DUST Search - How to fix Armor v Shield

Karl Marx II wrote:

pegasis prime wrote:

to be honest I think the best way to balance all suits and weapons would be the introduction of active modules on drop suits quite akin to the new vehicle mods, then we would have some really interesting fits on the battle field. think about drop suits with active shield and armour hardeners specific to each frame size ..

eg

light shield hardener (for light frames) - 25% damage reduction for say 40 seconds with a 30s cool down

light armour hardener - 35% damage reduction for 35 seconds with a 25 second cool down

medium shield hardener-( medium frames) 40% damage reduction for 40 seconds with a 30 second cool down

medium armour hardener - 45% damage reduction for 35 seconds with a 25 second cool down

Heavy shield hardener (heavy suit) -50% damage reduction for 30 seconds with a 30 second cool down

Heavy armour hardener -60%dammage reduction for 30 seconds with a 25 second cool down

each of the specific class of modules could be specifically attributed to that frame only i.e. heavy shield and armour hardeners to the heavy frames only and the same for the med and lights but I think it would solve allot of the problems I see people complaining about like shield and armour as ell as weapons balance it would also solve the TTK issue that so many people have and return dust to the strafing and tracking shooter it used to be and not a twitch kill shooter that its sort of become of course this is just an idea

I posted this in another armour vrs shield thread but iv put it here because I want to get the idea out there and see what the community thinks of it

It's a nice idea but the problem with it is that it would be difficult to put them on in the middle of battle, if you look at the current system for activating vehicle modules doing something like that as an infantryman is extremely difficult and really they'd have to allow you to only have 1 active module on a suit which is activated by pressing square on a dpad for example .. it'd have to be quick and easy and not going to a menu to pick it and activate it but if they did have a 1 button activation then yes it'd work

There's an idea out there somewhere which is to introduce passive modules like the ones above that increase shield resistance/armour resistance by a much smaller amount .. pretty much like the energised plates on vehicles so you can choose to either have higher base hp or exchange some hp for stronger shields/armour resistance to damage


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pegasis prime BIG BAD W0LVES 1384	Posted - 2013.12.07 11:34:00 - [1] - Quote to be honest I think the best way to balance all suits and weapons would be the introduction of active modules on drop suits quite akin to the new vehicle mods, then we would have some really interesting fits on the battle field. think about drop suits with active shield and armour hardeners specific to each frame size .. eg light shield hardener (for light frames) - 25% damage reduction for say 40 seconds with a 30s cool down light armour hardener - 35% damage reduction for 35 seconds with a 25 second cool down medium shield hardener-( medium frames) 40% damage reduction for 40 seconds with a 30 second cool down medium armour hardener - 45% damage reduction for 35 seconds with a 25 second cool down Heavy shield hardener (heavy suit) -50% damage reduction for 30 seconds with a 30 second cool down Heavy armour hardener -60%dammage reduction for 30 seconds with a 25 second cool down each of the specific class of modules could be specifically attributed to that frame only i.e. heavy shield and armour hardeners to the heavy frames only and the same for the med and lights but I think it would solve allot of the problems I see people complaining about like shield and armour as ell as weapons balance it would also solve the TTK issue that so many people have and return dust to the strafing and tracking shooter it used to be and not a twitch kill shooter that its sort of become of course this is just an idea I posted this in another armour vrs shield thread but iv put it here because I want to get the idea out there and see what the community thinks of it Its gone from suck .....to blow level 1 forum warrior
pegasis prime BIG BAD W0LVES 1385	Posted - 2013.12.07 12:26:00 - [2] - Quote Karl Marx II wrote: pegasis prime wrote: to be honest I think the best way to balance all suits and weapons would be the introduction of active modules on drop suits quite akin to the new vehicle mods, then we would have some really interesting fits on the battle field. think about drop suits with active shield and armour hardeners specific to each frame size .. eg light shield hardener (for light frames) - 25% damage reduction for say 40 seconds with a 30s cool down light armour hardener - 35% damage reduction for 35 seconds with a 25 second cool down medium shield hardener-( medium frames) 40% damage reduction for 40 seconds with a 30 second cool down medium armour hardener - 45% damage reduction for 35 seconds with a 25 second cool down Heavy shield hardener (heavy suit) -50% damage reduction for 30 seconds with a 30 second cool down Heavy armour hardener -60%dammage reduction for 30 seconds with a 25 second cool down each of the specific class of modules could be specifically attributed to that frame only i.e. heavy shield and armour hardeners to the heavy frames only and the same for the med and lights but I think it would solve allot of the problems I see people complaining about like shield and armour as ell as weapons balance it would also solve the TTK issue that so many people have and return dust to the strafing and tracking shooter it used to be and not a twitch kill shooter that its sort of become of course this is just an idea I posted this in another armour vrs shield thread but iv put it here because I want to get the idea out there and see what the community thinks of it It's a nice idea but the problem with it is that it would be difficult to put them on in the middle of battle, if you look at the current system for activating vehicle modules doing something like that as an infantryman is extremely difficult and really they'd have to allow you to only have 1 active module on a suit which is activated by pressing square on a dpad for example .. it'd have to be quick and easy and not going to a menu to pick it and activate it but if they did have a 1 button activation then yes it'd work There's an idea out there somewhere which is to introduce passive modules like the ones above that increase shield resistance/armour resistance by a much smaller amount .. pretty much like the energised plates on vehicles so you can choose to either have higher base hp or exchange some hp for stronger shields/armour resistance to damage having a mix of both passive and active could be cool . it would have to be implemented right and coukd really shake things up a bit Its gone from suck .....to blow level 1 forum warrior