I will throw in some leading questions.

What powers are good to pair with a force field?
Field Surge is a must I would think since with PFF it adds twice as much protection as another bubble defense.

Depending on Pre Protection field would seem to be a good addition too? If it is highish then an additional bubble should add a lot of extra mitigation when the PFF is getting low (and then regenning slower as a result).

Since blocking increases the rate of field regen - would a passive aoe be useful for getting agro - if tanking is the goal that is. maybe Sparkstorm with the advantage, something with aoe+ dots, maybe pets. I kinda love Fissure on one character(not a PFF build), as for a 1 second charge you get 10 seconds of aoe damage + chance to knockdown.

Since more extended blocking might be useful to the build, to give more time for the shield to regen, what about a damage shield? Like Electric or Ebon, or even Wind Barrier to push everything back and reduce incoming damage even further (well except for immune bosses).

'What stats should I take' would only matter for the type of build I believe, as it just scales on SS, so it would all depend on the final role and concept and attacking powers?

Hopefully that covers a lot of basic questions people might have.

I only ever use Field Surge on my PFF characters, solely for the shield restoration. With the upcoming changes the overshield on it will be taking damage before PFF does, so there's a damage buffer with it to get your shield regenerated. My latest character uses dodge/avoidance so I also have Masterful Dodge which also works quite well.

As far as I know, the shield layering in regards to Protection Field and PFF have not been touched on PTS so taking Protection Field or Mindful Reinforcement would only be used in the event that you expect your shield to be down all the time.

If said AoE has challenging strikes then go for it. Whenever I did my tanking with PFF all I really needed to do was lunge in and tap Force Eruption with C. Strikes on it to get the attention of enemies. Ranged AoE with challenging strikes is also a good opener for getting aggro from enemies.

I'll have to give damage shields a run through with the passive but as far as Wind Barrier, that would be a good one to take, especially if the enemies are melee. The more time they take getting to you the more time your shield has to regen.

Take the superstats you feel would fit your character best. Protogen is themed as a tech mercenary and is ranged. So his superstats are Ego primary, Dex/Int secondary. Kr'yshte is my other PFF character. She's a crit intensive TK Blader. Dex primary, Ego/Rec secondaries. She also has dodge/avoidance stacked whereas Protogen has Defense stacked. My next character to use PFF I'm going to try and use completely different stats.

Hey Cyrone,

I know that blocking makes the shield regen faster but is this based on the current shield strength or no? If I let the shield get to say half of its strength and block will it regen faster then if I let it go down to 1/4 strength and block?

Seeing that dodging does help out is 50% dodge the magic number to hit for on a build?

woops, forgot you made a new thread for PFF Q&A, I guess you could answer here the questions i just made on the other PFF thread?

Does Laser Knight's resistance come before or after PFF?

What stats do you recommend to really beef up PFF, as well as some of the other force framework shields? Also, any tips for a PFF Impulse AT who can't do things like take masterful dodge?

The resistance comes before the shield.

I don't have any real recommendations for beefing up PFF. Int is a good stat to have for cool down reduction on Field Surge, but this can also be achieved through specs and gear. As for the Impulse AT I will work on one to be of more help with it.

Seems pretty sound, your choice in Havok Stomp. If you'd like, feel free to post your build and I'll give you more help on it.

As for Unbreakable, you don't really need it if you start the fights with Masterful Dodge and pop Field Surge during the fight. I do that on my TK Blader. Nanobot Swarm, to me, is a sound choice to have your active defenses come back faster.

I find some mobs will totally kill me by damaging me directly at my hp without going through the shield.
Died a dozen times or more with the shield still on more than half the strength at Canada powerhouse viper training.
Those henchmen has hp of 25k, more hp than their super villains and has attacks that goes right through pff.
Another reason to not pick pff...