Shield

Info
Shield is a passive tool in Neighborhood War that had many variation and issues in it's history but it's been remodeled and repurposed to take up a slot as a primary rather than a tool. It can be used to protect your team mates when they're down and yourself when up against enemies. Shield used to be a separate tool in your inventory, but has been hardly used since you couldn't pair it with your weapons and had to rely on your team mate as the person who fires their weapon. It's appearance is based on the Riot Shield, many police enforcement use.

Tips N' Tactics

 * Avoid being flanked from the sides and from the top since you're exposed from each side.
 * Melees can spill trouble for you, if they land a shot on you.
 * Your arms, head, and legs are exposed and will provide them an opportunity to shoot you. Crouching can somewhat help, but in return your arms and head is still visible.


 * Molotovs, Grenades, Land Mine, and Gasoline is still able to kill you, so be aware.
 * Grenades are kinda funky, since there's a possibility to not substain much damage from the fragments but it makes you vulnerable to anyone nearby.
 * Molotovs are a little odd since when thrown, it acts sorta like a grenade but has a medium sized radius that can set you a blaze.
 * Land Mines are mostly set in high traffic places and is visible by zooming in with your gun. They're also hardly visible in Night, so be on a lookout.
 * You can kinda counter this by firing your weapon at the floor or look to see terrain that looks off since it tend to blend in the material used.
 * They cannot hit the front of you since the model blocks any bullets from coming in.
 * Be aware when in first person that your left arm will be block your visibility slightly and may hinder your awareness.
 * You can toggle shield with the letter "Q".
 * You can only have a secondary of your choosing to be used when selecting this weapon, Shield acts like a primary although mostly being a tool.
 * This doesn't mean that you cant use other items at your disposable like your melee or other weapon.
 * Be careful when deciding to melee someone since your arm is gonna be sticking out and your shield might interfere your hitbox.


 * You can punch by holding down E on your keyboard and knock players down but you're letting your guard down in order to do this.

Trivia

 * Shield currently uses IntelligentMath's model of shield
 * Riot Shield had been takened out or changed numerous times
 * Shield used to act separately in the inventory and cannot be paired with your weapons, rendering shield mostly obsolete.
 * Shield used took up the slot in the other section when selecting weapons, now it takes up a slot as a primary.
 * Shield used to use Roblox's mesh from a Roblox gear as well used to use Zippratic's version.
 * The Roblox's version had no visibility and was terrible when up against enemies.
 * Also the Roblox's Riot Shield was takened from a gear called Riot Shield and Billy Club Set
 * Zippratic's version was a solution to this, but the glass used in the visibility can be shot out and send players to the void due to some anchoring and un-anchoring issues with the glass.
 * Zippratic's version was also kinda clunky when crouched with it or going down stairs. It caused a little weird glitch which was nicknamed "Shield Sledding" due to the player being able slide around with it. It's been patched now with the newer model and no longer can be abused in 2021.


 * The Shield model may look non-transparent on the outside of the PD's initials but if you go into first person, it's translucent.