When the shield bearer is hit,

[HJH]

I found out visual and sound effect is a bit awkward. why does the blood spill when it seems that the shield does its job? It is supposed to spark by ricochet or to make a sound of thick and heavy sound on impact at least.

Also, why isn't the shield improved alongside technological advancement unlike other infantry armor, equipment, and weaponry, etc. ??

there should be one made out of alien alloy I think.

[Mr.Xia]

X1 has the shield improvement tech later in the game, but it will take some time to get there. Note that X2 is still in early access, perhaps they have not implemented it yet, or the upgrade tech tree is quite far.

 

And yeah, the blood part is awkward, should be removed from shield impacts.

[Skitso]

Yeah, this is a reported issue from closed beta. While it's probably pretty low in the priority list, I'm sure it will be fixed eventually.

[SnoZ]

I think a defender with a shield should be a shelter for the soldiers behind.

[Conductiv]

14 hours ago, HJH said:

I found out visual and sound effect is a bit awkward. why does the blood spill when it seems that the shield does its job? It is supposed to spark by ricochet or to make a sound of thick and heavy sound on impact at least.

Also, why isn't the shield improved alongside technological advancement unlike other infantry armor, equipment, and weaponry, etc. ??

there should be one made out of alien alloy I think.

there is a shield upgrade later in the game, but it is close to the piont where you unlock gauss weapons and alike. so it does grow along with your tech progression, but it doesn't seem to have too many "improvement steps" so to say.