KaikelX Posted April 21, 2013 Share Posted April 21, 2013 .....but the sawblade weapons don't block anything. Not to mention that incessant buzzing would get really annoying, really fast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zarrazheno Posted April 21, 2013 Share Posted April 21, 2013 To be honest, I think this would be cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaperAlien Posted April 21, 2013 Share Posted April 21, 2013 Or we could use the ME3 Paladin solutionwith the Omnishield. Have a frame with a skill that can generate a holographic/energy/supercompressable (whichever one's more realistic in this game's lore) shield, probably with a set duration that may or may not be cancelable early, or a toggle option that drains energy when in use (this is the better idea imo, not sure if possible on this game's engine). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thaumatos Posted April 21, 2013 Share Posted April 21, 2013 Doesnt fit with the space ninja theme.. No offense but, a machine gun does? [sarcasm] Space Ninjas DEFINITELY use machine guns...its in all the lore ever written about a space ninja... [/sarcasm] Sarcasm aside, there are warframes that cast massive AoE fire, frost, and electriciy fields, turn into walking metallic humanoids, or cause people and objects to float in midair before destroying them. I think we're beyond the strictly space ninja theme just a bit. Unless you count anime space ninjas...then all bets are off! :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thaumatos Posted April 21, 2013 Share Posted April 21, 2013 The shield should really be added at the same time they make a pass at melee and the blocking system overall. I think a shield should be a new weapon that is implemented in two ways: Sidearm Paired: Certain sidearms are paired with the shield giving players the ability to run and gun while providing cover. Like Akimbo sidearms, the added shield has a drawback of accuracy decrease with no increase to any other stats of the sidearm. However, when active blocking, the shield provides 100% ranged deflection for any shot hitting the shield 'hitbox'. Melee Paired: Single-hand melee weapons are paired with the shield giving the player a new set of melee combo moves. As with the sidearm, a shield in active block provides 100% cover from its 'hitbox' but unlike the sidearm pair, the melee paired shield takes the place of weapon combo moves. For example: Hold/Charge Melee - Shield Bash Jump+Melee - AoE shield slam Run+Crouch+Melee - Shield charge knockdown Downed Target - Shield skull crush Unsuspecting Target - Hold target against sheld and slice throat Regular melee attacks will use the main hand weapon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garth_Tremor Posted April 21, 2013 Share Posted April 21, 2013 Don't know about a large iron shield, seems a bit out of place on a tenno. I think there should be a sword + energy shield combo (as a melee weapon) so you deploy the shield while blocking Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Visarogo Posted April 21, 2013 Share Posted April 21, 2013 Why not scrap the riot shield and go a little bit more... rustic.... a smaller shield (kite size/ maybe large buckler... wooden round?) and a 1h melee... do a sword and board give the tanks a better block option with their melee... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkyllianBlitz Posted April 21, 2013 Share Posted April 21, 2013 Why not scrap the riot shield and go a little bit more... rustic.... a smaller shield (kite size/ maybe large buckler... wooden round?) and a 1h melee... do a sword and board give the tanks a better block option with their melee... There's a couple of shield designs that I think might fit the more... sleek aspect of Warframe. Hungarian shields which were strapped to the forearm down the length rather than across. Then there's this shield on the far right which has a similar down the length of the arm design. And finally, something off gundam with this retractable design. I like these because they seem streamline than bulky which I feel should be the aesthetic to go for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaikelX Posted April 21, 2013 Share Posted April 21, 2013 Ok. Lets assume Im a Tenno. My warframe has a great energy source and is capable to create a giant energy shield. Why would I want to be less mobile/less fast and less powerful? To protect something that is actually supposed to be the real shield? Really? The only way I see this happen is that the actual frame shield will be transformed into this energy thingy and protect your team mates. But a shield to protect your shield? Not really..... On the "Create a shield warframe" solution, perhaps your warframe DOESN'T have that great of a giant energy shield? Say, the warframe was one of the first prototype suits, before they fully figured out how to get personal shields everywhere (Something even the Corpus can't do on people without using dedicated drones), so this suit in particular focused on deploying/maintaining/using creatively a directed energy shield attached to the forearm? I Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Venarge Posted April 21, 2013 Share Posted April 21, 2013 (edited) On the "Create a shield warframe" solution, perhaps your warframe DOESN'T have that great of a giant energy shield? Say, the warframe was one of the first prototype suits, before they fully figured out how to get personal shields everywhere (Something even the Corpus can't do on people without using dedicated drones), so this suit in particular focused on deploying/maintaining/using creatively a directed energy shield attached to the forearm? I Seems fine. The only thing I dont see is a physical shield every frame can use. A frame with shield like powers is something different ^^ Really like the idea =) Edited April 21, 2013 by Venarge Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrayDeath666 Posted April 21, 2013 Share Posted April 21, 2013 I could see a shield as a melee weapon. Basically it's normally a fist style weapon but a slide attack is a shield bash and block expands the shield to a rather large size. You would still be able to sprint while blocking but that takes a lot of stamina. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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