DUST Search - Shield repair Tool.

Bethhy wrote:

When thinking of revamping shield and armor parity in DUST as you move forward with balancing efforts ...if we could think of an infantry shield repair or support tool to further balance the need for shield suits in squad play.

But what could work as a general concept for a remote shield repair module or support module that would be balanced? as shields offer some distinct advantages that armor can't when repaired actively.

What most people seem to hint at is a Shield tool that Resets or completes the Delayed recharge rate for shields.

Basically a tool that you can take out and activate on a Mercenary with low shield or no shield.. and reset their depleted counter.. allowing their suit to naturally start regenerating shield at the suits rate.

So a Mercenary taking cover after a fire fight would need The shield tool first then pull out an armor rep to continue. Or a well coordinated Logi team of Armor repair and shield repairers working together.

COuld make for some amazing gameplay.

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Logi Bro Brutor Vanguard Minmatar Republic 3393	Posted - 2014.12.29 17:51:00 - [1] - Quote Bethhy wrote: When thinking of revamping shield and armor parity in DUST as you move forward with balancing efforts ...if we could think of an infantry shield repair or support tool to further balance the need for shield suits in squad play. But what could work as a general concept for a remote shield repair module or support module that would be balanced? as shields offer some distinct advantages that armor can't when repaired actively. What most people seem to hint at is a Shield tool that Resets or completes the Delayed recharge rate for shields. Basically a tool that you can take out and activate on a Mercenary with low shield or no shield.. and reset their depleted counter.. allowing their suit to naturally start regenerating shield at the suits rate. So a Mercenary taking cover after a fire fight would need The shield tool first then pull out an armor rep to continue. Or a well coordinated Logi team of Armor repair and shield repairers working together. COuld make for some amazing gameplay. I can't help but feel like the tool you described would be underpowered. If all it did was reset the delay, then armor tankers get little use out of the tool since they have such low regen rates, and shield tankers won't really care since they would have started regening in one more second anyways. If it was like a temporary boost to all stats, like the user charges it, fires at a team-mate, and for the next ~10 seconds the team-mate has +50% to all shield stats(-50% to delays), then it might work pretty well, like a temporary over-shield that also partly does what you described. A little while ago I made a thread suggesting a tool that takes the shields and shield regen away from the user of the tool and adds them to the target, but apparently it was too radical an idea because too many people considered the risk too large for the reward. In fact, just about every suggestion ever made for a shield equivalent of a rep tool is largely disregarded. It seems like most people just don't care for the idea of shield triage. SP Sinks? Fixed.