It's annoying to me that I can hug a Capital Ship and have a picnic while wailing on it's shields. If shields were to more heavily damage a vessel's structure on collision it'd make hugging them far less comfortable, and require more skill. Besides, one the shields are down one could sit out and eat a sandwich while enjoying the view of Deneb, for all the shields would care. Besides, I'd expect a shield to act more like a powerful wave of energy than a thin sheet of concrete wall.

good idea MegaMynt. I think sheilds should damage you heavily if you hit them as well :)

Actually my vison was kinda the opposite. It would be fun that shields "Pushed" you back... like elastics. So you could ram a cappie and be propelled backwards :D.
Fun times!

The blue forcefield on the exit ports of many stations seem to have that effect. I've rammed into a couple at turbo speeds, only bounce off, receiving minimal damage. And even then I think it was when I scraped the edge of the wall. That could be fun too.