Steam Community :: [WOTC] Paladin Shield Bursters

Lebowskichild 5 Jul @ 6:15am

Thank you, @RustyDios. Your work in the community is top notch.

RustyDios [author] 5 Jul @ 6:11am

To my knowledge, yes. During a non-tactical mission save.

Lebowskichild 5 Jul @ 5:57am

@RustyDios Is this mod safe to add mid campaign?

Alexandr 25 Jan @ 4:04pm

Nice, Rusty!

LightenedDark 26 Jun, 2024 @ 10:51am

Aw. I do love me some "XCOM goodies"...

xf100t 23 Jun, 2024 @ 11:26pm

Is it normal to have three shield bursters come in one pod? Because dear god, I pulled three with the shield sitrep, and that was an instant retreat/wipe.

Mungojerrie 25 May, 2024 @ 2:12pm

I see, thanks! And good job on the mod BTW, really cool enemies.

RustyDios [author] 22 May, 2024 @ 10:33am

Yes, that is normal. The Bio Bursters special bash is armour shredding upto 99 - as in all of it, followed by an acid DoT. The Acid DoT is only suppose to do 2 damage max though, so that does seem off.
You can adjust the shredding numbers in the config if you wish.

Mungojerrie 22 May, 2024 @ 6:45am

So an Advanced Paladin Bio Burster just shredded *** 8 *** armor from a SPARK Guardian with a shield bash. This caused Acid Burn for 5 points right after. Is this supposed to happen? Shredding 8 armor in a single attack seems a tiny bit too much.

Da Evil Wizard 4 Dec, 2023 @ 12:24pm

i luv this mod but i think the range for the poion fire etc is way too much. Shielder isnt even on my screen, he's in another room and i got lit on fire. Especially the poison one, its hardcore.

Mac Dog64 4 Aug, 2023 @ 1:22am

@RustyDios
'Yeah.. it's technically a bug.. but I'm not going to fix it, because I think the idea of them stealing loot is amazing'

That's a good idea actually, it adds to their uniqueness and adds more urgency to take them down as quick as possible :)

RedX 3 Aug, 2023 @ 10:47pm

So... can we say that "its not a bug, its a feature" made Kleptomaniac Paladin Shield Bursters (KPSBs) somewhat cannon?
XCOM finally has its own Scavenger class of enemy.

PlasmaFan265 3 Aug, 2023 @ 10:33pm

Fair enough, I guess. If they're going hell with them, might as well take something to hell with them, lol.

RustyDios [author] 3 Aug, 2023 @ 10:31pm

Yeah.. it's technically a bug.. but I'm not going to fix it, because I think the idea of them stealing loot is amazing

PlasmaFan265 3 Aug, 2023 @ 10:29pm

I had this happen a little while ago as well. A shield burster picked up loot from a dead enemy.

Rtma Eros Paragon 30 Jul, 2023 @ 5:54am

Not literally walked up and gave it, said it was picked up like when you take loot, crouch down, pick up and accept it.

Mac Dog64 29 Jul, 2023 @ 9:10am

I've never heard of enemies taking loot and giving it to XCOM, that's quite funny if true haha:)

RustyDios [author] 29 Jul, 2023 @ 6:46am

Are you sure he gave it to you? or just that the pop-up for what was there was shown?
These guys are known to be kleptomaniacs ... ....

Rtma Eros Paragon 29 Jul, 2023 @ 6:08am

Just had something odd happen, a shield burster picked up dropped loot from a killed purifier right beside him and gave it to me, bug report.

Mac Dog64 28 Jul, 2023 @ 2:15am

This looks so cool, It was a cool design choice to use the Muton skins and i think it compliments them more in terms of uniqeness. Are you planning to do similar use of skins for enemies? That has so much untapped potential:)

jat11241976 6 May, 2023 @ 4:50pm

Another excellent mod, and thank you for cooki\ng it! Your amazing Rusty!

RustyDios [author] 8 Apr, 2023 @ 11:58am

Works fine alongside ABA (and most other enemy mods)

zin 8 Apr, 2023 @ 11:48am

Sweet enemy!

Just wondering, is it compatible with A Better ADVENT: WotC? I’m assuming so, but I’m not sure whether or not that mod has similar enemies to these.

Moisesjns 28 Nov, 2022 @ 7:50pm

really good looking enemy. Thank you for making them.

