Shields...

[PolarBeorn]

... But hasnt anyone else find it odd that there arent any shields in the Fallout universe? I started mostly thinking of it when i took a closer look at the Legion from New Vegas. For a group that fancied itself after the roman empire i was surprised not seeing them some old school riot shields as legionair shield. But it aint just them, i kinda expected the Brotherhood of Steel to have them as well (with the knight thing they have going on as well).

 

I often thought about creating a few myself but its tricky, mostly becouse a) the pipboy would be hidden and might give issues when accessing it (sinse the shield would be on the left arm) and b) becouse i dont know ziltch about scripping and i have the feeling that putting shields into NV woul require a hell of a lot of that.

 

My point here i guess is im wondering if anyone has thought about something similar to that.

 

PS: my native language isnt english so i apologise for any typos i might have made.

[FrankManic]

The Brotherhood has Power Armor. Shields would be redundant, and get in the way of the ridiculously huge chain guns.

 

That said, it might be doable. I think you can create costume pieces that only effect a specific body part, so with some NIFscape goodness, GIMP, Blender, and lots of free time I bet you could get a man-hole cover in game that would stick itself to your arm and increase your DR.

[IPlayThisGame]

The Brotherhood has Power Armor. Shields would be redundant, and get in the way of the ridiculously huge chain guns.

 

That said, it might be doable. I think you can create costume pieces that only effect a specific body part, so with some NIFscape goodness, GIMP, Blender, and lots of free time I bet you could get a man-hole cover in game that would stick itself to your arm and increase your DR.

lol you make it sound so funny :P

[azron]

Not sure how shields would work in New Vegas, I mean sure they were in Oblivion like crazy, but beyond that it's hard to say.

 

I can see Brotherhood using shields similar to that of a Zaku II, Zulu or Starcraft II Marine,

 

But they would prolly wind up being just some kind of bonus to DT.

 

Riot shields for Ceaser's Legion would make a great deal of sense though, but they lack the cohesion and AI to really make them count (being in formation, using the curvature of the shield to make a striking opponent fall off balance then be stabbed by one of the legionares (the one adjacent to the one who's shield the opponent struck ))

 

Another problem is that Legion use regular throwing spears, not javelins much less the Pillum, which should autocripple whatever part of the body it hits, even if it hit someone's shield, or at least encumber them in some fashion.

 

Also Ceaser's Legion seems to lack even the most basic artillery, while Roman artillery is legendary.

 

That way Ceaser's Legion can at least pretend to have tactics similar to the real Romans.

 

In fact, aside from the Legion's access to firearms and such, their "Roman" like weapons and equipment are vastly inferior to the real deal.