Don't destroy tesla shield. Balance it

Personally I agree with most of the community with all the nerf tesla shield posts. Yet they are asking for it to be destroyed and some even asking for damage to be delt to someone with an active tesla shield. I do not want tesla shields to go through the same extinction frost got. So here is my suggestion.

Before tesla shields were meta, the idea of them was more for shielding teammates. Not so much for full personal use. So my idea is to balance it in a way that brings back that aspect.

My idea is to make the bubble 2.5x larger but weaken the hp by 20%.

Benefits -

easier to shield a teammate. (The original purpose)

Blocks more shots

Nonbenefits -

Not so great for full personal use

Larger shield means easier to hit and therefore break from afar.

Easier for speeders to sneak attack (shoot from inside the tesla shield)


That's my idea. If anyone wants to add onto it feel free.

 

Start cooldown timer at shield end instead of ahield initiation allows for full protection but also allows risk window of vulnerability where enfo must hide or use manuverability skills to survive rather than just wait 4 seconds to pop another double bubble barrage

 

Good idea, but it's also a nerf for a single TS, and that's not a desired effect.
My idea - buffing counters.

 

What if the Tesla bolt removed the shield completely, AND stunned the target? Could work as a natural counter, as well as being a slight buff for the bolt?

 

Buffing the counters is the best solution I've heard so far, because it won't kill it but still indirectly nerf it, and it will also allow for a greater diversity of different playstyles, like buffing frost torp combo will help deal with tesla shield and bring back the old combo

 

Reducing tesla shield base time could greatly nerf yellow boats.

 

IMO maybe bring back tesla bolt before it was nerfed?. Im dont really know what was nerfed feom tesla bokt tho.

 

the problem is, that is that it's hard to hit them (enforcers), extra turret agility is great
maybe buff tesla bolt and frost? they would be good counters to DB if they were not nerfed to useless state
or hp nerf for shields? but only for these high level shields which need two shots to break

 

That actually sounds like the perfect balance

 

Let's face it.

The devs will never bring balance to the Tesla shield. Enforcer double bubble has been OP for 6 months and there has been 0 acknowledgement by devs that it is even a problem. In fact, the last change to Tshield was a perk buff back in May.

I'd wager the next nerf is going to be to flare gun because it still poses too much of a threat to bubble users, as evidenced by Zeus's statement in the latest live stream.

They are not monitoring the status or balance of the game anymore. In all likelihood all of our complaints and suggestions on this forum fall on deaf ears.

Godlike achievement has been broken for 3+ weeks now.

It is clear to me that the devs don't listen to the community. Why do we even waste our breath?

I'm becoming more and more disenchanted with this game.

 

As a defender facing a never ending stream of MK7 4500+ infamy enforcers with max epic and legendary bubbles, the agility makes no difference. They are impossible to bring down with only 3 weapons.

I feel accomplished if I can even manage to score a hit on them. But in reality, I can only manage to hit the ones that are poorly skilled players. The good ones have perfect bubble rotation and concealment skills.