User blog comment:DamianDavis/Shield Parts (Borderlands 2)/@comment-24477515-20140128113657/@comment-5579314-20140131191524

Hey, thanks for taking an interest. I used purple and under because other rarities (like the Seraph Evolution) tend to play by a slightly different set of rules, or at least have a whole slew more exceptions I don't have a complete list of.

For standard shields, the parts really are indistinguishable; a Vladof Absorb shield made with Bandit battery, Pangolin body and Hyperion capacitor is the same in every way as another Vladof Absorb Shield with Pangolin battery, Bandit battery and Hyperion capacitor. If you're still interested in figuring out when and how other rarities change the rules, I could try to find time to remake the table by parts sometime this week.