Max shield of 2015

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  1. Remember my old post which showed max shields? heres the link!
    http://www.bigpoint.com/darkorbit/board/threads/max-shield-of-2014.39744/#post-313175
    This is an upgraded version on a more accurate scale since my shields didn't add up last time. This time I'm doing max shield for a citadel, vs a goliath. If I miss anything please correct me, Do not say that I am wrong, if you haven't double checked yourself. Now lets say M= max shield.
    A= amount of shield equipped on the ship
    B= 1.50 for double boosters
    C= 1.10 if it has Ship design (for bastion and other ships involving shield) 1.0 if no ship design
    D= 1.40 Seprom
    E= amount of shield on drones
    F= 1.15 for the lvl 16 drones
    G= 1.15 for the lvl 16 shields
    H= 1.35 Lvl 6 drones (1-6 visual effects) with herc equipped
    I= 1.10 for the heart formation
    J= 1.25 on the shield Pilot Bio
    10,000 is how much Shield power your Bo-2 provides (last time people complained about me randomly having 10,000 or not having it at all which I did..

    The answer for all ship's maximum shield would be calculated as:
    f(M)= (10,000A(B)(C)(D)(G)(I)(J))+(10,000E(B)(C)(D)(F)(G)(H)(I)(J))

    Goliath(M)=(10,000*15(1.5)(1.1)(1.4)(1.15)(1.1)(1.25)+(10,000*20(1.5)(1.1)(1.4)(1.15)(1.15)(1.35)(1.1)(1.25) which leads to=1,682,062 (less than my old one)
    Citadel(M)=(10,000*20(1.5)(1.0)(1.4)(1.15)(1.1)(1.25)+(10,0000*20(1.5)(1.0)(1.4)(1.15)(1.15)(1.35)(1.1)(1.25) which leads to=1,695,179 (better than my old one)


    Does this mean Citadel have more shields than goliath? :O How do people have 1.7 mill? did I calculate wrong? if this chart is right then then the max dmg should also be right.
    Max damage in one hit:
    M=Max shield
    D=damage

    function: f(D)=1/2M*1.85
    1.35+1.50 to get 1.85
    The max damage is actually 1,568,040 using the SAB-MO1, Detonation, and lance formation.
    Lasers are poop compared to that. XD
    If any calculation is wrong, please do reply, I will re-edit if you are right.
     
  2. The only actual error I can see so far is that maximum boosters for a single ship should be 1.55 (the multi-booster from Kappa Gate will add an extra 5%). Other than that, you might run into some calculation errors around the following:

    15% increase from Hercules drones
    I know it displays as a flat 35% on your screen, but in previous calculations it sometimes applied the Hercules bonus separately to the 20% drone level bonus. You would need to test with and without Hercules drones equipped to see whether the shieldpower is modified by 35% or 38% from the base value.

    Ship Design/Drone Formation bonus
    For some reason, these values seem to add together before applying (similar to boosters). So if both values apply, then it's a flat 20% increase, not 10% and then a further 10%. Again, you would need to test with and without a Drone Formation to determine the amount of increase.

    Those exceptions above might have changed. It all depends on what the developers have tweaked/fixed since I last attempted to calculate shieldpower amounts, but your formulas are fairly solid. The Citadel should have slightly more shields than a Goliath with everything maxed, but only just. The easiest way to test is to find someone who already has everything, ask them very nicely to post a screenshot or a figure for you, and work backwards from there (and then assume that D.O. has all of their own calculations correct, cause it can get a little screwy at times when they "update" things...)
     
  3. yamama

    yamama User

    Now, all this is done with double booster, level 16 shields, with and without designs on.

    1- This is 1 shield on ship. ( 10% shield from kick)
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    2- This is 1 shield on ship, without 10% bonus
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    3- 1 shield on drones, with herc. ( 10% shield from kick)
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    4- 1 shield on drone, no shield bonus and herc.
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    Now, max shield on running would be 57,488 *20 = 1,149,760. However, somehow i end up with a slight bit more shield with all 20 shields on drones. (enough shield to cover me 2 streuner shots :cool::cool::cool:)
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    So, for a goli max shields would be 1,149,800 + ( 36,225*15) = 1,693,175. Sadly i never noticed how much increase i get with a kappa booster to my shields, so im just ganna give you information i know is right.

    For a citadel. You have to remember that you dont get a 10% bonus because it has no shield designs. So you have (picture 4) (52,697*20)+ (33,207*20) = 1,053,940+ 664140 = 1,718,080.

    So as you can see, a goli is not so far behind a citadel shield wise.

    Hope this helps you out :), if you really want me to find the max shield i can run this test again ( i can run single shield and have 3 vru next to me which would become a total of 55% - a kappa booster).
     
    Last edited: Jan 18, 2015
  4. ramnik

    ramnik User

    dont see the point of having a tank in goli but in citadel is ok i reckon lol cos more hp : P
     
  5. TY guys, for the replies I did forget to add the kappa booster. Either way, the calculations are pretty close, goliath and citadel max is around 1.7 mill which should cover as much as a cube HP (1.6 mill) people can solo cube in a few seconds, even with 1.7mill shield you can be dead within 15 seconds? double configing is 3.4 mill shields and in a crab it can be very deadly since its as hard as soloing a UBK (UBK HP 3.2 mill)
     
  6. i think you need dmg to be deadly :p shield is cool but with 15 lasers i'll just sab you and kill you lol
     
  7. Dont be that sure!