Matt said that for now, each ship type will have all the same shields. Does that mean that the Gladiator now has the same shield as the Hornet, or the Vanguard has the same shield as the Sabre?asked by Ethnite
TL;DRShields are fixed per ship type, so ships keep distinct shield setups but components can't be swapped between ships, to avoid breaking the system while components are still being tuned.
No, no, that means all the Avengers will have the same shield on them. The Constellation has its shield set for it. So the Gladiator has its own shield setup fixed to that ship right now. So there are still going to be differences between the ships. You just won't be able to move the shield components around between the ships.
Yeah, the main reason for this has to do with the changing numbers, and how quickly and easily this can break the system when we don't have 100% of the components tuned up yet. If you'd like an example of this, go ahead and look at the Vanguard in PTU.
I've said a few times that we're very much spinning plates as we get a lot of these components set up, and no one wants to clean up a bunch of broken plates, so we're focusing on the spinning.