Depend on how they’re planning to do Suppression shields (Storm and Brute Shield)
If they want to do it as the special then yes you couldn’t feasibly pair it with a weapon that has a special mechanic that is attached to it.
But I think there is a way to do the Suppression effect without touching the special, by having it replace the push attack, where instead of pushing you just charge the Suppression charge and release it as an electro-blast.
That way you could still see Brute Shield and Power Maul for the Ogryn too
Everyone seems to think , or it has been confirmed, that it is a Psyker. I am not convinced that a hooded cloak, with a backpack strap, is anything but a sniper.
Well you were convinced that the full sized person on the right side of the image was actually half sized, as wide as tall, and wearing a cloak that is as long as a regular human is tall.
There are 4 classes in the game.
Zealot, ogryn, veteran and psyker.
There are 4 individuals depicted in that image that is about this game.
I assume you would agree, that zealot, ogryn and veteran are very clearly depicted.
Now which option is more likely?
That the 4th individual is a representative of the 4th class?
Or that the 4th individual is a representative of a class that does not exist in the game?
Also, is it more likely that a cloaked individual holding what looks very much like a long, straight, stick like object, is actually a psyker (which has access to a long cloak cosmetic) holding a stick (aka a staff), or a non existing class holding a non existing sniper rifle?
If you think that it is supposed to be a rifle, how would the depiction make any sense? How would you hold a long gun like that? It would be an impossible perspective.
And why would there be a backpack strap (but no visible backpack) that perfectly aligns with the “gun“?
Maybe you should take off your dream colored glasses, and start to actually look at the image.
I would like a crusader’s sword and shield for zealot and an enforcer’s mace and shield for veteran. I’d take even low-tech versions, but realistically, the mace, at least, ought to be a shock maul.
If I had to guess as to why we haven’t seen more shield weapons or any for humans (apart from force swords, lol) is that they are probably too good and would dominate picks as it just lets you negate ranged attacks from one whole direction and the balance of melee and ranged is a major part of the game. I’d still think they could be offset by being quite slow or by having a higher stamina cost to block ranged attacks than ogryn for instance does with his shield (and no planting ability like the ogryn has) but who knows? Maybe they already tried that and it was still just too good?