Heavy weapon possibly?

Don't really see the point since you have hi tech force shields and things like shield extenders and armor plates.

Terrible.

Shields are a joke in every game that has implemented them, all the way back to counter-strike 1.6

If you want to be "tankish" then use heavy. What I think you want here is a way to absorb infinite damage and be a major annoyance to enemies, and to some extent teammates when you have no damage output potential.

It would be a serious mistake to put a shield in this game. Heavy armor and a logi friend are all you need.

they so need to add dual weilding for appriprotate arms. a scrambler pistol would work with an amarrian tower shield.

I say amarrian would have the best coverage but worst vision and return firing.

Minmatar would have the smallest shield but best visual and return ifre.

Gallente has best return fire and medicore coverage.

Caldari have best vision medciore coverage and okay return fire.

Heavy weapon only. Stops bullets long as tis own shields is up any bullets that penetrate after its shileds are brought down do half damage to user if it hits.

Id much rather have a sword.. seriously.

It's ok we all get bad ideas sometimes. :]

I've had my share.

We have it. It's called heavy dropsuit.

How about it takes the heavy weapon slot, has its own shields and armor, and reduced movement speed. When it's armor is depleted, you start taking damage through it, but it isn't destroyed, and can regen shields. Possibility of firing your sidearm with greatly reduced accuracy.

I suppose it might work, but I'm not too sure its a good idea.

I don't like the idea. Are riot shields ever used in combat? No.

Meh, I would rather not lose my weapon and still be a walking tank, rather than give up my weapon for some extra armor.

This would be a very specific weapon/equipment that you would have to specifically level towards, and not even have a weapon after all that work, I just don't see the balance in tradeoff. What good is a heavy weapons specialist that only has use of a shield and a pistol? very handy in specific situations, such as taking a room or a post, but in the long run he will never be useful on the actual battle field.

Need a chunky compatible lance like the Predator not some dinky knife. Also would be cool to have a similar ability to B3 but instead you have to hold fire to charge the weapon. When you are behind someone static, you wip out your lance and hold the fire button and then an animation where you are thrusting the lance in them and holding them aloft in the air like a flag, before using a leg to push the corpse off the lance like meat off a kebab.

Or completely broken in hallways, or when someone backs into a corner with the shield and can't be hit except for throwing a grenade behind them.

Please tell me what you want this shield to accomplish that heavy armor does not.

You agree it needs to be able to be destroyed so that makes it potentially worse than heavy armor because heavy armor can be repaired.

It will use up a weapon slot if it is a shield you carry, and an equipment slot if it is deployable. Heavy wins again.

It will have to encumber you if it allows for use while mobile, because people already complain about scouts, I can only imagine the tears a shield would produce. They would have to be encumbered by it for balance so once again, no point over heavy.

Even the games where shields have been used, every "class" has the same amount of damage absorption. This game has the heavy already to fill that role, so with all of the balance factors and the existence of the heavy class, please tell me what you expect this shield to do, that is not imbalancing or cheap/annoying, that the heavy suit does not already accomplish.

People do not want to live with the shame of being kill by shield, being battered to death.

I'm sure the #1 tool used for clearing houses in Afghanistan is the riot shield. Riot shields are for entering buildings in circumstances where killing isn't the objective. I don't think DUST qualifies.

IMO, the only way that would work is if the user walked really slow and could only use smgs or pistols with it deployed. It could be used as a good tanking mechanic when clearing out buildings.

Still, I think grenades are the best way to clear out a room.