View source for Talk:Bi-Weave Shield Generator/@comment-188.143.127.86-20160109032000

I've done some crude testing tonught on my ship. Not too accurate, but enough get some perspective. Here are the results:

Ship: Diamondback Scout; 3A power distributor; 2x 0A shield booster; 3C shields (both cases)

Te numbers are: Time until regeneration kicked in (s), ~capacitor depleted, ~shield reactivated, ~shield regenerated to (approximately) full.

Normal shield + 2pips: 0:17 , 1:09 , 1:09 , 2:25

<span style="font-weight:normal;">Normal shield + 4pips: 0:18 , inf , 1:09 , 2:23</span>

<span style="font-weight:normal;">Bi-Weave </span><span style="font-weight:normal;">shield + 2pips: 0:16 , 0:36 , 0:59 , 2:10</span>

<span style="font-weight:normal;">Bi-Weave </span><span style="font-weight:normal;">shield + 4pips: 0:17 , inf , 0:47 , 1:25</span>

<span style="font-weight:normal;">Conlusion: The initial waiting time seems to be unaffected. With 4 pips on the capacitor it took 46% less time after the initial wait to full shields, which means almost DOUBLE regeneration speed. However with 2 pips on the capacitor it took only 12% less time </span><span style="font-weight:normal;">after the initial wait to full shields, which is almost NO IMPROVEMENT compared to a normal shield if you take into account, that the overall shield strength is a little less for the Bi-Weave.</span>

<span style="font-weight:normal;">So I'd say </span>whether <span style="font-weight:normal;">a Bi-Weave shield's a better choise, strongly depends on how many pips you can allocate to the shield capacitors averagely.</span>