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by DX » Tue Jul 24, 2012 10:11 pm
The only shields I'd consider using would be umbrellas or tarps. The umbrella is the ultimate shield - customizably large, featherlight, protection from many angles, mountable, and designed for taking a lot of water. It's not something I'd want to put up against a WBL, which is why the tarp is second. A tarp could take a direct hit from something more powerful, albeit with more clumsy protection against everything else. Dodging is still better than shielding because you have your full 360 degree field of vision open. Blocking can be useful though, so a small "shield" can be a plus. The best place for something like that is on your gun, which gives you the benefits of the shield while freeing up both hands to pump and fire at the same time. Most big guns can be used to block shots as-is, so there's little point to attaching something extra.
Having 2 people to work with is an easy counter for someone with a shield. The universal counter for everything, ambushing, suffices if you don't. Otherwise, you are kind of stuck trying to hit exposed angles, an annoyance with a stream of water, if you don't have much shot time.
marauder wrote:You have to explain things in terms that kids will understand, like videogames^ That's how I got Sam to stop using piston pumpers
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