[Experimental 6.16.0 Base Armory] - Cannot equip Shield in backpack

[Alan Griffith]

In the Base Army (and launch screen for dropships), dragging the shield into the backpack of any soldier always fail, and right-clicking it in the equipment list gives the message "No valid placement location" (so it's not just a matter of the grid being difficult to line up).

I can place a shield in the primary weapon slot for any soldier (not just those I designate as 'shield' who get it automatically), but not in the backpack, regardless of whether there is a shield in that soldier's primary slot or not.

It is possible this is a feature/change rather than a bug, but I cannot find anything in the patch notes about it (and the tooltip for shield still lists "Slot: primary, container, ground" , so if it is an intended change then the tooltip needs updating to remove 'container').

[Chris]

On 10/15/2025 at 9:34 PM, Alan Griffith said:

In the Base Army (and launch screen for dropships), dragging the shield into the backpack of any soldier always fail, and right-clicking it in the equipment list gives the message "No valid placement location" (so it's not just a matter of the grid being difficult to line up).

I can place a shield in the primary weapon slot for any soldier (not just those I designate as 'shield' who get it automatically), but not in the backpack, regardless of whether there is a shield in that soldier's primary slot or not.

It is possible this is a feature/change rather than a bug, but I cannot find anything in the patch notes about it (and the tooltip for shield still lists "Slot: primary, container, ground" , so if it is an intended change then the tooltip needs updating to remove 'container').

Thanks. Yeah, this is a tooltip error - the Container isn't the backpack, and it's not something that should be displayed to the player. I can see why that would confuse you. I'll get it fixed.