I think it'd be great if bombers could get a 3 Star shield that had Medium CTR on it, just for bombs.
Edit: If I am being perfectly honest the shield I want would be 5*, have medium CTR for bombs only, and cosmetically compliment Mercurical Demo Suit and Helmet.
but wouldnt CTR med make it useless for bombers? i mean they have the CTR from armors, the CTR from bomb at lvl 10... so another CTR would make it... pointless. maybe MSI Med? or a new UV that make shorter the fuse of the bomb... so it can explode faster.
Just saying...
CTR med*2 (two peices of gear) + CTR high (this shield)=max +1. like vog with SSB.
but actually, most bombs have CTR med on lv10, so it would max anyway. so, yes, it is pointless.
a shield with damage bonus only for bombs would be better. it would be the counterpart of BTB.
A shield that gives Bomb Attack Speed Increase: Maximum! would be much more useful than a CTR shield. A CTR shield would only work for hybrid bombers, while a bomb ASI shield would work for pure bombers.
The reason I'm asking for CTR on a shield for bombers is because I want a shield to compliment my Mercurical Demo Gear. Which has no CTR.
The reason I asked for a 3 star shield is because I've only seen Swiftstrike Bucklers as of late, and have completely forgotten about BTS.
If I have no UVs, I have to carry two CTR Trinkets with me. I'd like to free up one trinket slot that I could be flexible with. Or even just put in bonus bomb damage!
If I am being perfectly honest the shield I want would be 5*, have medium CTR for bombs only, and cosmetically compliment Mercurical Demo Suit and Helmet.
The problem with putting a CTR on the shield is that you're making it obselete to use with Volcanic Demo, and a lot less useful to people with CTR UVs.
Put a Max Bomb ASI on the shield and everyone is happy: DPS Bombers and Status bombers alike, regardless of armor.
Maybe ASI for bombs would decrease detonation time... problem solved, no new gear required.
What about BLAST RADIUS INCREASE MED!
ASI becoming blast radius increase is also useful.
Instead of just CTR it should be blast radius increased, Damage increased and charge time decreased but only for bombs.
the problem with blast radius increase is that some people, SOME use the DR , shard bombs, and gravitons. Why is this a problem? they all have a low damage delt with the radius exsplosion but higher damage from the second damage time (shadow orbs , shards, gravity vortext) so you wouldn't really help in some situations. Maybe give shard bombs another shard? and dr bigger orbs? increase boom radius of second detonation and pull radius for vortexts?
Radius increase could simply increase radius of the DR orbs, increase the radius of the shard bomb shards and increase the radius of the vortex suction.
You want this shield so it complements a set only available after running a SL..
Doesn't that make the shield a bit useless for most bombers; as they'll have the other sets?
For bombs with secondary effects like Vaporizers, suction bombs, and shard bombs their version of radius increase could instead be duration increase, extending the duration of the effects after the initial detonation. Vaporizer clouds last longer, suction lasts longer, shards take even longer to d- never mind that last one. Extended duration for the spinny-purple-things for Seerus bombs.
Increasing blast radius would be like increasing swing radius for swords or extending gun projectile range before the bullet implodes. I want to say that could be bad but very rarely does spammy-attack-everything-everywhere have any risk for your own health and for a while now I have been desensitized to fighting shellfish that clam up if you hit too hard too fast so they reflect at least half the damage you try to deal right back at you.
How about Fuse Time Reduction Med? Pretty sure that would be useful for most bombs, without being obscenely overpowered. Some bombs would benefit rather more from radius increase than others; for shard bombs, an increased radius might actually be a bad thing, considering how they work. e.e
The problem with fuse time reduction is that it can mess with many bombing styles like gravitation chaining and DR swarming to the point were the bomb sets off before you can finish charging the new one let alone placing it. If any thing it would discourage bombers form using almost every bomb but vapors.
Why 3* and why a medium? Swifstrike gives an high bonus to both swords and guns -multiple classes (and bombs, marginally)
A better comparison for your idea would be the Barbarous Thorn shield.