Energy shield damage distribution

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Ardagan
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Energy shield damage distribution

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Hi,

It seems to me that if I have more than one energy shield equipped, damage still goes to shields one-by-one.

Or it just seems to me that with 8 shields equipped, the more damage I received the faster they regen.

How does shield damage/regen works?

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Ardagan wrote:It seems to me that if I have more than one energy shield equipped, damage still goes to shields one-by-one.
It is true, and we can either say it is game mechanics, or a bug :)

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IMHO that should be considered a bug... or explicitly pointed in wiki/game.

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cant figure out how to equip shield armor is it just crafted with power armor and stuff?

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tangosuckagsc wrote:cant figure out how to equip shield armor is it just crafted with power armor and stuff?
When you select power armour it opens a menu where you can slot in the shields, solar panels, laser defence etc, all of which must be researched.

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Ardagan wrote:IMHO that should be considered a bug... or explicitly pointed in wiki/game.
I believe it's perfect as it is. If you have just enough reactors to cover your gear, you will start to slow down as soon as you take one hit because the reactors are charging all shields. So now your exoskeletons don't have enough power to get you away from taking damage, thereby damaging more of the shields.

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