Will ION Insulator remain nerfed? Destro or Rarnok confirm.

[Chump Norris]

I have a supreme darkest hour and i never complained about that shield,I really wanted it in game with the high capacity.Just because it was suposed to be unique and worth getting it.And a bit more of capacity is not big deal,some people dont realize that some extra thousands of capacity are gone with a single shot.That shield was going to be useful and useless at the same time,the recharge time sucks,i´d not have used it being a noob

Thank you Kuroro, I knew there had to be some level headed DH owners out there that wouldn't mind "noobs" having a crack at a high cap shield. tbh I cant see me using anything over my Superiority Rhino Regen but just knowing people whined enough and got ION nerfed all so they could keep high cap shields out of the hands of others bugs me.

[Kuroro]

Thank you Kuroro, I knew there had to be some level headed DH owners out there that wouldn't mind "noobs" having a crack at a high cap shield. tbh I cant see me using anything over my Superiority Rhino Regen but just knowing people whined enough and got ION nerfed all so they could keep high cap shields out of the hands of others bugs me.

And you know what? Most of the time I dont even use the darkest hour,because 1k more of capacity than a superiority shield does not makes any difference and the synergy of a darkest hour requires a shield break to activate, I dont want that,I want to avoid shots and kill fast without even be touched,that is why a superiority shield is way better with the right secundary weapon (in my opinion).That ion insulator would not have been near of that,the effect is less dmg while the shield recharges,its like assuming someone will almost kill you,and it has 5% recharge,I did not tested it but it should be around of 20 seconds to fill,I could not wait that much.

With this being said,complainers do not have a single idea of the game they play,and the shield has been nerfed for no fair reason

[Mr Devlin]

we can only hope destro is listening to this thread.... nerfing that shield was a travesty, and for very little reason.

[xXxDSMer]

Ion insulator, as it is now, is absolute garbage.
Surely devs, you sat down and thought out the shield before it went on pts in the first place. Itentionally gave it a higher capacity. Why else on earth would you have it set at a 5% recharge rate???

And this:

Did people actually test or was this a case of non PTS testers giving input on something they hadn't tried?

Thanks for actually responding btw Destro.

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added since we want to keep shields fair and balanced or w/e the excuse is..
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screw it and sorry DH users..




so..

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and..

Firewall version.

[1]: On shield break, restore health and shields for 5s to surrounding allies. (Cooldown: 30s)
[2]: On shield break, repair 1 armor plate. (Cooldown: 30s)
[3]: On shield break, +20% outgoing healing for 10s (Cooldown: 30s)

or..

Wetwork version.

[1]: On shield break, grant 15% damage for 5s to surrounding allies. (Cooldown: 30s)
[2]: On shield break, gain 15% armor penetration for 5s. (Cooldown: 30s)
[3]: +10% damage when shield is down.

These EXL shields should be brought inline with other shields or whatever excuse was used to justify nerfing the ION..thanks.

Maybe bringing the ION down to the cap of the DH would have been a more fair approach instead of just neutering the ION?

I've been saying ever since the whiners got the project piper shields "fixed" that if we can't have high cap shields - there should be NO high cap shields. Can't keep running around "fixing" things that weren't broke in the first place, and showing off shields like ion insulator with a higher than standard cap just to turn around and make 'em crap later.

NO increased cap shields for anyone, or everyone should have access to them. NOT this bs of shields along those lines only come from a ONE DAY event ONCE A YEAR.

[Bentu]

Ion insulator, as it is now, is absolute garbage.
Surely devs, you sat down and thought out the shield before it went on pts in the first place. Itentionally gave it a higher capacity. Why else on earth would you have it set at a 5% recharge rate???

No it was the same wrong coding the Piper had so they re balanced it.
Darkest hours are next ah no they're not as they're working as intended.

[Skiller115]

No it was the same wrong coding the Piper had so they re balanced it.
Darkest hours are next ah no they're not as they're working as intended.

The shield system needs an overhaul just like weapons when they were uplifted! Right now shields aren't used because you like it it's only because all other options are complete trash. I agree that the Ion shouldn't have been nerfed because now it is just a weaker Ironclad/Rebel abomination combination!