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Shield Defense fixed to be able to use two handed weapons?

80sBaby

By 80sBaby,
Posted on: 2011-12-09 08:59 in CoH and CoV General Discussions

 

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Originally Posted by BrandX View Post
It wasn't a themetic reason, or at least it wasn't mainly a themetic reason, it was because it can't be done with the current way character models are setup.
I said aesthetic, not thematic. The mechanics of Shield Defense, ie the way it works, is completely divorced from the aesthetics, ie the way it looks. If Shield was just a regular aura, or could be made either a regular aura or a physical shield, then you could use it with any two-handed weapon, just like every other defense set.

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Originally Posted by Bosstone View Post
I said aesthetic, not thematic. The mechanics of Shield Defense, ie the way it works, is completely divorced from the aesthetics, ie the way it looks. If Shield was just a regular aura, or could be made either a regular aura or a physical shield, then you could use it with any two-handed weapon, just like every other defense set.
Oh well yeah, and why during beta for shields, I asked for a Bubble version of the set that would allow use with 2 handed weapon sets.

It's quite a fun set mechanic wise, but limited in concept due to requiring a shield.

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