23-12-2024, 12:56 AM
(This post was last modified: 23-12-2024, 12:58 AM by Chaos Laicosin.)
I'm gonna agree with Jean that having Noble Bastion being crossbow hero locked is kinda silly. Bringing a shield as a crossbowman is just hindering yourself and/or the team since it takes the spot of your ammo, crossbow, support, or melee. The VERY niche argument for its use would be if you were trying to solo Rag and having trouble getting to wave 8, but soloing hard or normal its better to bring med box and pick up an enemy shield. Otherwise if you're with a team then someone else is probably bringing a shield that you could pick up after respawn.
This sentiment is reflected by the community since Pavise Champion is probably the least played class, and other crossbowman never bring shields. Also, prior to the "usable by all" fix the only players that brought noble bastion into game were Juggs and since the fix I can count on one hand the number of times I've seen it in game. I've also only seen half-board shield in game once (Jean), and I've never seen reinforced sks in game (I'm honestly curious if its ever been crafted.)
I don't think it would be game breaking to make it usable by infantry since its barely better than house crafted infantry shields, and is not better than house crafted RG/PC shields unless its upgraded.
This sentiment is reflected by the community since Pavise Champion is probably the least played class, and other crossbowman never bring shields. Also, prior to the "usable by all" fix the only players that brought noble bastion into game were Juggs and since the fix I can count on one hand the number of times I've seen it in game. I've also only seen half-board shield in game once (Jean), and I've never seen reinforced sks in game (I'm honestly curious if its ever been crafted.)
I don't think it would be game breaking to make it usable by infantry since its barely better than house crafted infantry shields, and is not better than house crafted RG/PC shields unless its upgraded.