Phased Weapons vs Phased Shields???

[Cyclop]

How can a Phased Polaron Beam penetrate a Phased Shield based off of these definitions:

Phased - Shield Generator: Generator which creates an energy field that cannot be penetrated by phased weapons.

Phased - Polaron Beam III :Multi-Phasic energy beam which can penetrate normal shields.

Is this an error in interpretation or a bug?

[General Woundwort]

Originally posted by Cyclop:
How can a Phased Polaron Beam penetrate a Phased Shield based off of these definitions:

Phased - Shield Generator: Generator which creates an energy field that cannot be penetrated by phased weapons.

Phased - Polaron Beam III :Multi-Phasic energy beam which can penetrate normal shields.

Is this an error in interpretation or a bug?

A Phased Shield is not a normal shield. Therefore a Phased-Polaron beam does not ignore a Phased shield. The Phased Shield is the defensive answer to the Phased Polaron beam.

[Atrocities]

A Phased Shield is not a normal shield. Therefore a Phased-Polaron beam does not ignore a Phased shield. The Phased Shield is the defensive answer to the Phased Polaron beam.

I have read that phased shields and armor are still not working correctly.

I have also read that "leaky armor" takes advantage of this and and is highly sought after in mods. Adamant, Star Trek, PON, and even TDM however I am not positive.

[Cyclop]

Ok. Based off of the two replies, this is a current bug that others have fixed with a leaky armor mod.

I am just trying to answer an issue in our current pbw game since a fleet using nothing more than Phased weapons tore through my Phased shields.

A reply in our forum was: "you are wrong.
Against phased shields, Phased beams work the normal way. Which means they have to deplete the shield's points to start dishing dommage. It is against non phased shields that phased beams are awfully strong as they skip them completely."

This is the answer I feel is true and is a bug in the game:

"A Phased Shield is not a normal shield. Therefore a Phased-Polaron beam does not ignore a Phased shield. The Phased Shield is the defensive answer to the Phased Polaron beam."

[Suicide Junkie]

Phased shields work perfectly fine. If they didn't the people 'round here would go nuts.

However, if you have ANY normal shield generators aboard your ship, they will disrupt the phased effect.

As soon as that normal shield generator is destroyed in combat, leaving only Phased generators, the shields will start blocking PPBs.

[oleg]

I am confused. AFAIK, there is no bug and phased shields work just fine. PPB does not skip phased shield Last time I checked