Hiruga shield

Each shield has its advantages and disadvantages.
Depending on what sort of weapons you engage (particle, neutron, tachyon ect.)
The shield you're talking about has the highest capacity and the fastest recovering/recharge rate. But it is NOT the ultimate one vs. all weapons.
Different NPC's use different weapons.

I would not say it's better or worse than in 1.82. But I would say the NPC's got more "intelligent" how to rip you appart

Personally I think the shield in SMG system is better but alot of money and if you find your way out of the system without getting kill by mine or by our mates SMG.
But i think SMG sell the shield for a little over head ofc.

Depending on the original price (which is 7.1mil) a little fee should be paid Since you get to enjoy the amazing surroundings in Hiruga.
Unless you get caught having the shield stolen or being still trapped.

Well, there are 3 MK II shields and all of them are good. I prefer using another type of shield than the Adv Champ in Hiruga, thinking at which are the most used weapons

But, each one with his tastes. Try then, there are other chars of yours which will make a good use of the shields you didn't liked, instead of selling them to the NPCs...

shield effectivity against certain weapons variies by 10%
there are 3 shield types and i made sure that all of them have a high class weapon counter part
one type might be stronger against coalition weapons, one against ppcs, one against alien type weapons

there is none that is better than the other... they just have different strength and depending on which shields or weapons are used most on the server players can get an advantages using the correct counter part