I would like to request that the shield mod be given a config option that forces diminishing returns when you add additional shield generators to a single ship.

By default, the diminishment would be 0%. This config option however would nerf each additional shield's capacity and regeneration by a particular percent.

For example, an extra shield might have a diminished return of 0.5, meaning it is 50% less effective. A full 1 diminishing config means that adding an extra shield means your other shield effectively adds no hitpoints or regeneration speed; you just have a backup shield so that if one module gets grinded down somehow, or destroyed, you're not totally without shields.

As such, with diminishing returns set to 0.5, this is how each shield generator would add more points.
Shield 1: 10,000 units
Shield 2: 5,000 units, totaling 15,000 units.
Shield 3: 2,500 units, totaling 17,500 units.
Shield 4: 1,250 units, totaling ‭18,750‬ units.
And so on.

Right now I have a major problem on my server where people just spam shields and combat becomes stagnant. If we eliminate shields entirely, people are too scared to engage in battle in the first place for fear of denting their beautiful ship.

Shields are not viable in a PVP server until such a feature is added, because even the most brokenly overpowered weapons on the workshop can be overcome by crazy shielding.