what do you think about having the ability to equip a solid metal shield on one arm as a replacement for a second weapon?
The shield could passively increase your HP, or is could soak up damage if hit and have its own HP count, once it's hp reaches 0 it would be destroyed and your mech would drop it.
the shield would probably make your moment slower until dropped.
they could make different kinds of shields.
Very light - lowest shield hp/ hp gain, no movement loss, small size
Light - low shield hp/ hp gain, little movement loss, small size
Medium - average shield hp/ hp gain, average movement loss, average size
Heavy - high shield hp/ hp gain, very noticeable movement loss / uses jet fuel faster while flying, large size
Very heavy - lots of shield hp/ hp gain, even more movement loss / uses jet fuel even faster while flying, large size
Behemoth - Huge shield hp/ hp gain (almost as much hp as small mechs), same movement loss as very heavy / renders the user unable to jump/ fly at all, BIG size, maybe blocking some of the users vision from the cockpit, only usable by heavy class mechs.
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