Spiral Knights - Little Shield Suggestion

Little Shield Suggestion

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Mon, 11/18/2013 - 18:26

Sonosuke

You know how when your shield energy is depleted, the shield becomes utterly useless? Well I have a minor suggestion to fix that. We could have the shield act like the Mecha Knights shields when the energy is gone: only able to block from in front. Now I know I'm probably going to get a bunch of posts saying "no, this is stupid, raw raw raw" or "this will break the game even more than it already is" but I'm just throwing things out there. If you want to see a worse thread, maybe check out some of the dual wield threads or maybe even a "remove auto-target" thread.

EDIT: Masterreeve and Zeddy made a good point, so the shield could have a second energy bar seperate for the frontal blocking, then become useless. Also, you can't block explosions or zombie breath for obvious reasons.

Mon, 11/18/2013 - 18:33

Skyguarder

Not a bad idea. How about when you loose shield energy and use your shield only to block in front, the shield will not regenerate much, but it'll be longer for the shield to regenerate.

Mon, 11/18/2013 - 19:30

Masterreeve

I make you black, bluue and red all over

The purpose of the massive drawback of a broken shield is to get players to not get their shield broken. If you let them block even while their shield was broken, then there would be nothing to fear and you could just block all day. This would also mean that as long as you have your back to the wall, you are effectively immortal, which can be easily exploited.

Mon, 11/18/2013 - 19:34

Zeddy

How to block every bullet ever

Raise now-unbreakable shield
Spin

Mon, 11/18/2013 - 19:37

Sonosuke

All shell will break loose.

@Skyguarder
Hmm, that seems like a good idea.

@Masterreeve
Oh, I never really thought about that... but then again, if you stay on a wall, you're also permanently stuck there as well as being immortal unless you leave. I'll change the opener, hold on.

Mon, 11/18/2013 - 19:44

Masterreeve

I make you black, bluue and red all over

If you're going to make a second energy bar just for the front shield, you might as well just increase the length of the first bar and leave it at that.

Mon, 11/18/2013 - 19:46

Hexzyle

When you're this swag this world just bows at your knees

Just make it a whole new shield. There's no need to buff current shields because they're fine already. It all comes down to your skill in shield health management.

Mon, 11/18/2013 - 19:50

Masterreeve

I make you black, bluue and red all over

^^^

Tue, 11/19/2013 - 03:24

Sonosuke

All shell will break loose.

Well, like I said, I was just throwing things out there, so of course there's gonna be flaws in the idea.

@Hexzyle
This isn't a shield buff suggestion, but rather just an extension of protection... and I also don't have any new shield ideas.

Tue, 11/19/2013 - 13:58

Hexzyle

When you're this swag this world just bows at your knees

You're making shields stronger than they currently are by adding additional abilities or covering previous weaknesses.

In gaming, we call that a buff.

Tue, 11/19/2013 - 17:12

#10

Sonosuke

All shell will break loose.

Well, lemme rephrase that last part: "This isn't supposed to be a shield buff thread."

Looking back on the idea, it's turned out to be a rather silly one since it really is a shield buff, something I wasn't planning on doing in the first place, but like I said (for the third time now), I'm throwing ideas out. I may eventually graveyard this, but for now, I'll leave it up to see what others think of this.

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