| Page Contents Current As of Patch: | 2023-03-29 |
Aegis Shield is an active ability available to the MAXes of the New Conglomerate. It is auto granted at rank 1, and upgraded using Certification Points.
While active, the Aegis shield disables the MAX's weapons and causes the user to draw their right arm across their body, projecting a riot shield from it. The shield remains active until it runs out of energy or the ability is turned off by the user, and absorbs all damage that strikes it, including splash damage in front of the MAX, preventing the user from receiving damage.
Aegis Shield has a maximum of 1500 energy, increased up to 2250 at rank 5, using the MAX's own resists to dictate damage received. The ability regenerates 80 energy per second with a 5 second delay before regeneration begins if destroyed. Using the shield drains 40 energy per second.
The shield will prevent any explosive damage received from passing through and damaging the MAX, and items which typically stick to MAXes (such as Anti-Vehicle Grenades, Nano-Repair Grenades, and Sticky Grenades) cannot stick to the shield. If the MAX was reloading an arm when they activated the shield, the process will continue to completion.
To activate this ability, press the Use Ability hotkey (F by default).
Mechanics[]
While active, an Aegis shield prevents any damage that strikes it from damaging the MAX itself, whether directly or indirect "splash" damage. Any damage it receives is drained from its energy pool, using the MAX's resists to dictate how much is drained. Modifiers to the MAX's resists such as Kinetic or Ordnance Armor will affect this calculation, further reducing energy drained from relevant damage types.
If the shield receives damage that exceeds its remaining energy, the excess damage will bleed over damaging the MAX itself and the shield will break, disabling the ability and forcing a five second delay before it begins to regenerate. The ability, if not currently under the break penalty, recharges at a constant rate of 80 energy per second while not active.
Only the abilities' maximum energy is affected by the certification, with the energy regeneration rate being a flat 80 per second—meaning that, at higher ranks, it takes longer to regenerate to full energy (although the same amount of health-per-second is recovered).
Certification[]
"Generates an energy Shield to absorb incoming head-on damage."
| Rank | Cost | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Auto Granted | Generates an energy shield with 1500 health to absorb incoming head-on damage. |
| 2 | 200 
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Increases Aegis Shield health by 300. |
| 3 | 400
|
Increases Aegis Shield health by 450. |
| 4 | 500
|
Increases Aegis Shield health by 600. |
| 5 | 1,000
|
Increases Aegis Shield health by 750. |
Effects[]
The following table describes the true effects of each certification rank using datamined values and/or values harvested from the Census API. Only changes from the base variant of the certification are noted after rank 1.
| True Effects | ||
|---|---|---|
| Rank | Effects | |
| 1 | No activation penalty or activation threshold. Consumes 40 energy per second. Recharges 80 energy per second. Energy capacity of 1500. | |
| 2 | Increases the capacity of the Aegis shield from 1500 to 1800. | |
| 3 | Increases the capacity of the Aegis shield from 1800 to 1950. | |
| 4 | Increases the capacity of the Aegis shield from 1950 to 2100. | |
| 5 | Increases the capacity of the Aegis shield from 2100 to 2250. | |
Media[]
Planetside 2 Aegis Shield Guide Planetside 2 Gameplay
Aegis Shield Guide by CAMIKAZE78
History[]
March 29, 2023 Update (MAX rebalance, New Abilities, Server Perf)
- While the shield is active, energy now drains at a rate of 40 per second.
- Energy recharge rate from 150 per second to 80 per second.
Dev Note: These changes reduce the overall uptime of the Aegis Shield, and force more conscious management of the energy resource.
November 17, 2022 Update (10-Year Anniversary)
- Health at maximum rank from 3000 to 2250.
- Energy regeneration rate no longer increases per rank.
- NC MAX's Aegis Shield should now block explosives.
- Fixed and updated Shader Visuals for NC Max's Aegis Shield
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