I think they should as their is no downside to stacking as much shield as possible.

Currently damage mods receive a stacking penalty (or they're supposed to ), so do shield regulators and Armour mods receive a penalty to movement speed.

I think adding a penalty would still give people a nice health buff to those who still decide to stack but may also encourage some players to add a bit more diversity to their fittings.

I'd like to know other players opinions on this and whether they agree or disagree.

No, shield extenders should increase signature radius, making them easier to spot on radar.

Why does it matter to you how diverse other peoples fits are?

Just leave it be shields are the only things that protect you from redline snipers. Plus with the new shield equipment coming in does it really matter?

No, shield extenders should increase signature radius, making them easier to spot on radar.

If you're putting stacking penalties on shield extenders, you need to put them on armor plates too, since they're two sides of the same coin.

Armour already has a penalty to your movement speed, 10% for complex mods I believe

If not a stacking penalty then it needs to take up much more cpu and pg or make it easier to see on the radar for sure.

That's a penalty to the for the plate, not for stacking. As far as I know, only percentage based modules get stacking penalties. Which has to do with the math, since stalking would give you increased returns otherwise, 1.21 instead of 1.20 for damage mods for instance.

no

btw i thought shield extenders already increased sig radius? thats what they do in eve, they should do it here... eves signature radius is different tho, it makes it easier to hit and target the person.

It may not be a stacking penalty, however it is a penalty non the less and quite a significant one at that. Stacking 2 complex armour mods would make you 20% slower.

I think they should as their is no downside to stacking as much shield as possible.

Currently damage mods receive a stacking penalty (or they're supposed to ), so do shield regulators and Armour mods receive a penalty to movement speed.

I think adding a penalty would still give people a nice health buff to those who still decide to stack but may also encourage some players to add a bit more diversity to their fittings.

I'd like to know other players opinions on this and whether they agree or disagree.

Feel I should add that I am coming at this purely from an infantry perspective, I don't have enough experience in vehicles to comment.

Um clearly you don't play Scout.... If you wanna stay alive you pretty much almost have to stack shields.... adding on a stack of shields would be STUPID!

Also have you considered that you are having to stack shield extenders because you are coming up against guys in assault suits who are also stacking shields with no penalty for doing so?

If no one used them then the game would get pretty flat and therfore boring. Nerfing them would only flatten things more, so instead of nerfing them, how about we buff other things so that their penalties are justified?

I haven't played to much in a scout, kinda sucks if your forced to run shield extenders to stay alive, is that not more of a balance issue with the suit itself though?

Also have you considered that you are having to stack shield extenders because you are coming up against guys in assault suits who are also stacking shields with no penalty for doing so?

No, shield extenders should increase signature radius, making them easier to spot on radar.

Penalize the damn shield stacking.
Do it.
Tired of Assaults getting all gung-ho on the battlefield just because they can tank in the higher tiers.
They're the only ones truly rewarded for getting spec'd up.

'it's the only thing that protects you from snipers' my a$$. Just over 400+ total HP is enough to keep you alive vs. all snipers cept a Thale's.

Give them a stacking penalty. They will cope. They are the most adaptable after all.
And it will finally balance them off with the other suits.
They take point blank shotgun rounds for goodness sake. lol

If no one used them then the game would get pretty flat and therfore boring. Nerfing them would only flatten things more, so instead of nerfing them, how about we buff other things so that their penalties are justified?