Even more layered shield builds with the Cyclops! This beast features 6 internal techs, a factory for resource selling/burning, and a full suite of Venture repair bubbles with GSO shields.
A demonstration of the difference in survivability between multitech layered shielding and standard tech shielding. The first run shows off how far the Cyclops can go down the enhanced R&D turret lane. All the way to the very end turret but not quite able to finish it off. The inside techs didn't quite settle properly at first, so there's a few bumps down the beginning of the turret lane. The second half shows the Cyclops not even getting to the last turret. Both runs I attempted to play the same. Hold down fire, move in and park over a turret until its destroyed then move to the next.
It's worth noting the inside techs get disabled by the incoming fire since even Venture repair bubbles aren't enough to keep them alive. I would expect even more skewed results in favor of layered shielding if I allowed everything to fully heal between turret fights. I've run this test a few times, and the results are consistently showing that layered shielding provides more a more efficient use of battery power against heavily armed threats such as those in the later parts of the enhanced turret lane.
