Talk:Reinforced Deflectors/@comment-67.222.225.40-20151222163018/@comment-66.29.174.131-20151223213123

Not really, you can have damage cards and two hull left, but that one shield regeneration means you don't have to worry about a direct hit. It's damage mitigation in its activation, but still a shield regeneration.

Pure damage mitigation would mean you would just ignore one damage for any damage over 3.

Plus proton bombs and advanced homing misses can sneak under the shield

And not to mention that you don't get the shield until you suffer all the damage caused.

It really is different from damage mitigation and acts as a back up shield regeneration