Talk:Primed Vigor/@comment-100.2.124.254-20170408211412/@comment-135.23.52.159-20170509213210

Shield gating would make some things OP as hell, and not help other things. Eg, if EV Trin wasn't already OP she would definitely be then... while Inaros and Nidus would gain nothing... not saying that Inaros and Nidus NEED more defense, but EV would make any frame unkillable. Idk if shields need a huge buff though... And shields eating up energy just for taking damage like quick thinking but not when you're near death, definitely wouldn't be popular, since energy is tougher to get back than shields or health. One life strike swing for 12 energy can bring back a whole health bar. A Primed Fast Deflection mod would be much better imo. Shields were never meant to replace health, just provide a buffer for frames that can't gain health back as easily as others. That said, I would be hyped to see a frame like anti-Inaros with a tiny health pool and a massive shield pool, with a passive and/or abilities that allow for recharging shields and possibly spending shields as energy like Valkyr's 3 or regaining energy on shield damage like a lower conversion rate Rage. With armor making effective health as high as 10 times actual health, the shield-frame would have more shield than Inaros has health. Would be interesting to see a frame that could be tanky using shields. At the moment, I don't think any of the tanky frames really care about their shields except for Chroma, who only cares about his shields so he can lose them for Vex Armor.