Questions for avid shield (Bulwark) users
I recently had a god-roll Forge holster drop, which is the named item that adds 50% to your shield health.
This got me back interested in my Bulwark build, so in playing around with a 3-pc (which already adds 50% shield health) I noticed putting the Forge on only bumped my shield health from 4,087,968 to 4,752,023 - roughly a 14% boost.
I am guessing the 4.7M number is max shield health the game allows? Or am I missing something?
Also, I do have enough pieces for a 4-pc Bulwark, but my build already has a lot of incoming repairs, and from my (unscientific) observation it seems that running a fixer drone is more effective than the Makeshift Repairs talent. Am I understanding correctly that in this situation a fixer drone also adds to shield armor as well as my own?
Lastly, what weapons do you use? I have a Mop for secondary and am currently using Merciless for primary, but I am not sure I like the latter. What do you find is a heavy hitter that covers at least some distance too?
P.S. I will say that with the drone running I can face tank a named Heavy on Challenging, which is quite interesting. He'll eventually wear my shield down, but so far I've killed him first - every time.