When developers know exactly what their community wants.

[@RandomStarWarsFan]

I'd still use the ballistic shield instead, purely for the knight/spartan vibes you get from it 😂

[@BadWolf309]

i hope they buffe it so it block melee damage too

[@conradshtock3039]

@@BadWolf309maybe, but if it does, it ain’t much. Maybe at a later date.

[@Dirchew]

Helldiver, what is your profession?!

[@salaciousdaz8316]

@@BadWolf309 I heard it does block some....

[@redfalcon8062]

"HOLD THE LINE, MEN!"

[@VoxApollyon]

I cannot wait to really put this to use across the rest of the galaxy.

[@Agora42069]

what does your flag mean

[@skapunker1986]

@@Agora42069 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doug_flag Doug Flag

[@DarkCatfish]

@Agora42069 it's the flag of Cascadia

[@mailcs06]

I still prefer the ballistic shield, because it can protect your back still when not holding a 1 handed weapon, and can protect your left flank when not aiming down sights

[@George-go8zt]

STAND BEHIND ME

[@Fade7k]

The shield works differently to how HD1 was but I love the change.

[@coth5250]

"Be their shield!"

[@evergreen9566]

I really hope they don’t fix the sliding bug or the car launch bug for melee weapons. Also I’d love to see other melee weapons in the future.

[@dueinuremom5082]

I feel like overlapping energy shields would be powerful. One doesn’t offer too much protection but I don’t think a lot could get through four.

[@gibli745]

i am sure they gonn patch the car ragdol thing, but damn its fun

[@IttyBittySquiddy]

I found a cool little glitch where if you stim and aim while in the turret at the same time everytime you aim the turret your shield pops up

[@chrisR-B]

By found you mean saw the video.

[@IttyBittySquiddy]

@chrisR-B no

[@abrr2000]

0:32 wait what???? the 500lb bomb treats the particle beams as if it's the ground and stops on it???????

[@DecidedlyNinja]

It hit the shield, not the beam.

[@MadisonAtteberry]

"the shield can even hold harvester beams for a while." Yeah, for like....2 seconds. And I would still use the shield backpack, as the enemy is coming 360 around you. The only I can see for the frontal shield use would be for the vehicle, other then that, the best was to use it would be up against a wall, except you're still up against a wall. Now if you and another Helldiver, one with the frontal shield, the other with the 360 shield for behind support, I can see this as workable. That being said, I would actually like to incorporate the energy shields onto my super destroyer and make orbital cannons more of a threat, which would require the shields, and a great mechanic if they ever introduce space battles into the game. Just take the turret startagems, and place them onto your ship, maybe on top as it seems to be in reverse for Helldivers 2, compared to other sci-fi universes. The bottom is more defended then the top of the vessel, when it should account for an environment of infinite direction.

[@radium6962]

I like it as a support tool. You can right click and defend you and your teammates while they can shoot out, it's really useful and I think it serves a good place among the other 2 shield options. It's the selfless shield as opposed to the selfish ballistic and energy ones.

[@interats]

first of all this shield is much stronger then generator pack one. For me its just a replacement of the ballistic shield, its perfect for one handed primary mains

[@儀水鏡の妖怪霊]

@@interats And it's not even a replacement, but a sidegrade. It's wider, but it has a more limited lifespan in comparison to the ballistic shield.

[@mailcs06]

@@儀水鏡の妖怪霊 Yeah and the Ballistic shield is always protecting at least one of your sides when you have it. I've been saved from Elevated overseers by putting the shield on my back so I can sprint away safely several times.

[@nahfr.]

Yeah whatever keep trying to justify yourself using the lame version

[@boskivirix7456]

And now the ballistic shield is obsolete...

[@Sonlirain]

No not really, it's a sidegrade at best. With the ballistic shield you can stand and tank heavy devastator or factory strider fire till the cows come home. Meanwhile the directional shield will quickly get broken. Plus as a bonus it's completely inactive unless you actively aim a 1h weapon while the ballistic shield will always offer at least some protection even if by just being on your back.

[@boskivirix7456]

I didnt know the ballistic has more health, thanks for letting me know

[@jamesThebulbmin]

The ballistic shield only takes damage from heavy cannons this gets shredded by bots

[@boskivirix7456]

So light fire doesnt deal damage at all???

[@jamesThebulbmin]

@boskivirix7456 not to the ballistic shield and if they do it's basically un-noticable but explosions will launch you annihilator cannons and harvester beams instantly destroy it so do not try hold back the big blue laser or the cannon turret/tank blasts

[@Pardo_Giftshop]

now with a shield like this..i hope they can apply it on our mech..

[@jamesThebulbmin]

We can with a glitch Hold a 1 handed weapon Get in a mech Stim and hold right click Your shield should work (but your left arm is constantly firing) You can do this with the hmg emplacement and probably the anti tank emplacement and won't have to worry about constantly firing

[@FinnishArsonist]

Honestly a shield + AMR mech would slap against bots

[@WeeklyMemes_69420]

You should be a dev of HellDivers 2 tbh, you would be our savior

[@thonking7193]

the personal shield backpack in the mech though

[@robertren23]

Reloading, Reloading, Reloading, out of ammo.

[@Ereshkigal616]

This shield allows us to practically "protect" teammates with it. Very teamwork. Much Helldive. So Democracy. Wow

[@TheLotusEaterUnveiled]

Did it just block ally projectiles... Uh oh.

[@darkprism1940]

It blocked the laser beam, not projectiles. Likely a bug, but still an anti synergy for your teammates, but one that can be solved by sidestepping

[@putrid4415]

But why cant u block melee attacks?

[@salaciousdaz8316]

because it's energy. Same as u can walk in and out of the big shield stratagem dome, but shots don't go thru. The Ballistic Shild on the other hand... now THAT should block melee!

[@CameronLestagez]

can you hold a primary on it? what’s the difference from ballistic shield?

[@joellee8077]

I think you can only hold any weapon with one hand perk on it. Like SMG, crossbow, pistol, baton. It kinda has less hp then ballistic shield but wont be broken (still needs to recharge).

[@darkprism1940]

It covers a wider area, allowing teammates to take cover as well. And, from my experience, it can soak up a lot of hits, but if it gets hit by too much in a short time it will break and need to recharge. Not sure of the ballistic can do this, but the directional can't block melee at all, so keeping some distance is still very important unless you are using melee

[@ThunderEwokB]

If they knew they wouldn't put the players through all these nerfs in the past like they did..

[@AidanClutter]

They know now, get over it, it was bad, now it’s not.

[@palasta]

Balance in a game like this is delicate matter. Plus, not AH fault when players are not that bright.

[@Moopadoopies]

Grow up

[@ThunderEwokB]

@@palasta Balance in a game like that is not that important, not as important as you seem to think, it would be important in a PVP game, but in a PVE game main point of balance is keeping the game fun, not fair, because there is no other team, just NPCs

[@palasta]

In your lofty gamer head it is. Other people like authentic and coherent challenge. There are enough mindless shootyshooty with paper mache enemies out there.