I think enough people have stated that they are in favor of the shield amp getting a boost from 4 pathetic hours to match maybe the calming amp's 12 hour mark. 4 hours almost makes the artifact useless for committed and hardcore players that need the extended time to farm NPCs, which create costly hull repair expenses.

I would agree with this 100%

At the very least, make it 8 hours. Thats still three requried per day, which is harsh enough already.

Shields are so uneconomical compared to hull, and having a shield amplifier only makes shields EQUAL hull on decks/health.

When the Krionite Torpedo and Chaostatic Inhibitor was introduced into the game, shields have lost a certain power and consequently, the profession: Physicists has lost some prestige.

The shields shouldn't have been downgraded in the first place, but I really don't care much about it.

yeah... I was starting to research sheild techs now, but, with the new developments I think I'll probably back-burner them again..

oh what the hell i didnt notice they was nerfed to 4 hours... wow they suck now... in fact apart from the Prejoran Power-Diffuser all the updates this month have been bad