Beelzebubb: Ive noticed that having shield recharge rate set to anything above normal seems pointless. Even when set to max, the recharge rate is stupidly slow.

Lasers on the otherhand regenerate fast(er) and when I need shields I just convert Laser power directly to shields.

Im not sure If that made any sense.

gobdav: I know what you mean. My shields rarely ever get above "normal" and I just transfer laser energy over to them when needed. Notice, though, that if you set it on Minimum, the charge will decrease at the same rate as the lasers, or thereabouts. I'm thinking the shield recharge rate is bugged maybe.

Tarvis: Just one thing to note, the time it takes for your lasers to charge back after transferring them to Shields is the same amount of time it would have taken the Shield Recharge to charge that amount of shields. It's all equivalent. Getting shields from lasers just SEEMS better because it's instant gratification. If your lasers are totally drained but on max recharge rate, and your shields at maintenance level, and you direct lasers into shields as it charges, it will charge at the same rate as maximum shield transfer is.

Also, if you have both lasers and shield recharges on max, it makes your shields charge twice as fast if you sink your lasers into shields as well.

The whole point of having all the options is to allow you to prioritize survival and evasion VS attacking depending on your current needs. When you shunt lasers into shields, you are losing your attack capability for some time, whereas if you charged that amount with the Shield recharge instead, you would not lose it.