Disc Shield Module does not stop plasma

[nameS--><--BaNaNa]

So you waste 300 CPU on a disc and use it - then enemy kill you through it anyway with plsama.. Am I missing somthing here or is it broken?

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Aoe. I bet the middle of the blast stops at the shield so some goes through. Same happens with the base shield

[nameS--><--BaNaNa]

The AOE of plasma is really strong and the DSM/Base shield should be updated.. Now if you place the shield above the ground i can see it but when its connected to the ground IE close shield on point to help team mates (connceted to ground)

[Tiny serpent Shnissuvihr]

I'm much more worried about the fact that it cannot be used to shield yourself from air threats because of the range this thing has, it should have it's range reduced by a lot so it is always placed like 4-5 meters in front of your bot if there's no collision point in it's path, that way you can still use it to protect your team too, and it would be really useful to defend against plasma shot from above instead of creating a disc way up there in the sky where it serves no purpose, and it'd also enable flying bots to use the disc shield too rather than being restricted to ground bots only.

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Originally posted by Avihr:

I'm much more worried about the fact that it cannot be used to shield yourself from air threats because of the range this thing has, it should have it's range reduced by a lot so it is always placed like 4-5 meters in front of your bot if there's no collision point in it's path, that way you can still use it to protect your team too, and it would be really useful to defend against plasma shot from above instead of creating a disc way up there in the sky where it serves no purpose, and it'd also enable flying bots to use the disc shield too rather than being restricted to ground bots only.

Not that I disagree but did you know you can place it on a vertical surface to make it appear horizontally?

[nameS--><--BaNaNa]

Maybe preset shapes you can set the shield up in 90 degree, flat square round convex whatever..when you select the DISC your are presented with presets..

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Even 1 click then a wheel spin. Or a similar system to how you drop a marker.

[IblisFlare]

Yeah, I don't understand it sometimes. YOu can still shoot the bottom of bridges and other things you can get below and hurt the person on top with plasma.

[Xenoangel76]

Plasma Area of effect is my favorite of all the weapons. The fact that it can penetrate through objects is the reason why. Bridges and shielding still allow for damage to pass through it via AOE. Dropping a disk shield and standing right on it is not a good idea because of this. Although, passing through it can help reduce damage with any other weapon.

A visible location display when dropping the Disk shield would be a great feature to plan for placement and also reduce misplacing the shielding. The display should also show in air at max distance as well. THere were many times i ahve placed a disk shield and it appear in odd placement or angled in a useless way. Little things like this show how underdeveloped this game realy is.