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Borderlands 2 Random and Unique Shields

Version 4 is here, NPCs can now spawn with shield types! And a bunch of fixes and changes.
Added compatibility with "Crew Customization+" and "BL3 Healthbars" for new npc shield display.
This mod no longer needs external health bar mods to display them on NPCs or monsters, but will use them if installed.
Full details in the discussion changelog.

• All 9 shield manufacturers with custom materials, parts and prefixes (Jakobs included for rough rider).
  
• Procedurally generated shields and effects, these generate almost the same as BL2s shields.
  
• Over 60,000 possible combinations for randomly generated shields.
  
• All 9 rarities from Borderlands 2 with matching colors.
  
• 36 Unique shields with fully working behaviors.
  
• +800 Possible combinations for each unique shield (respect Borderlands 2 part restrictions).
  
• Overhead bar (hideable), shield specific animations and sounds! (including 1340 voice).
  
• Shields scale up to tier 50, (Adapts to mods like Difficulty+).
  
• Support for FU and RPGgrowth's elements for shields that grant elemental resistance.
  
• Support for Manufacturer's Touch Explosive element.
  
• Quickbar support for checking your currently equipped shield stats.

How you ask?, just like always!, farming chests and bosses!
Of course, remember that harder levels grant better and more shields, and if you are lucky, a whole lot of them.
Also I tried to match Starbound bosses with BL2 bosses, and similar enemies share similiar loot, so go and get that 94% Sham from BNK3R... I mean Dreadwing.

• While the shield is active, it absorbs the damage dealt to you, until depleted, after that it takes some time for it to begin charging, being hit while the shield is charging interrupts it.
  
• To equip, open the stat card interface and put the shield in the top-left slot.
  
• Shields are strong against:
  
  • Fire
    
  • Poison
    
  • Ice
    
  • Explosive (Manufacurer's Touch)
    
• But are weak against:
  
  • Electric
    
  • Radiation (FU)
    
  • Cosmic (FU)
    
  • Nova (RPGgrowth)
    

Shields have 4 main stats "Capacity", "Recharge rate", "Recharge delay" and "Special":

• Capacity: How much damage the shield can take before depleting, shield takes damage before you do.
  
• Recharge delay: Seconds before shield starts to recharge after taking damage or depletion.
  
• Recharge rate: Capacity gained per second while shield is recharging.
  
• Special: Changes values of special shield effects.
  
  

Shield stats differ slightly between the 4 main rarities (Common, Uncommon, Rare, Epic), higher ones have better stats, these apply for random shields.
The other 6 rarities (Legendary, Unique, Terra, Seraph, Pearlescent, Effervescent) are used for unique shields.
Rarity can be seen as a color on the item card and at the bottom left of it.

Shields are made up of 4 parts, each part type can be of any of the 9 manufacturers:

• Accessory : This part also determines the manufacturer, the middle of the shield.
  
• Battery: Located at the bottom.
  
• Body: Located at the left.
  
• Capacitor : Some manufacturers grant damage resistances, found at the top.

You will probably grow attached to one type more than another, so pay some attention when picking your shield, the type is tied to it's Manufacturer.
Each manufacturer has different modifiers for each stat and some kind of special effect for the shield, known as the "type", it also specifies the possibility of some element.
Each type functions differently:
A logo replacer has been made by WhatThePuck: BL2 Shields Brand Replacer

There are 29 unique shields to collect!, kind of, because each one has like 800 combinations and some combinations may be good, others may not be so good. These shields are variants of normal shields with twists, revamps or completely new effects!.
But where to begin?

• I could tell you about The Bee (my favorite), which amp your guns without draining shield:
  
  
  
  
• Or perhaps better about the Antagonist, because what's a better defense than using your enemies' strength against them?
  
  
  
• And how could I forget the mythical one, The Sham, with a max chance to absorb enemy projectiles of 94%, you CAN do it all day:
  

1. Remove any items from this mod from your inventory and every inserted augment from this mod from your armor.
   
2. Put "NPC Shield Chance" at 0 and visit any of your villages with guards that have shields. (So they don't despawn)
   
3. Unsubscribe.