Thoughts on Turtle's Shield

(Wedgebox) #1

Turtle’s shield is actually really small (I don’t know if this is the final version of the shield). The way it is now your most likely to get shot at if you stand behind it. Crouching by it will actually cover your entire body from damage, but the shield is quite one-sided so enemies could easy kill you if they went around the shield.

I also worry that the shield could block paths. And does/will the shield have “Hp”? By this I mean if it’s destroy able or not. Heavy mercs like Nader, Rhino, or Fragger would be really annoying behind that shield in my opinion.

(nokiII) #2
  1. This video is nearly 1 year old
  2. We’ve never had turtle in the game, not even in closed beta
  3. No one really knows what ability he has
  4. Just because there are artifacts of prior development in game, doesn’t mean that it’s gonna get used
(frostyvampire) #3

What’s up with people? Turtle is not even out yet.
At least wait for the official release before saying how useless/OP he is

It’s confirmed that he will have a shield, yes. But:

  • There is no info on the shield size. Just because there is one in the game files doesn’t mean this will be the exact shield he will have
  • Nobody knows what his abilities will be. We don’t know if the shield will be his only ability or he will have another thing like providing armor to teammates (hp that cannot be healed once lost). Or maybe the shield will have some passive effects like damage reduction to nearby allies. We don’t know anything
  • He is Turkish. I expect to hear him saying “Allahu Ackbar” when he is planting the C4 which means his C4 will be extra powerful and it might be too overpowered
(yesser) #4

i guess one of the reasons that turtle have took a long time to be created is that of the maybe excssive use like you said blocking paths we already have that sometime with ammo station and thats really annoying so imagine with a deployable who is meant to defend and so have a BIG health so in my opinion even if he get implmented to the game with the same shield they will need to disable the deployable colision

(Wedgebox) #5

[quote=“FrostyVampire;200968”]What’s up with people? Turtle is not even out yet.
At least wait for the official release before saying how useless/OP he is

It’s confirmed that he will have a shield, yes. But:

  • There is no info on the shield size. Just because there is one in the game files doesn’t mean this will be the exact shield he will have
  • Nobody knows what his abilities will be. We don’t know if the shield will be his only ability or he will have another thing like providing armor to teammates (hp that cannot be healed once lost). Or maybe the shield will have some passive effects like damage reduction to nearby allies. We don’t know anything
  • He is Turkish. I expect to hear him saying “Allahu Ackbar” when he is planting the C4 which means his C4 will be extra powerful and it might be too overpowered[/quote]

I JUST SAID THAT! I literally said “Turtle’s shield is actually really small (I don’t know if this is the final version of the shield)”

And I’m pretty sure his ability is going to be a shield. What else could his ability be? A flamethower? A poisonous moltov? A superjump ability?

(Grave_Knight) #6

The asset in the game is from an early Alpha build. Turtle hasn’t be in public build at all. While he might have a shield the final design on the shield could change, it could end up being bigger or providing an effect different than what we expect.

(nokiII) #7

[quote=“Wedgebox;200944”][quote=“hypnotoad;200930”]1) This video is nearly 1 year old
2) We’ve never had turtle in the game, not even in closed beta
3) No one really knows what ability he has
4) Just because there are artifacts of prior development in game, doesn’t mean that it’s gonna get used[/quote]

What you’ve said is beyond retarded. It’s been confirmed that Turtle is going to have a shield, and this merc STILL hasn’t come out yet. You can look at the following concept art and that’s what he’s gonna look like.

And most of the mercs still have grenades in their concept art and actual in game model, but they don’t have them anymore.
Early concept art means literally nothing, the only one saying retarded garbage in here is you.

(Wedgebox) #8

[quote=“hypnotoad;201000”][quote=“Wedgebox;200944”][quote=“hypnotoad;200930”]1) This video is nearly 1 year old
2) We’ve never had turtle in the game, not even in closed beta
3) No one really knows what ability he has
4) Just because there are artifacts of prior development in game, doesn’t mean that it’s gonna get used[/quote]

What you’ve said is beyond retarded. It’s been confirmed that Turtle is going to have a shield, and this merc STILL hasn’t come out yet. You can look at the following concept art and that’s what he’s gonna look like.

And most of the mercs still have grenades in their concept art and actual in game model, but they don’t have them anymore.
Early concept art means literally nothing, the only one saying retarded garbage in here is you.[/quote]

What other ability will Turtle have? OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOH LET ME GUESS! A POISONOUS MOLTOV, A FLAMETHROWER, A SUPER JUMP, OR OOOOOOOH HE COULD HAVE A MINIGUN!

(Wedgebox) #9

That’s literally what I said.

(watsyurdeal) #10

Honestly as long as the shield is small enough that even the tallest merc, can crouch behind it and not get headshotted, I think it’ll be a good item.

Cause honestly having cover you can deploy anywhere you want at anytime is actually not THAT bad. Situational sure, but definitely not trash or anything like that.

(Grave_Knight) #11

That’s literally what I said.[/quote]

No, all you said was that it is it’s too small and called people retards for saying he might not have a shield which is entirely possible. You also mocked people for talking about how all mercs still have grenades on their model.

(Wedgebox) #12

That’s literally what I said.[/quote]

No, all you said was that it is it’s too small and called people retards for saying he might not have a shield which is entirely possible. You also mocked people for talking about how all mercs still have grenades on their model.[/quote]

Blah blah…

(Wedgebox) #13

That’s literally what I said.[/quote]

No, all you said was that it is it’s too small and called people retards for saying he might not have a shield which is entirely possible. You also mocked people for talking about how all mercs still have grenades on their model.[/quote]

If you read it I said (I don’t know if this is the final version of the shield). which means the shield could change at any moment. There’s nothing wrong with mercs still having grenades on there models…it’s there concept. And what ELSE could Turtle have other than a shield & being an engineer? I don’t think we need another grenade merc or a merc like Rhino or Thunder.