[WotC] Shield Rework
Shield Rework is my personal configuration for Claus and Musashi’s Ballistic Shields with an alternative set of mechanics inspired by Chimera Squad.
The idea is to give Shields a unique playstyle: shields now act as mobile cover, allowing their wielders to move in the open without dying to flank crits.
Shields no longer provide Shield points: instead they provide the following bonuses:
- Shields provide low cover defence to their wielder anywhere on the battlefield, even if flanked. This lets shieldbearers move as freely as SPARKs can, and makes them especially good against melee enemies like The Lost.
- Shields increase Armor and Dodge, starting at +1 Armor, +20 Dodge and rising to +2 Armor, +40 Dodge by level 3 tech. They have a -2 penalty to Mobility, but that’s not as big a deal when you can take low cover anywhere.
The Shield’s abilities have also been adjusted:
- The Shieldwall ability has been merged with Hunker Down: it provides Hunker Down’s defensive bonuses (+30 defence, +50 dodge) and high cover to allies. In combination with the Dodge bonuses shields get, this makes shieldbearers incredibly resilient while using it.
- The Guard perk from Iridar’s Stormrider Class has been rebalanced slightly: shields no longer downgrade damage an extra step, but the high Dodge and crit resistance they get in this mod means they’re still likely to deflect attacks.
- Shield Bash deals significantly less damage (1-3): its main utility is the guaranteed Disorient if it hits.
Shield Rework substantially expands Ballistic Shields’s configuration options: you can now configure Dodge, Armor and Health bonuses on top of the existing Mobility and Aim modifiers.
Ballistic Shields
Weapon Skin Replacer
Claus and Musashi: This is a submod for Ballistic Shields, and couldn’t exist without their incredible work.
-bg-, for the original antiflanking script used for simulate low cover and his permission to reuse it.
Russian translation by Aks.
Required items:
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WotC Ballistic Shields — Steam Workshop
[WOTC] WSR Weapon Skin Replacer - Core — Steam Workshop
Revisions:
Old revisions of this mod are available below. Click the link to download.
