User blog comment:Captain rudder guy Kevin1/The appearance of shields and their implications on role play and the ROE./@comment-10905876-20160902235204/@comment-32153758-20160903000428

I think shields should at least be restricted to very powerful one of a kind ships, because I feel that massproducing such a thing wouldn't exactly be very balanced. Shields would probably require a lot of power, so that's why it should be stuck on those super capital leader ships, which have the power capacity to do so.

I honestly see no point in making shields, as it's effectively like giving people the power to call out timeout in tag. By allowing shields, we show that we truly are leaving our roots, BSC the game, and going into what we are now, your typical sci-fi RP.

And that, frankly, stings my heart.