Advanced Shield Capacitor

Advanced Shield Capacitor is a suit slot enhancement available to all non-MAX classes. It is fully unlocked by default for the Light Assault, the Engineer starts with level 1 unlocked, and it is unlocked and upgraded for other classes using Certification Points.

Advanced Shield Capacitor reduces the time taken for a damaged or depleted personal shield to recharge considerably, and reduces the delay before your shield begins recharging by 1 second.

Advanced Shield Capacitor's recharge delay bonus does not stack with the same bonus found on the Survivalist implant, though will stack with the Engineer's Quick Shield Recovery passive certification.

Effects
Without any external modifications, the time taken for an infantryman's shield to recharge from empty is 12 seconds.
 * First, a recharge delay is incurred before any recharging begins, where the player must survive 6 seconds without receiving damage from any source.
 * Once the recharge delay has passed, it takes a total of 6 seconds for shielding to recharge from empty.

The first level of Advanced Shield Capacitor will lowering the recharge time from 6 seconds to 4 seconds, with each level decreasing that time by an additional 0.25 seconds, down to 3 seconds at level 5.

With level 1 of Advanced Shield Capacitor, the recharge delay is reduced to 5 seconds, and the recharge time is reduced to 4 seconds, for a total recharge time from empty of 9 seconds.

At level 5, the recharge delay is similarly reduced to 5 seconds, and the recharge time is further reduced to 3 seconds, for a total recharge time from empty of 8 seconds.

In all scenarios, an Engineer's recharge delay and overall time taken is reduced by 2 seconds, thanks to the Quick Shield Recovery passive certification.

Certifications
"Increases the recharge rate of your personal shield."

History

 * July 26, 2017 Update
 * Personal Shields
 * Shield delay before recharging from 10 sec. to 6 sec.
 * Engineer shield recharge delay from 8 sec. to 4 sec.
 * Shields regeneration rate from 4 sec. to 6 sec.
 * The Adv. Shield Capacitor cert line now increases the rate at which shield health recharges, instead of reducing the delay before regenerates:
 * Rank 1: Shields regen over 4 sec.
 * Rank 2: Shields regen over 3.75 sec.
 * Rank 3: Shields regen over 3.50 sec.
 * Rank 4: Shields regen over 3.25 sec.
 * Rank 5: Shields regen over 3 sec.
 * July 31, 2017 Hotfix
 * Updated Advanced Shield Capacitor description to reflect the new functionality.
 * July 25, 2019 Update
 * NSO Combat Medic and Heavy Assault now have access to the Advanced Shield Capacitor suit slot.
 * Advanced Shield Capacitor now reduces shield recharge delay by 1 second, in addition to its pre-existing benefit. (This benefit does not stack with Survivalist implant.)
 * Dev Note: This change should help bring ASC back into a more competitive place with certain loadouts.