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EdwardDLuffy
4 years ago

I upgraded my body shield by punching a MRVN?

I'm not one for MRVN abuse, but I do get a little pissy when one dumps out lots of white rubbish. So, yesterday I punched a less-than-generous MRVN and my shield upgraded from blue to purple.

Looking back at the video I had 7 damage to do to upgrade, and then I got a purple shield with 750 to upgrade it to red. I still had to use a cell to charge it.

Has this always been a thing? Have you been able to punch MRVNs to get shield points and I've been in blissful ignorance of this fact?

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  • EdwardDLuffy's avatar
    EdwardDLuffy
    4 years ago

    @Cheese9ManI think it might be a bug. I think it was introduced for the prowlers and spiders on Storm Point as NPCs you can damage for shield points. I think Respawn have forgotten to turn it off for MRVNs.

    I think it will be removed - it's a lot easier to damage a MRVN than a prowler/spider.

  • Zkepz's avatar
    Zkepz
    4 years ago

    That is a sideffect of wildlife counting as armor upgrade in S11 😉

    It was not there last time MRVN was in play hehe

  • hayhor's avatar
    hayhor
    Hero
    4 years ago
    @EdwardDLuffy Yeah I think it's from the wildlife change where you could shoot the spiders, prowlers and pigeons. Likely unintended but they probably are all coded the same.
  • EA_David's avatar
    EA_David
    Icon for Community Admin rankCommunity Admin
    4 years ago
    I believe it's a bug, yep. It was reported as such from what I've seen anyway.
  • Kyldenar's avatar
    Kyldenar
    Seasoned Ace
    4 years ago
    @EA_David Why not keep it? Same for wildlife in KC when it comes back.

    Makes it consistent. (A lot less opportunities in the other maps anyway)
  • pandareno1999's avatar
    pandareno1999
    Hero+
    4 years ago
    @Kyldenar

    Sure,as soon as the MRVNs are programmed to rise up together and lunge 50m at you causing huge amounts of damage!
  • EA_David's avatar
    EA_David
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    4 years ago
    A MRVN uprising would be great.
    Lead by Pathfinder (think of the costume opportunities) and the TF|2 MRVN commander who never got his high five.

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