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    Sircowdog1's Avatar Senior Member
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    Is the deflector shield completely broken?

    A few things I've noticed that don't seem to be working.

    1) Almost never actually stops incoming shots.

    2) Doesn't seem to reflect many bullets.

    3) When it does reflect, they do almost no damage.

    Is this skill just completely busted and abandoned by the devs or something? Or is there something critical I've misunderstood about it?
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    Sircowdog1's Avatar Senior Member
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    Nobody, huh? I guess that says it all.
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    Gorr3D's Avatar Senior Member
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    I have tried it... and forgot about it shortly after.
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    The NPC's just auto aim you to the head. So the defector shild is pretty useless. That's why everyone uses the big shield that covers the whole body.
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    Sircowdog1's Avatar Senior Member
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    I guess mostly what I wanted to know is if this is the intended way for the shield to operate or not. Because if it is, that's a worthless design and should either be removed or reworked entirely.
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    Gorr3D's Avatar Senior Member
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    If it's the case with this shield only... so many cool concepts wasted by a bad implementation.
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    Sircowdog1's Avatar Senior Member
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    Originally Posted by Gorr3D Go to original post
    If it's the case with this shield only... so many cool concepts wasted by a bad implementation.

    Yeah, the deflector shield is just outright bad. Maybe.....MAYBE it would be worth using if you could use an SMG with it.

    But really....the deflector shield doesn't do anything it's supposed to.

    1) Doesn't stop bullets.
    2) Doesn't reflect bullets.
    3) The rare times it does reflect something, it doesn't hit.
    4) When the planets align and a bullet reflects, and hits, it doesn't do jack for damage.

    Talk about a broken skill. Yeesh....
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    I agree, the reflector is trash, most of the times enemies run up to punch the shield anyway... when their AI for some reason does not breakdown.
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    SevenNVD's Avatar Volunteer Moderator
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    It's such a great idea for a skill, but very poorly executed. Tried it once, and never touched it again.

    Maybe a rework to how it works could make it fun, for example make it deflect every incoming bullet for 1% of the damage, and let that run up to 200% until the shield breaks or something.
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