Beam shields? how?

[kefremthemagus]

i know certain mobile suits have beam shields but how do i get them? they aren't listed under the shields menu.

[Aldain]

Beam shields afaik are built into certain left arms, you can tell which ones have it by the shield icon in the menu.

Once you equip the arm that has a shield you then also need to equip the shield in the Shield menu (usually named "Beam Shield" of some sort).

Yeah, it's grating to deal with, and it's also odd that there aren't any non-arm locked beam shields as far as I know, though I could be wrong.

[Tenshu]

Originally posted by Aldain:

Beam shields afaik are built into certain left arms, you can tell which ones have it by the shield icon in the menu.

Once you equip the arm that has a shield you then also need to equip the shield in the Shield menu (usually named "Beam Shield" of some sort).

Yeah, it's grating to deal with, and it's also odd that there aren't any non-arm locked beam shields as far as I know, though I could be wrong.

Also note unlike GB3, you don't have to feel gimped for picking the built in options. They come with their own star rating, level, and abilities this time around.

They're also not any non-arm locked beam shields because afaik the ones that exist function because of a beam shield generator built onto the arm itself in-verse.

[Aldain]

Originally posted by Tenshu:

Originally posted by Aldain:

Beam shields afaik are built into certain left arms, you can tell which ones have it by the shield icon in the menu.

Once you equip the arm that has a shield you then also need to equip the shield in the Shield menu (usually named "Beam Shield" of some sort).

Yeah, it's grating to deal with, and it's also odd that there aren't any non-arm locked beam shields as far as I know, though I could be wrong.

Also note unlike GB3, you don't have to feel gimped for picking the built in options. They come with their own star rating, level, and abilities this time around.

They're also not any non-arm locked beam shields because afaik the ones that exist function because of a beam shield generator built onto the arm itself in-verse.

Part of me wishes that there was a Builders part that was a beam shield generator so the shape/color could be customized on any arm, though I'd imagine that would be a nightmare to code for since the shield's statistics would have no base to come from unlike the current setup.

[Raos]

Originally posted by Aldain:

Originally posted by Tenshu:

Also note unlike GB3, you don't have to feel gimped for picking the built in options. They come with their own star rating, level, and abilities this time around.

They're also not any non-arm locked beam shields because afaik the ones that exist function because of a beam shield generator built onto the arm itself in-verse.

Part of me wishes that there was a Builders part that was a beam shield generator so the shape/color could be customized on any arm, though I'd imagine that would be a nightmare to code for since the shield's statistics would have no base to come from unlike the current setup.

Beam shield generators built into arm parts are already jank enough as it is. They often disappear from a gunpla's arm when the gunpla does any sort of emote involving moving its arms.