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[SickDownlink]

I was not sure if i should post this in the "Special Equipment Suggestions Compendium" thread so to be safe i started a new one.

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.  

Like this


Discuss...

[JackDandy]

Sounds nice, and could really bring out the whole "Tank" aspect into an FPS-mech-sim-thing. Could prove interesting!

[The_Silencer]

Curiously I do have some few notes on something similar. So your idea was going somehow in the right direction, IMO.

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Hive mind_

[Flyingdebris]

I like the idea of a shield.  Its a easily visible trade off of speed and firepower for survivability

I'd imagine they could make the visual aesthetic of it work on the hawken mechs by  making it look something like the giant suspended armor panels on the steel battalion mechs, but hawkenified

http://www.armchaire... ... talion.jpg

[SickDownlink]

Flyingdebris said:

I like the idea of a shield.  Its a easily visible trade off of speed and firepower for survivability

I'd imagine they could make the visual aesthetic of it work on the hawken mechs by  making it look something like the giant suspended armor panels on the steel battalion mechs, but hawkenified

http://www.armchaire... ... talion.jpg

yea, sounds good. but...
i cant see your link D:

[Flyingdebris]

just a pic of a steel battalion mech off of google

[The_Silencer]

Yeah, the http error you get is forbidden..

[SickDownlink]

Bumbing to get more feed back, i think these would be a good replacement for the left hand weapon, leaving you with just a primary weapon. (the weaker weapons). could prove interesting.

[xXxTALONxXx]

I like it

Seems balanced.

Hopefully they'll try it out

Although instead of switching it off as reg weapon you should have a Defense weapon
slot.

cloak - full cloak not that predator wavy stuff
radar jam - cant lock on
hologram
heal bots - for other mechs w/o going into heal mode
etc......all based on time / fuel / mech class

and your shield

you chose one

[Ashfire908]

The_Silencer said:

Yeah, the http error you get is forbidden..

The server has hotlinking protection on. Manually copy and paste the url into the address bar of your browser and you can view it.

http://www.armchaire...l-battalion.jpg

[The_Silencer]

I'd like to see short duration and moderate defensive E shields which should require of some coherent micro-management in order to make them effective on the battlefield.

For example, Vs. enemy missiles, by calculating the distance and the speed of the rockets and having into account that you have only, let's say, 1 second to defend yourself via E-shield.

I think I'm not being redundant with this picture on here.

[SixSeconds]

If you could do that, then why not just let you shoot missiles down_

I don't really enjoy shields all that much; imho, they make skillful movement unnecessary.

[The_Silencer]

Well, concordantly man might also ask on whether counter-meassures may have a positive role or not too..

My idea would be some upgrade a pilot can use and which may subsequently suck up a great amount of his mech resources ( fuel..._ ).

And now that you asking for that I think that you've made a good point. Why man could not to zoom in and shoot down any incoming missiles by gunning them down, for example, with a minigun_.

[innociv]

I'd rather have a defensive weapon like flachettes to shoot down missiles easily than a shield to block stuff..

[SixSeconds]

Let's put it this way; my skills are in shooting. If I have the option to take a gun and a shield, there better be a damn good reason to do so instead of taking another gun. And if there is a damn good reason, then eventually the game will evolve to favour it; and since shields and missiles would probably be on the same hand, then no-one will have missiles anymore and shields will become useless. The only surviving left-hand weapon would be the sniper rifle. Which innociv would appreciate, I'm sure.

I'm actually leaning away from any sort of missile countermeasure at this point. Just let them be powerful; people will develop tactics to deal with them.

[3leggedFreak]

To spare you all from a lengthy post I'll just summarize my opinion in a simple sentence:

"Shields are for chickens!" :]

[The_Silencer]

SixSeconds said:

Let's put it this way; my skills are in shooting. If I have the option to take a gun and a shield, there better be a damn good reason to do so instead of taking another gun. And if there is a damn good reason, then eventually the game will evolve to favour it; and since shields and missiles would probably be on the same hand, then no-one will have missiles anymore and shields will become useless. The only surviving left-hand weapon would be the sniper rifle. Which innociv would appreciate, I'm sure.

I'm actually leaning away from any sort of missile countermeasure at this point. Just let them be powerful; people will develop tactics to deal with them.

I could agree on that. Although when I think about shields what comes to my mind is a moderate hunker shield with a coherent cooldown and precissely that and in that way in order to do not make missiles useless..

Once more, this is my personal view on the matter.

[SpudNick]

I think it should attach to the shoulder like a Zaku that way you can still have two weapons and a shield.

http://farm3.static.... ... fcda2d.jpg

It would give you more HP but lower your mobility and speed and maybe even how high you can jetpack. If they add Limb damage it should be given it's own hit box so it can protect the arms.

[Crow]

I say nay to shields. I like the game being fast paced and feel that shields will take away from that abit.

[SickDownlink]

More votes wanted.