Star Trek: Armada III begins with the first stirrings of the Dominion War and allows players to take command of five unique factions, the United Federation of Planets, the Klingon Empire, the Romulan Star Empire, the Cardassian Union/Dominion Alliance, and the Borg Collective. Explore strange new worlds, seek out new life and new civilizations, and boldly go where no one has gone before.
Engagement at Grid A-15
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The running battle that resulted in the Cubes destruction at Sector 001.
We have adapted to your Shield Disruptor. Nebula-spamming is futile. Prepare for assimilation.
The Borg no longer have Shields. ;)
Captain, they've adapted!
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Why dont they have shields? I'm guessing it has to do with balance but still they normally did in the series.
Drones did, their ships didn't. Or if they did they functioned very, very differently from what other races would consider 'shields'. Before the Borg adapt weapons fire will rip apart their outer hull. Afterwards phasers have no effect whatsoever, even with direct hits to their hull. The Borg are much more advanced than the Federation and their defensive systems aren't well understood.
In-game, the Borg no longer have shields, both moving them closer to canon and making anti-shield weapons like the Nebula's shield disruptor much less effective against them (hence my original comment).
However, this should (theoretically) give you a better shot with the tachyon beam, ion cannon and heavy plasma torpedo. Huzzah!
aft torpedoes.. FULL SPREAD