shield - another noob question

[wilhil]

Hi

I have not tried both sorts, but when I clicked on show newer parts only or whatever it is called in design view it gets rid of shield v, and puts on photon shield ii (that is all i am upto) and I was wondering is this shield simply better than the normal shield, or should i build both,

basically can someone clear up to me, is photon just a improvement, or do they do diffrent things?

sorry about if this sounds rubbsih but i am a keen to learn noob! and i do not know much about the game!

[Phoenix-D]

Phased shields stop Phased Poleron Beams; normal shields don't. Against any other weapon, a regular Shield V is better than a Phased Shield II.

[wilhil]

can phased shilds stop normal weapons as well though, later on when i have a higher phased shild tech, are they better than normal shields?

[Phoenix-D]

Yes, they are. One other thing- don't mix them. Putting both types on means you just get normal shields; the phased effect is lost.

[Cyrien]

Yah... don't mix them. I found that out the hard way. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/tongue.gif

[wilhil]

so now i have got phased shields 5, I will just build them instead of normal shields, but also if i build the things that resupply will they do anything as it says it restores normal shields.

Thanks

[Suicide Junkie]

Shield regenerators don't care what type of shields you have; they work fine regardless.

[narf poit chez BOOM]

cheese?

[Ed Kolis]

No thanks. Spam? http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/tongue.gif

[Cyrien]

Mmmm... Spam... the state food of Hawaii. How can you go wrong with Spam?

[narf poit chez BOOM]

eat it.

taste it.

chomp it.

chew it.

think it's food.

think it's chow.

chow down on it.

munch it.

ingest it.

gum it.

sink your teeth in it.

sink your chops in it.

well, now you got a list.