Goonhub
05-17-2021, 08:44 PM
Yes, there was some nerf that was applied, specifically this commit.
I believe that that commit has some bugs in it that made it not behave as intended. Most notably: even if shots weren't reflected due to a shield overheating from multiple attacks in a short time frame, they still did no damage. Blobs still did no damage to shielded cyborgs (they did overheat the shield, but overheating the shield did not affect that blobs did no damage to them).
I would suggest that your observation of being killed by a shotgun pod while shields were active was either due to your shields not actually being active (the visual appearance of your shields does not accurately reflect your shield state) or your power cell running out (and this the shield being powered down, but also possibly still not updating the appearance of the shield).
I believe that that commit has some bugs in it that made it not behave as intended. Most notably: even if shots weren't reflected due to a shield overheating from multiple attacks in a short time frame, they still did no damage. Blobs still did no damage to shielded cyborgs (they did overheat the shield, but overheating the shield did not affect that blobs did no damage to them).
I would suggest that your observation of being killed by a shotgun pod while shields were active was either due to your shields not actually being active (the visual appearance of your shields does not accurately reflect your shield state) or your power cell running out (and this the shield being powered down, but also possibly still not updating the appearance of the shield).