The shield lock-on is way too unreliable

[Snufflegrunt]

Often when I need it to most, it just refuses to lock-on to especially fodder enemies. I haven't seen this complaint anywhere else, so am wondering if others have encountered this.
Love the game otherwise.

[Lil Femboy Toes]

im getting this too

[useofextremeforce]

This has happened to me. I just chalked it up as the shield was in a cooldown.

[Chubzdoomer]

This is a serious issue with feedback IMO. There's a cooldown after Shield Bashing, but this cooldown isn't represented in any way: not by some sort of UI element, nor by a sound effect. You just have to try and get a 'feel' for about how long it takes, and guess whether or not it's available. I would love to see them address this in an update somehow.

[floaty469]

Originally posted by Snufflegrunt:

Often when I need it to most, it just refuses to lock-on to especially fodder enemies. I haven't seen this complaint anywhere else, so am wondering if others have encountered this.
Love the game otherwise.

It works fine, you have to be directly on an enemy when you hit the button, and there is the cool down as well

[ut0328]

Originally posted by Chubzdoomer:

This is a serious issue with feedback IMO. There's a cooldown after Shield Bashing, but this cooldown isn't represented in any way: not by some sort of UI element, nor by a sound effect. You just have to try and get a 'feel' for about how long it takes, and guess whether or not it's available. I would love to see them address this in an update somehow.

in the bottom left corner, you can see the charge of the shield...

[Chubzdoomer]

Originally posted by ut0328:

Originally posted by Chubzdoomer:

This is a serious issue with feedback IMO. There's a cooldown after Shield Bashing, but this cooldown isn't represented in any way: not by some sort of UI element, nor by a sound effect. You just have to try and get a 'feel' for about how long it takes, and guess whether or not it's available. I would love to see them address this in an update somehow.

in the bottom left corner, you can see the charge of the shield...

That's not what's being discussed here. The indicator you're referring to shows you the shield's durability. What we're talking about is the Shield Bash cooldown, which lasts several seconds and has no visual or audio representation whatsoever.

Just to be clear: Shield Bash is when you pull up your shield, aim at an enemy, and then press LMB to launch into them at high speeds.

[Snufflegrunt]

Chubz is right. It doesn't lock onto fodder enemies reliably even when charged.