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I know the combat shield is probably an invaluable tool to close support soldiers that are generally in front to be able to take 1-2 hits from the front while being covered by other soldiers. My question is, will shield actually improve as you go along the research tree? Do you get access to combat shields that are slightly better but you have to spend money and resources in order to actually build them? -
Well, first time I've gotten to play a build with a working Combat.shield. Seems pretty great for my pistol play style. Anyone know the exact mechanics for it? It doesn't seem to interrupt every shot, but I'm not sure if it's been the angle of the shot, a % like cover (better when kneeling?) or maybe some of the damage bleeds through? Can I effectively equip two of them at once and run in to draw fire?
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I've seen screenshots of riot shields (combat shields) in the game and noticed they exist too in the equipment files of the game too. How do I get access to these? I cant seem to find what I need to research. I've managed to get up to wolf armor and laser weapons so far, but not sure what I need to research the riot / combat shield things.
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It's been quite a while since I last used a combat shield, and my impressions since they were re-introduced haven't been quite so favourable. When my combat-shielded guy first got hit by a plasma pistol, the shield didn't stop the shot. And this kept on happening. I wondered why, so I boned up on the v13 implementation and I noticed that diagonal shots had a 65% chance of being stopped by the shield, as opposed to straight-on shots which block 80% of the time. Hmm. Diagonal shots are far, far more likely to happen than straight-on shots, both outside of a UFO and inside one. Take the scout, for example, whose design practically invites aliens to hide so that shots fired will hit a squaddie storming the doors in a diagonal direction. Could the chance of a diagonal shot being blocked by the shield be cranked up to the same as a straight-on shot? It would probably also help to elminate any bugs. In fact, given that I'm sacrificing a lot of offensive power for a lot of defensive power, why wouldn't the shield just block shots point blank?
