Hello to everyone, I have thought of a well-balanced and interesting fun mechanic to add to the game. This is Shield Bash Effects. When a player normally uses shield bash, it drains half shield energy and inflicts stun onto the target of contact, but what if the stun was replaced by something else? What if instead of stun, dependent on the shield type, it would inflict a different type of status effect like shock, or fire. Different shields would hold these attributes and make shield bashing more useful and fun. I think Three Rings should consider this to be added into the game. Please tell me what you think as well, I am open to feedback on this manor of topic.
To be honest, more unique shield bashes would be great. However, one thing to remember is that a freeze resist shield (i.e., icebreaker shield) inflicting freeze would be useless, as you'll typically be using said shield to defend against freeze enemies, and freeze enemies are immune to freeze.
However, more shield bashes like the tortodrone shield bash would be great. I can imagine the snarby shield having a phantasmal snarbolax bite forwards, like with the BTB's charge, dealing piercing damage.