*Bump* for a 4* star version. Currently there is 4*/5* shields with sword damage but none for gunners.
The shield: http://wiki.spiralknights.com/Swiftstrike_Buckler
while only sword users got something to carry on to tier3 dungeons: http://wiki.spiralknights.com/Shield
im talking about stats increase not taking advantage of them but okay if they have no plans to improve gunners options i might aswell go swordier instead of getting damage penalty for being range and even more bonus penalty for not having stats for the shield
The guns main advantage is that you have a decreased level of danger in the form of distance. A pretty useful boon as it is. Ever taken the time to see the usefulness of a Polaris in FSC? As for gun damage, it can be increased by wearing the Shadowsun set and Elite Gun damage modules, maximum damage bonus isn't good? Or wearing swiftstrike buckler as an increase in speed for fire rate is a straight increase to DPS.
True there's a shield that adds a bonus to damage for swords, but for FSC the damage types it blocks are suboptimal. Normal/Piercing? No thanks. The two most annoying types are Elemental/Shadow. They get a damage bonus of medium for less than maximum efficiency. Seems about par the course. But in that regards I would like to see the shadowsun set be at least +medium damage bonuses on line with Skolver but the point remains that gunning is a safer mode of damage dealing.
Swordsman are the only ones that would really need to take advantage of a shield. Bombers can't use them much in a fight, and Gunners fight at a distance.