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« on: August 09, 2012, 06:48:04 PM »
So here's the shield thing in full
(It's a primary)
When equipped, you can press M2 at any time (unless he's holding a Sandvich) to bring up the shield for about .2 seconds. During this period, you will be invulnerable to any damage from the front and sides, sans headshots. You will also have your move speed reduced to the same speed when deploying the minigun for this short period. Your turn speed will also be reduced. You must wait 4 seconds to bring up the shield again
You can also hold down M2 to bring up the shield indefinitely. However, for ever .1 second it is brought up past the .2 seconds, its damage reduction will drop by 15%, capping at 20%. Again, you must wait 4 seconds to bring it up again.
You can fire and punch while the shield is up, but your firing rate is reduced by 50%
There are plenty of ways you can take down a shield heavy
Flank him
Run around him as a faster class
Shoot behind him with explosive weapons
Rocket/Sticky/FaN/Double jump above him
Headshot him
Backstab
Brute force your way past the damage reduction, I mean, after all, all he has is a shotgun and his hands