Are they intended to only stop people from crossing or are they supposed to stop bullets, missiles etc. I'm not around them often but decided to turtle during an amp station defense while getting my offline instructions for the weekend (yay painting). I was standing half way up the stairs to the back exit and a TR MAX with chainguns shot me through the yellow shield. There were no hits from small arms on the kill screen even though there were some TR LA or Medic firing as well. It could be a glitch or a hack however, thought I'd check before reporting somebody. Anyone know how the Yellow shield should function?
yes they only stop people, not bullets, you cannot hide behind them (the ones sheilding SCU are people only)
Im pretty sure they used to stop bullets too - I know the ones at Eisa Tech Plant SCU did for me. Not sure if this is a bug or a usability change.
Back in beta and the beginning of release they stopped bullets, but they ninja changed it. Sometimes they will still stop bullets but they are not supposed to. The only shields that totally stop bullets are the vertical and horizontal shields in large stations, one way shields are on spawn rooms, and people only shields are always yellowish orange and usually protect the SCU.
Yeah, I was at Andvari Bio Dome today. I destabilised the SCU but then someone repaired the shield generator. A guy was inside so I started shooting at him, NOTHING - he turns and drops me in about .2 of a second. I know I have been killed through that very same shield before now as a defender via small arms fire! So which is it SOE? Do they stop bullets or not
