EMP/Ion Question

[maddog750]

Is there any counter/defense against the Ion Cannon weapon highlighted in Pre-Beta video 4?

[maddog750]

Never mind... Saw the Rockman battle and thought the Ion Cannon went through shields.

[Justin]

I don't think I show it in the videos, but ion is largely scary because it depowers your shield system even when it just hits your shields. If the enemy keeps firing it's likely they can chain the effect and bring down all of your shields for a period of time. Therefore, a strategy I find myself using is to drop all shields when a large ion blast is incoming; re-power them as soon as it passes; and just hope that it hits a non-important room. It's pretty hard to pull off though.

Also the advanced defense drone can shoot down incoming ion shots and cloaking can dodge them.

[Warbird]

That seems somewhat overpowered in my opinion, but I'll wait until I can actually mess around with the system before passing judgement.

[Samson]

So long as Ion cannons are uncommon on enemy NPC's I think we can manage. Having to deal with it once or twice would be difficult but alright. If everyone had it, then I think we'd have a problem. We'll have to wait for the Beta and see I guess.