Hello there all of you who are reading this is my first topic on the new forums. It's pleasure to be back to Super Mechs to say the least and the community that I used to know, while also a sorrowful reminder of the struggles that we went through in arguments, disagreements and bickering over less relevant things in life. While also having lots of meaningful conversations with absolutely great fellows around!
Alright now that introduction is out, I would like to name something rather questionable to me still. That thing is the empty slot which we have for shields !
Shields. Something that has been probably discussed a few times so far if I would assume, however I felt like I want to make a separate topic on this rant about this possible re-introduction of that item.
What I notice is absolutely crazily overused: HP, Armor, Heat/Engines, Coolers. Due to having way better out scaling against mostly everything with energy free weapons.
How about shields re-introduction that only use energy to absorb some damage? No other shield types available. (Such as energy free shield).
I think this would greatly bring energy mechs back to life, due to dem being more rounded versus currently extremely strong physicals and heaters.
Not only that, but this would bring more balance overall when it comes to modularity of the mechs! I do believe that to be the case at least.
I hope current developers can make the game better and more rounded in a sense that quality of the build doesn't have to rely on how much: HP, Armor, Energy Free itmes you got.
Rather a mix of the weaponry and modules which would result in greater flexibility, differences, modularity and sustain across all 3 different types. Which is exactly what this would bring.
P.S: Making standard shields a new L - M (D) item for everyone to get to use. Newer versions of the shields and modifications of it can be added as Premium item of course!
Which new modifications? Less weight, but less damage taken. More weight / armor boosting shield that also requires some energy. And so on and so on .. How many different types you want of it as long as those shields use *energy*. Cause everything else I fear would break the game. So energy use is a must. Just like teleport uses energy. So it's important to stay on that path I think.
Please leave the comments down below what you think about this idea! Run a poll if you wanna have a vote! Feel free to disagree should you see my opinion as inadequate in any way, shape or form and best regards!