Personal Force Field: How useful is it?

[japp_02]

This is a single upgrade for your multitool, but I don't find it that useful because I need to constantly keep the mouse button pressed to make it work. I can hardly use it for long against sentinels because my situation won't change much, and I surely cannot fire my weapons while using it. Or do I miss something?

Do you use it and do you find it useful?
Thanks,

[Xenomorph]

Nope. Either kill it or run.
Someow, i have a feeling the shield was implemented for something yet to come, such as MP co-op missions where a "tank" could be useful. But for now, its just a waste of space.

[dashiichi]

One thing you can do is to have the force field set as the default secondary weapon instead of one of the grenades. That way an accidental firing just puts up a "you dummy" light show instead of seeing a flash of light followed by a morose quote from Sun Tzu.

Can also be handy against the Walker if you run out of grenade juice and need to take it down with one of the projectile weapons. "Fire" the shield while the Walker's beam is sweeping across and then switch to your shooter when you have a clear shot.

[japp_02]

Thank you both, dashiichi, Xenomorph. Yes, that's what I'm thinking too, the multitool space is precious, so I'm going to dismantle it. However it could actually save your life if your health is down already against sentinels, and you keep pressed the mouse while running towards your ship or building, that's the only useful thing I can imagine. And yes, having it installed to impede accidental grenade launches, I have died many times because of that, and the pleasure to read some wisdom :)

[Phaota]

The shield is pretty pointless IMO since you can not just leave it on for a duration of time, but need to hold the controller button down to make it show and it is only a small array in front of you instead being a dome.

[Pul Myfinger]

Originally posted by japp_02:

This is a single upgrade for your multitool, but I don't find it that useful because I need to constantly keep the mouse button pressed to make it work. I can hardly use it for long against sentinels because my situation won't change much, and I surely cannot fire my weapons while using it. Or do I miss something?

Do you use it and do you find it useful?
Thanks,

I have never used it and thinking hard about dumping it.
Recently dumped the Combat Scope with no ill effect.

[NMSPlayer]

You ever pay attention to how a Quad attacks? He has two attacks and one defense. First, he jumps on you, second he fires a phase beam at you and finally, he jumps out of the way. That Phase beam man, it has to warm up and cycle and all kinds of crazy limits, giving you AMPLE time to use your force field. Which I do. So there ya go.......

[Pul Myfinger]

Originally posted by karenhamnik:

You ever pay attention to how a Quad attacks? He has two attacks and one defense. First, he jumps on you, second he fires a phase beam at you and finally, he jumps out of the way. That Phase beam man, it has to warm up and cycle and all kinds of crazy limits, giving you AMPLE time to use your force field. Which I do. So there ya go.......

I just lob a Plasma at it ... problem solved ..