Shawn Pierce
Wandering Incursion Exterminators
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Posted - 2011.11.21 20:01:00 -
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I figure most of you won't like this, but I'll say it anyway...
The shields in EVE don't work like the shields in Star Trek. In Star Trek, the ship is surrounded by a shield bubble. It does not conform at all to the shape of the ship itself.
"The Bird-of-Prey is coming around for another attack run!"
*outside camera shows shield bubble taking hits but no penetration whatsoever*
*inside camera shows bridge rocking violently back and forth ... bulkheads and auxiliary display screens explode ... crew members at those stations fly backwards and lay unmoving*
"Shield status?"
"Holding at seventy percent."
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Why the hell did those bulkheads and displays explode then? Why are there dead/injured crew members? There should have been no damage to the ship at all from a non-penetrating shield hit. Bothered me then, and still bothers me now.
**Note: Other spaceship shows and movies have adopted this same type of shield bubble thing. Nobody can seem to make a shield that conforms to the ship and that protects the ship until the shields are fully depleted. They really need to work on that...
Anyway...
The shields in EVE actually conform to the hull of the ship. Probably not exactly, but within say ... one meter or so. They have numerous emitters around the hull, bending the shield's protection so that it covers as little extra area as possible. The effects you see for hardeners are shown that way because of the shield conforming to the hull. When a weapon effect hits the shield, the graphics show it hitting the ship because the shield is so close to the hull.
"But what about the 'shield bubble' of POSes" you ask...
The shields of POSes conform to the tower itself, just like they do to ship hulls. The bubble that is projected is simply a barrier to keep unauthorized ships and asteroids/debris out. It cannot block weapons fire, though it does prevent targeting of anything inside the bubble except the POS tower itself.
There -- simple, believable explanations.
Maybe CCP can spruce up the shield hits, hopefully without resorting to non-conforming shield bubbles surrounding ships. |