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In-depth mechanics

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 * Melee weapons, disintegrators and the Dominatrix ignore shields.
-On a technical level, ever shield does the following 15 times a second:
+Shields link by doing the following at a rate of 15 times a second:
 * Randomly select a share-partner from the set of adjacent shields. Two shields are adjacent if their bubbles are touching. A shield is considered adjacent to itself.
 * Caveat - Felons and area shields only select from the set of adjacent Felons and area shields.

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 A functioning unit cannot voluntarily disable its shield bubble, which makes shielded units easier to spot from further away and prevents them from being affected by area cloak. Shield regeneration for shields that drain energy to charge can be toggled off and obeys priority.
 == Shield link ==
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 * Melee weapons, disintegrators and the Dominatrix ignore shields.
-The current system for linking is as follows. Every shield shares charge 15 times a second. The share-partner is selected randomly from all adjacent (bubbles touching) shields, including itself. The self-inclusion is intended to reduce the transfer rate when there are few shields. Once a partner is selected, <code>ChargeDifference/100</code> is transferred from the higher charge shield to the lower charge shield. The distance between shields is irrelevant so long as they are touching. There are two classes of shield: small and large. Large shields include Felon and area shields. Large shields only select partners from the set of other nearby large shields. Note that small shields can still select large shields.
+On a technical level, ever shield does the following 15 times a second:
 == Beating shields ==

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 == Shield charge ==
-When shields take damage, their charge is depleted.  As the shield charge depletes the shield color will change from blue (full charge) through purple to red (no charge).  They will continue to stop weapons until the amount of charge is lower than the damage done by the weapon. Large shields (both static and mobile) require energy to replenish their charge, and with sufficient energy will recharge at a steady rate. Their regeneration can be toggled off and obeys priority. Small (personal) shields recharge at no energy cost.
+When shields take damage, their charge is depleted.  As the shield charge depletes the shield color will change from blue (full charge) through purple to red (no charge).  They will continue to stop weapons until the amount of charge is lower than the damage done by the weapon. There are three types of shield:
 == Shield link ==

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 * Melee weapons, disintegrators and the Dominatrix ignore shields.
-The current system for linking is as follows. Every shield shares charge 15 times a second. The share-partner is selected randomly from all adjacent (bubbles touching) shields, including itself. The self-inclusion is intended to reduce the transfer rate when there are few shields. Large shields can only choose other large shields as a share-partner. In a charge share <code>ChargeDifference/100</code> is transferred from the high charge shield to the low charge shield. The distance between shields is irrelevant so long as they are touching.
+The current system for linking is as follows. Every shield shares charge 15 times a second. The share-partner is selected randomly from all adjacent (bubbles touching) shields, including itself. The self-inclusion is intended to reduce the transfer rate when there are few shields. Once a partner is selected, <code>ChargeDifference/100</code> is transferred from the higher charge shield to the lower charge shield. The distance between shields is irrelevant so long as they are touching. There are two classes of shield: small and large. Large shields include Felon and area shields. Large shields only select partners from the set of other nearby large shields. Note that small shields can still select large shields.
 == Beating shields ==

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 '''Shields''' protect units inside by absorbing the damage from attacks in exchange for charge.  While shields can stop all but a select few weapons, any area of effect from the detonation will still pass through the shield, so don't expect any units near the edge of the shield area to be completely safe from harm. Shields are spherical and hollow.
-http://lh4.ggpht.com/_EUPLJBA3KD0/TRgDve5G3AI/AAAAAAAAAX4/n1qb9eckKsA/s800/shield3.jpg
+[[File:Shield1.jpg|900px]]
 == Shield charge ==
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 Shields automatically link up to share charge, so if a few shields are taking more damage, charge will flow from the undamaged shields to the damaged shields. There is no limit to how many shields can link together. However, because charge transfers at a finite rate, one shield in a large chain can still be made vulnerable with focused fire. For shields to share charge, they simply need to overlap. Transfer always happens from the shield with more absolute charge ('''not''' %) to the one with less.
-http://lh5.ggpht.com/_EUPLJBA3KD0/TRfohbiUqVI/AAAAAAAAAXw/oYQHKSYCIjM/s800/shield1.jpg
+[[File:Shield2.jpg|900px]]
 ''Shields from any type of unit can link together.''
-http://lh4.ggpht.com/_EUPLJBA3KD0/TRfoiRdLesI/AAAAAAAAAXw/7YEv9gg5sME/s800/shield2.jpg
+''As a shield takes damage it turns red. The shields it is linked to will help recharge it.''
 == In-depth mechanics ==

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 * The AOE damage of weapons is still dealt to units near the explosion, even those inside the shield.
 * [[Badger]]s deal damage to shields equal to the total damage of all the missiles shot by the mines they lay.
-* Status effects (EMP, Slow and Disarm) weapons damage shields for 1/3 their damage against units. Mixed damage (such as Skeeter, Moderator, Knight, or Blitz) deals both the real damage and the 1/3 status effect damage.
+* Status effects (EMP, Slow and Disarm) weapons damage shields for 1/3 their damage against units. Mixed damage (such as [[Cutter]], [[Moderator]], [[Knight]], or [[Blitz]]) deals both the real damage and the 1/3 status effect damage.
 * Gauss and flame weapons do 1.5x and 3x their listed damage to shields respectively.
 * Melee weapons, disintegrators and the Dominatrix ignore shields.
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 === Area Shield ===
-Artillery units with high DPS/cost such as Sling can wear a shield down over time. As an added bonus the accuracy of the weapon does not matter because shields are very large, this makes Tremor particularly effective. Disarm bombers (Thunderbirds) are a good example there, as they deal such a staggering amount of disarm damage over large area they become a hard-counter for shield blobs.
+Artillery units with high DPS/cost such as [[Sling]] can wear a shield down over time. As an added bonus the accuracy of the weapon does not matter because shields are very large, this makes Tremor particularly effective. Disarm bombers ([[Thunderbird]]s) are a good example there, as they deal such a staggering amount of disarm damage over large area they become a hard-counter for shield blobs.
 AOE weapons in general have poor raw damage so are poor against shields unless you wish to use the AOE to hit something near the edge of the shield.
-High burst weapons such as Lance can usually pierce a shield in one shot if the shield power is lowered somewhat first. Tacnuke is another good example, a shield on less than 95% power will let a tacnuke right through.
+High burst weapons such as [[Lance]] can usually pierce a shield in one shot if the shield power is lowered somewhat first. [[Eos|Tacnuke]] is another good example, a shield on less than 95% power will let a tacnuke right through.
 If your opponent has a shield extending beyond their defence you can move short ranged high DPS units (such as riots) in and attack ground to drain the shield. Make sure to stay out of the range of turrets that are probably within the shield.

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 * Shields lose power equal to weapon damage when blocking projectiles.
 * The AOE damage of weapons is still dealt to units near the explosion, even those inside the shield.
-* Wolverines deal damage to shields equal to the total damage of all the missiles shot by the mines they lay.
+* [[Badger]]s deal damage to shields equal to the total damage of all the missiles shot by the mines they lay.
 * Status effects (EMP, Slow and Disarm) weapons damage shields for 1/3 their damage against units. Mixed damage (such as Skeeter, Moderator, Zeus, or Panther) deals both the real damage and the 1/3 status effect damage.
 * Gauss and flame weapons do 1.5x and 3x their listed damage to shields respectively.

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