DUST Search - Idea for Heavies/ mobile shield system

Hunter Junko wrote:

lord christo wrote:

All great, and I personally do not skill into Heavies, it was just a thought. Maybe I should have been a little more specific, but with the 'riot' shield, they would NOT be allowed to carry a Large or Heavy Weapon, but just a sidearm, and not have both equipped at the same time. Vastly expensive and costly to level into. Not to mention it would suck up a LOT of CPU/PG. The only purpose of this would be stacking teammates behind them, and the Heavy with the shield would be in it just for the support of the team. I mean, if the Squad leader put a Defend order on the guy while they were pushing through, he would ultimately get some WP for the action of being a walking wall. The intent it not to be a mobile tank, but a support tool for pushing a heavily fortified objective or support the team when trying to push back from being red lined?

though of a scenario where heavies rush over a fallen comrade, activate their shields while Logibro's do their thing


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lord christo Shadow Company HQ 17	Posted - 2013.01.19 20:53:00 - [1] - Quote What about the possibility of a "Riot Shield" for use in the Heavy slots? This way the Heavy can be used as a breacher in urban combat. The shield would have about 1000Hp, and be just a little bit larger than the Heavy that way stacking one/two mercs behind him, they can push through bottleneck ares and what have you. Maybe make it stronger than 1000Hp, and have a limited duration? The use of shield regulators to rep it, similar to a drop suits shield system. Maybe they have to crouch to use it, or move slower like when charging a forge weapon? Maybe it operates like charging a forge weapon, when fully charged it can soak up a lot more damage? Just throwing ideas around. What do ya'll think?
lord christo Shadow Company HQ 17	Posted - 2013.01.20 01:45:00 - [2] - Quote no ideas or comments anybody??
lord christo Shadow Company HQ 17	Posted - 2013.01.20 22:29:00 - [3] - Quote All great, and I personally do not skill into Heavies, it was just a thought. Maybe I should have been a little more specific, but with the 'riot' shield, they would NOT be allowed to carry a Large or Heavy Weapon, but just a sidearm, and not have both equipped at the same time. Vastly expensive and costly to level into. Not to mention it would suck up a LOT of CPU/PG. The only purpose of this would be stacking teammates behind them, and the Heavy with the shield would be in it just for the support of the team. I mean, if the Squad leader put a Defend order on the guy while they were pushing through, he would ultimately get some WP for the action of being a walking wall. The intent it not to be a mobile tank, but a support tool for pushing a heavily fortified objective or support the team when trying to push back from being red lined?
lord christo Shadow Company HQ 17	Posted - 2013.01.23 03:24:00 - [4] - Quote Hunter Junko wrote: lord christo wrote: All great, and I personally do not skill into Heavies, it was just a thought. Maybe I should have been a little more specific, but with the 'riot' shield, they would NOT be allowed to carry a Large or Heavy Weapon, but just a sidearm, and not have both equipped at the same time. Vastly expensive and costly to level into. Not to mention it would suck up a LOT of CPU/PG. The only purpose of this would be stacking teammates behind them, and the Heavy with the shield would be in it just for the support of the team. I mean, if the Squad leader put a Defend order on the guy while they were pushing through, he would ultimately get some WP for the action of being a walking wall. The intent it not to be a mobile tank, but a support tool for pushing a heavily fortified objective or support the team when trying to push back from being red lined? though of a scenario where heavies rush over a fallen comrade, activate their shields while Logibro's do their thing My thoughts exactly