Proficiency Plugin: Assault Infantry – Ballistic Shields
About the Mod
This will swap Swords for Ballistic Shields on the Assault Infantry class. Simple as that. Converts all of the Vanguard skills to equivalent skills focused around using a shield.
Skill Tree Conversion
Rank
Original Skill
New Skill
Corporal
Honed Edge (bonues to melee aim and crit chance)
Shield Stability (bonues to aim and crit chance)
Seargent
Breakthrough (move action after melee attack)
Protect And Serve (non-move action after using shieldwall)
Lieutenant
Combatives (block and counter melee attack)
Combatives (block and counter melee attack)
Captain
Relentless (non-move action after melee attack)
Shield Charge (melee attack, enter shieldwall after)
Major
Untouchable (ignore first attack after kill)
Untouchable (ignore first attack after kill)
Colonel
Ruthless (bonus damage to melee)
Ruthless (bonus damage to melee)
Dependencies and Suggested Mods
Core dependencies are:
- Proficiency Class Pack (obviously)
- Wotc Ballistic Shields (also, obviously)
- Mitzruti’s Perk Pack
- Extended Perk Pack by Favid
- [WOTC] Random Ability Deck Patcher
Strongly recomended to make the most of this conversion:
- [WotC] Shield Rework The lowered damage, disorient on strike, and built-in cover gives the Assault Infantry a solid close quarters specialist feel while allowing it to not be a swordsman using shield bashes instead of sword slices.
- Proficiecy Plugin: Intelligence Officer -> Scout With the change of the Assault Infantry to shields, that then opens up the sword, and the Scout is the perfect class to fill that void.
Known Oddities
The animation when Combatives triggers uses the animation set for a combat knife, so it may look a little weird, but everything works just fine.
Compatibility
Designed to be a simple meta-mod, it should be compatible with everything except mods that directly modify the Assault Infantry’s Soldier Ranks, Allowed Weapons, or Default Loadout. It does play nice with Proficiency Plugin: Full Class Decks and Proficiency: Community Perks Plugin
Thanks
- shiremct for the amazing Proficiency Classes
- Mitzruti and Favid for the shield perks that make a conversion like this clean and simple
- Musashi and Claus for the shields themselves
Download
Mitzruti's Perk Pack — Steam Workshop
WotC Ballistic Shields — Steam Workshop
[WOTC] Extended Perk Pack — Steam Workshop
[WOTC] Proficiency Class Pack — Steam Workshop
[WOTC] Random Ability Deck Patcher — Steam Workshop
Required items:
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Mitzruti's Perk Pack — Steam Workshop
WotC Ballistic Shields — Steam Workshop
[WOTC] Extended Perk Pack — Steam Workshop
[WOTC] Proficiency Class Pack — Steam Workshop
[WOTC] Random Ability Deck Patcher — Steam Workshop
