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G Torq
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Posted - 2013.03.25 14:48:00 -
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Wish no more, with the shield generator youGÇÖll be able to deploy your own personal static shield bubble. Pretty handy when a ship is dropping bombs on your head from orbit or youGÇÖve been caught in the open by an enemy trying to melt you with a laser rifle.
Would love more details on this - is it a single-use item, is the shield stationary ("personal static"), can bullets/shots go out but not in, can people move through it ...???
Details, moar details ... |
G Torq
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Posted - 2013.03.25 15:39:00 -
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Severus Smith wrote:CCP Wolfman wrote:No, don't worry, you can't shoot from the inside out. Laser boys would have a field day! I am assuming it's similar to the bubble shield from Halo 3. Surrounds you in a bubble and no fire (friendly or enemy) can penetrate it but you can walk through it. Lasts for X amount of time.
Yeah Resistance had a similar thing, but where a specific weapon (the Auger) could shoot through in both directions. Wraith HMG had a portable version, where the business-part of the HMG stuck out ...
Overall , I think I like this shield, will be good to drop before hacking, or just to cover a section against incoming fire. |
G Torq
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Posted - 2013.03.25 15:56:00 -
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CCP Wolfman wrote:Sprinting/walking/crouching does not have an impact on whether or not you show up on the enemy minimap. Different dropsuits do have different signatures (with the scout having the lowest) that make you more or less likely to be picked up by an enemy scan. You can of course influence this with modules and the better the scanner the harder it will be to hide from it.
If you have a signature of x dB, and my suit has y dB precision, is detection simply
if x >= y then detected()
or something more complex?
Is range part of it ?
Is firing a gun affecting signature ?
Will the active scanner simply have a much smaller precision ?
How much do shields (on suit/vehicles) affection the signature ?
How much do firing the active scanner increase your signature ? |
G Torq
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Posted - 2013.03.25 16:29:00 -
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Based on chatter on IRC, could we see Cloak and Shield being mutually exclusive?
I.e. if cloaked, you cannot be shielded and vice-versa?
(think Stargate Atlantis' cloak) |
G Torq
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Posted - 2013.03.25 16:53:00 -
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CCP Wolfman wrote:WeGÇÖve not settled on a single size yet, one of the ideas weGÇÖre exploring is sacrificing HP for radius.
A proposal I had in a separate thread was to be able to daisy-chain shield-emitters to create a wall/line of defense. Distance between emitters then dictating strength and visibility.
Tighter = stronger + less visible. |
G Torq
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Posted - 2013.03.25 17:01:00 -
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Beren Hurin wrote:CCP Wolfman wrote:The cloak is an equipment item with an activation time and a cooldown. You canGÇÖt perform actions such as firing or hacking whilst cloaked. It is not finished so IGÇÖm very interested to hear your ideas on it before it is :-) Will it roll out as a module for vehicles at the same time as dropsuits? I've seen the black ops vehicles and always been interested in them...blackops dropship 
Yes, very critical and valid question: Will we see vehicle modules for same, or only dropsuit modules (for now....) ? |
G Torq
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Posted - 2013.03.25 19:32:00 -
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crazy space 1 wrote:CCP Wolfman wrote:The shield is stationary, enemy fire can't penetrate... to a point. You can however walk straight through the field and take care of business. But can ANY fire penetrate the shield? As in can my own weapons fire go through?
That was answered a grand 2 posts later:
CCP Wolfman wrote:No, don't worry, you can't shoot from the inside out. Laser boys would have a field day!
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G Torq
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Posted - 2013.03.25 20:33:00 -
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Beren Hurin wrote:Kovak Therim wrote:I really hope that shield generators are re-usable. They would be a godsend for logis. The players they revive might actually survive long enough to fight back. I want every logi carrying one. - I imagine they will be like nanohives, you'll get 2 or 3 per clone to use. I still want every logi carrying a shield generator. However, cloaking can go to hell. I can't wait for the onslaught of invisible shotgunners.  So of the injector, repair, nanohive combo, which would you rather see the logi drop so he can carry the shield? My guess is the nano-hive...which can be a source of a good chunk of points. I'm hoping that the shield will somehow give wp.
This! For a rezz in a hot-zone, being able to drop a bubble-shield on the corpse, and then run in and do the deed, will be a god-send. |
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