NERF SHIELDS

[colui]

they are just op and for tryharders, evey build with a shield is basically no skill

[ImHelping]

So you mean bubble shields which are awkward time wasters if humans use them at best, or shoulder shields which are nowhere near as helpful to humans needing to use their physical hands than the AI? Driving a lot of people to use the sphere coral shield because it is the least ♥♥♥♥ at actually stopping sudden explosions, rather than "good"

(I wish pulse shield wasn't trash. Emergency bubble has been mostly "This is why my killing shot is usually a basic horizontal missile hitting someone running away for five damage as the bubble ends)

I am way more annoyed by them in PvE missions because again, your pulse shield lasts for nothing, and do nothing against boss big attacks anyways. Or when you activate your bubble in reaction to their bubble, and yours still runs out first when they are not even hitting you.

Human with a shoulder shield, Oh good they didn't bring an extra weapon.
AI with a shoulder shield "Well that is an extra 30-60 seconds of my life wasted per stagger..."

[Sabaithal]

Solution: Vertical plasma missiles.

Bypasses shields, does decent damage, and are ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ impossible to avoid.

[DarukaEon]

The only reason why I'm all for shields is cuz you got the Zimmers that just wanna Zimm and the missiles boaters that paid $60 to just run away. 😂

[Citizen of Zozo]

They were nerfed. Just not enough, really. It's pretty wacky in meta fights where Zim/Shielders fight each other and it becomes a contest of who will miss parries first.

Originally posted by Sabaithal:

Solution: Vertical plasma missiles.

Bypasses shields, does decent damage, and are ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ impossible to avoid.

I don't know about impossible. They are avoided by just ascending when they come down. Most kite AC's avoid them naturally without even having to deliberately do anything.
You're right that they're good missiles but it's not like they're best in slot. They're effective against some AC's and don't do much against others. Skybox Lamm Kite can basically just ignore them completely.

The closest thing to a 'solution' for shields is sustained fire. Shields can only counter burst. Etsujin's, rifles, and even pistols do well against them. Split/homing missiles are also good as blocking with a shield slows the shield-user down, making it more likely for those kinds of missiles to connect.

[Sabaithal]

Originally posted by Citizen of Zozo:

I don't know about impossible. They are avoided by just ascending when they come down. Most kite AC's avoid them naturally without even having to deliberately do anything.
You're right that they're good missiles but it's not like they're best in slot.

Not plasma missiles. Try them out and you'll see what I mean.

[REBirthTheEdge]

I thought shields are useless, but I guess this is a PvP side of thing.