RustyDios [author] 2 Nov, 2022 @ 8:38am

AdvShieldBearer_xMz

where x is one of the colours, and z is the tier

If you find you still can't get their ids correct, they are all in the \Localisation\xcomgame.int
the y part of these lines;
[yyyyyyy X2CharacterTemplate]

Fargus404 2 Nov, 2022 @ 6:57am

I would be very grateful if you would write the id of these beautiful soldiers

RustyDios [author] 1 Nov, 2022 @ 4:21pm

You can find that in the mods localisation (\Localisation\xcomgame.int) file easily enough.
[xxxxxxx X2CharacterTemplate]

You can find the MOD ID in the 'share' button/address bar.. its the ID at the end
(or right click the mod in AML and choose "open in explorer") .. to get to the mod files.

Fargus404 1 Nov, 2022 @ 5:26am

please tell me the id I want them to sleep

Kei 18 Oct, 2022 @ 2:34am

Very cool mod! Thank you for your hard work, it is greatly appreciated!

Nuka Quantum 17 Sep, 2022 @ 11:09am

ah thanks i didn't see it like that!

RustyDios [author] 17 Sep, 2022 @ 9:04am

Technically they are Bureau Mutons, but the armour design still looks 'plated bulky Advent' to me
They still drop AdventShieldBearer corpses, and the design was still for them being 'beefier' Shieldbearers ... so ...

They can be both right?

Both :)

Nuka Quantum 17 Sep, 2022 @ 8:41am

quick question are these new models mutons or advent i can't tell

dmc32 15 Sep, 2022 @ 6:26pm

Very cool

Povuh 15 Sep, 2022 @ 12:27pm

Awesome update, still really like these guys.

RedX 15 Sep, 2022 @ 8:15am

Hell yeah!
The moment i saw those models i wanted to fight against them.
They fit perfectly now, awesome update.

Zoviscyne 14 Feb, 2022 @ 1:28am

For a first "true" enemy mod, this is very good! Fun Diablo-style "elite mobs." No, I didn't see your 8 pages of prior xcom mods, I promise.

Povuh 28 Jan, 2022 @ 10:23am

I just ran into one of the blue bois for the first time, they're cool!

Dark 24 Jan, 2022 @ 6:38am

@RustyDios Yep, but i don't know how to do it... I never seen code for inventory slots in X2Characters class. Well, i will have to think about it over the weekend.

RustyDios [author] 23 Jan, 2022 @ 3:17pm

Well, that's not technically an issue with this mod, that's on your change. You'd also need to update ALL enemies using ammo to have an AmmoPocket, and then move their inventory loadouts so their ammo is in their pocket.

Dark 23 Jan, 2022 @ 10:43am

Heh, found problem. I just changed inventory slot for ammo items from _Utility to _AmmoPocket and now all enemy with ammo in loadout don't receive bonuses from it.

RustyDios [author] 23 Jan, 2022 @ 8:12am

Hover your mouse over the weapon and the details will appear to the left of the main screen ...

Dark 23 Jan, 2022 @ 6:54am

Hmm, ammo which added in paladins loadout not show in YetAnotherF1...

LooseNooseZeusMooseGooseJuice 15 Jan, 2022 @ 6:12am

Rusty, you're incredible. Remember that man.

silverleaf1 26 Nov, 2021 @ 2:28pm

@RustyDios I think there was more than one so I really could not determine how long the shields last; I just noticed that every unit I saw had a shield. Thanks for getting back to me. These guys provide a lot of shield making them a high priority target.

RustyDios [author] 26 Nov, 2021 @ 1:51pm

Pretty sure they expire after 5 turns, unless you are using a mod to change that.
Although these guys are not in the CI Phalanx sitrep (the one that gives you shieldbearers, is just normal shieldbearers I think)

silverleaf1 26 Nov, 2021 @ 7:36am

@RustyDios Do the shields provided to friendly units ever expire without destruction of the providing unit? The Strategy Overhaul includes a sitrep that places a shield bearer in every pod. Shield bearers appear early enough that the extra shields may be difficult to deal with with just magnetic weapons, especially on timed missions.

RustyDios [author] 11 Oct, 2021 @ 10:46pm

Maybe in another mod I'll adjust a base game enemy in that way, but not in this one :)

Red110 11 Oct, 2021 @ 8:53pm

What about ballistic shield like Assault Trooper from Bio Division?

RustyDios [author] 11 Oct, 2021 @ 2:28pm

Whilst a good suggestion, I won't be adjusting the base Shieldbearer at all in this mod. He hasn't "earned" his Paladin Shield ... .. lol ... think of the base one as the 'rookie' ShieldBearer... lol

Red110 11 Oct, 2021 @ 10:58am

Maybe add shield for basic shieldbearer?

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