Just an example how broken the balance of this game is when a medium fighter can't bring the shields down of a heavy fighter with 4x size 3 laser repeaters. Why does FR-76 have the regen of a stealth shield with double the HP pool. Coooome on CIG get someone to look at those xml files (consult with some of the expert players). It's low hanging fruit to improving the game. Edit: Adding a video I just made in another context, illustrating the issue... Edit 26th of March: Since this thread is still getting replies, I have to say I changed my opinion somewhat. CIG needs to fix the servers ASAP, so we can see what kind of damage weapons do to shields with the actual stats. Balancing around broken servers is not the way forward. Fixing the servers are (bringing them back to an acceptable level), then review the weapons/shields balance. Sorry to all those that contributed and wasted time on my rant.