I'd like them at launch but I think it would take away from the ground stuff at the start, maybe added a few months after launch.
Exactly brother . (However, even a few months after the launch do not seem to be a realistic period imo, remember about more ground vehicles, chaos gods' stuff etc.)
Oooh, Boarding actions: That's a whole lot of variables and mission parameters right there. Would be sweet to have ship to ship combat and void superiority over regions play a factor (especially deployment) but that's so far down the list of wishes Bladerunner only just began working on. I like the scope of possibility for this game /beardstroke.
If boarding shields do not make into the game at launch, that would make a great time to introduce them. They look fantastic.
Always loved these, full support for them. And i truly dont think we should wait till orbital battles to implement them. They can be a nice feature to make the flightless melee combatants last longer.
Combat and Storm shields are awesome enough to make Boarding Shield redundant on the ground, don't know about in boarding actions. Lore says the Mechanicus created the original Terminator armor as proof against concentrated fire specifically because Boarding Shields weighed enough to bugger up the support servos in the MK III suits. No idea if the later MKs were improved to support the weight and to a large degree; that's just fluff anyway. They look badass compared to a Combat Shield
