the other shields. This means that graviton in some cases are stronger than the shield which is supposed to be strongest against a certain weapon type.

I do not think that it makes sense to design a game this way - especially because the graviton shields are the "standard" shields. So when you have bought a graviton shield in New York, there is not much reason exploring other systems to find a better shield in the same class. (Well, at least this is the case in the start of the game - later on, the "standard" shield is system/faction dependent.)

Some examples, for a L7 freighter shield and different weapon types with 100 damage per shot:

Tachyon, neutron:
Graviton, 5034/100 = 50.3 shots/shield
Positron. 3780/80 = 47.3 shots/shield
Molecular, 3780/120 = 31.9 shots/shield

Particle, plasma:
Graviton, 5034/120 = 42.0 shots/shield
Positron. 3780/100 = 37.8 shots/shield
Molecular, 3780/80 = 47.3 shots/shield

Laser, photon, pulse:
Graviton, 5034/80 = 62.9 shots/shield
Positron. 3780/120 = 31.9 shots/shield
Molecular, 3780/100 = 37.8 shots/shield

So when meeting particle or plasma weapons, the molecular shield is a little better than the graviton, but there are no situation where a positron is better. This completely destroys the paper/scissors/stone concept which seems to have been planned.

Sat May 10, 2003 9:24 pm by The pie

The highest level graviton shield is class 8, you get it when you buy the titan.
However, some mods let you buy class 10 graviton shields.

Ben

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