Where are you? The corsairs have some seriously dangerous ships out in the outer regions and it's best to steer clear until you have a decent ship.

I have the Bretonian Freighter (Clydisdale or something like that) and i was just trading when attacked by 8 Corsairs (the smallests but they are still level 8!!) I barely survived; lost all my shields and hull repairs. What i mean is that sometimes, i get hit and lose some of my current shield and a few shield regenerators. I was asking if it's normal that i lose shield regenerators when hit? If i compare to a mediaval RPG, it's like being wounded and losing healing potions when getting hit by a sword thrust... I just find it weird.

I forgot to mention that i am in the New London and leeds systems but i will use more systems for trading soon when i get a Dromadair.

Edited by - martindemon on 14-05-2003 16:26:51

Hmm, I think I know what's happening, but I'm not 100% sure, so please correct me when I'm wrong:
You get hit - shield goes down - you hit F - shield loads up - you're down 3 batteries in one go or more?

That's normal; the bigger shields use up a couple of bats to fully recharge. The better the shield, the more bats it takes to fully recharge. Same with the nanobots.

I found that out the hard way. I was loaded up with shield batteries, thinking I had nothing to fear. When a shield would fail, I'd hit the 'F' key without even looking at the shields bar. Suddenly, I noticed I'd gone through all 15 shield batteries! Realistic, I suppose -- but unexpected. And the nanobots too. Used up 3 or 4 at a time.

if you read the description of the shield batteries, they only recharge 300 units of your shield. so if you have a shield that has 3000 units, it takes 10 to fill it all the way back up.

paks