A 3rd Type of Shield?

Alright, battlers of the bay, I got an idea for another type of shield to add to our collection of blue items. I think this might sound appealing to some of you. Just hear me out.

We have the big shield.
We have the standard shield.
How about an insulated shield? Instead of giving the player health, it reduces the duration of elemental effects (stun, frost, burn) by %, increasing the reduction value as it levels up. Since it doesn't give any health, it should only be able to use shield armor perks. I also think it should max out around 60% reduction so it would take a massive amount of upgrading across two of them to become completely impervious to status effects. I think any boat could benefit from this and I personally would love such an item.

Last second edit: not sure how this would affect napalm, what do you guys think

 

Nice but frost needs a buff, not a nerf

 

Adding a new item isn't technically a nerf. Not everyone is going to use it, and those who do will have less health or some other kind of tradeoff.

 

A good idea but most of the player won't waste Thier slots for reducing stun or burn effect bandage shield and turbo are too important to be left out.
If this idea was for perks people will consider using it

 

I'll add that to the poll and we'll see how people like it.

 

All I want is an EMP for my ship !

 

Bonne idée mais je pensse ce serais mieux en avantage car peus de joueur le jouerons.
Good idea but few players will play it will be better in advantage.

 

I want EMP pulse to be an item too but let's try to stay on topic here :3

 

I never said anything before but this is some awesome artwork. It would make for a cool new option for a 2 point yellow item. Great for when a Speeder is scouting and accidentally finds a crowd of unfriends just around the corner!

 

How about "Invisibility Cloak" ?

 

Fabulous idea! Would act as a nerf to non lethal weps but only at the downside of increasing the risk of lethal weps. Lovely bit of balancing

 

Maybe as a yellow item... but a smoke screen would be more reasonable. Everyone inside it has their visibility range dropped to the point where you have to be at point blank range to spot them, but the smoke is still easily visible. I think a lot of people would complain about straight up invisibility.

 

How about a shield that disrupts target lock, lets call it a "stealth shield". Yellow item, 1 weight, you can still be seen and hit but opponents must target manually...

 

I'd like that as the aiming sucks at the moment.

 

This can be a yellow slot. Would make killing speedets and enforcer a horrid task.

This would need to a be a one slot blue item. That way all boats can use it. Not just the quick boats.

Edit. Stealth shield must be usable for all boats

 

Which of the few ideas are you commenting on?

 

Stealth Shield

 

As a Defender I'd love that to be true but can't be blue cos they're the only items which are perm on and not selectable in battle.

 

With the aim disrupter, it really wouldn't make a difference if it was yellow (other than fixer). You have (almost) a ZERO percent chance of hitting a speeder with auto aim. Also, enforcers move quickly and they have tesla shields (mk6).

In fact, it really wouldn't make too much of a difference at higher infamies.

 

It would still be more difficult. Auto aim still requires you to lead the shot, but the tracking is perfect. Shooting a ship with an aim disruptor would be like shooting your teammates.