Remove the knockdown phase
Yeah. I'm serious. Because in the end, whether the knockdown is there or not yields zero difference nowadays. Everyone - and I mean literally everyone - immediately kills you after you go down regar...
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@Peri_Longbow_plz How I feel about knockdown shields is that they need their HP adjusted and protect more of the player. No matter what level shield I have, people can empty 1-2 mags and somehow cut through it like butter. It doesn't matter what gun they use either.
They're also even able to quickly run around the knocked player and hit them in the sides, back, or from above, rendering knockdowns useless.
Someone can also do a finisher, which bypasses the knockdown shield all together. If they don't want to wait the time or risk getting shot at, they can cancel the finisher and then shoot at you. Oftentimes this catches the knocked player off guard, and the finisher makes the knocked player put away their knockdown shield. This allows one to go ahead and kill the knocked player quickly without having to go around them or fight them through their knockdown.
Throwing thermite also goes past knockdown shields.
Unless you have a decent team that seems like enough of a threat to focus on, people should leave you alone and give you time to crawl away. This also requires 3rd parties to not exist or the 3rd party becomes the distraction for your team. Oftentimes, there could be 2-5 teams shooting, and for whatever reason 1-3 players of each team would focus on finishing you off mid-gunfight. It just makes no real sense.
They're also even able to quickly run around the knocked player and hit them in the sides, back, or from above, rendering knockdowns useless.
Someone can also do a finisher, which bypasses the knockdown shield all together. If they don't want to wait the time or risk getting shot at, they can cancel the finisher and then shoot at you. Oftentimes this catches the knocked player off guard, and the finisher makes the knocked player put away their knockdown shield. This allows one to go ahead and kill the knocked player quickly without having to go around them or fight them through their knockdown.
Throwing thermite also goes past knockdown shields.
Unless you have a decent team that seems like enough of a threat to focus on, people should leave you alone and give you time to crawl away. This also requires 3rd parties to not exist or the 3rd party becomes the distraction for your team. Oftentimes, there could be 2-5 teams shooting, and for whatever reason 1-3 players of each team would focus on finishing you off mid-gunfight. It just makes no real sense.
@Midnight9746 You are correct. I think knockdown shields should be reworked to be lets say like a full bubble in order to be effective these days.
I think that would be an interesting idea for the legendary knockdown shield . I think we all can agree that of all legendary items, the knockdown shield is the worst. After 10k matches, I could almost count on my fingers how many times Ive actually got a self res through and managed to do something meaningful afterwards. So many things out of your control must happen if you will have any success with it, like the enemy team getting third partied or something like that. Reworking it by removing the self res but making it a bubble that shields you from all directions until the HP is broken might sound too OP but I dont think it would be. Your team must still win the fight in order for it to be useful.But imo, I dont think all knockdown shields should work this way for the reasons I mentioned in my earlier posts.
- @Balladalidila The legendary is the only one that you actually try to AVOID using, lol. Because the moment the enemy sees it's gold, you're toast. That's the only one that I think should be reworked. The rest work fine if you know what you're doing and your team is playing at least minimally as a team.
They're only supposed to be a last resort, not an actual survival tool.
For the gold one, I'm thinking it should cloak you while you're rezzing as an extra safeguard. After all, it's very rare, so it should do something special. What do you think?
- @D3loFF yeah, and I'm unsure if its a bug, or a cheat - but players are shooting through my knockdown without breaking it (some run around, but I turn and block them, and they're somehow able to still hit me through the shield, like I hear it take damage, and then I take damage and the shield is still up), while some are instantly cracking purple/gold knockdowns way to quickly.
- @Midnight9746 While when you have to shoot at even white shield it takes a ton of damage. I know the feeling as it happened to me many times - purple shield and they cut through it like butter.
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