The new shield-bearing enemy is too difficult

[BFV_Robot]

I hardly see anyone discussing this on the forums, but I think this enemy’s design is an absolute disaster—it’s nearly impossible to counter. In Vermintide, shield-bearing enemies had much lower shield health and could be broken easily. But in Darktide, players need to deal a ridiculously high amount of total damage to break the shield. On top of that, the shield’s hitbox seems bugged—it’s almost 360-degree protection, so even attacks from behind don’t damage the enemy’s body, and players have no way to counter it through stagger mechanics either.

[CH3DD4R_G0B-L1N]

@BFV_Robot

I hardly see anyone discussing this on the forums,

Are you sure you know how to read this forum?

[Frish]

I gotchu

The New Shield Enemy Is Overtuned

I really like the idea of adding new enemy variety, but the new Vanguard shield enemies feel massively overtuned right now. They just feel annoying. They interrupt the flow of combat constantly, especially in mixed hordes, because one tiny shield suddenly stops your cleave and turns a smooth fight into you standing there bonking a random common enemy for way too long. They look like regular scabs or dregs that picked up a scrap shield, but they tank damage like mini-bulwarks or maulers. The vi…

Nerf shield horde ! Fat Shark!

I’ve put 3,000 hours into Darktide, and as a Korean player, I have to say this new shield enemy horde is absolutely ridiculous. They are way more troublesome than the existing shield units, and they’re just supposed to be a standard horde! Even after their shields are broken, they remain absurdly tanky, and their damage output is far from weak. I honestly don’t get why they designed such a frustrating enemy. Once the shield is broken, they should have the same durability as any other mob—why are…

Shield enemies were worth a shot! (Once)

Ok Fatshark we tried out having the shielded guys from Vermintide no one liked and we decided (i asked everybody) we don’t like them so we can get rid of them now. Thanks! (Please ask next time before slipping it in)

I genuinely like the new shield enemies, please don't nerf them already

I think the new shield enemies are a great addition to the game, but I’m afraid all the people complaining about them are just going to get the enemy nerfed and then we’ll just end up with another plasma gunner situation. Fatshark please don’t nerf the new enemy yet, people constantly whine and complain about things before they even try to adapt to them.

[alsozara]

God Emperor forbid you type “shield” into the search bar and immediately find all the other threads on this topic.

[startjim]

what we needed is a normal shield type enemy like on vermintide 2

see

https://vermintide2.fandom.com/wiki/Clanrat#Clanrat_with_Shield

and https://vermintide2.fandom.com/wiki/Bulwark

but what we got on darktide an elite enemy thats not an elite they even survive brain burst…

freaking brain burst and it still has 30% HP left thats an elite enemy but its not put in the game as an elite and it shows

if it was an elite enemy type we can have talents to make stacks or give is temp dmg and speed buff and so on at least but they give nothing nothing at all

you can knock a bullwark to the ground and have some time but the new small frie guys are just gone shake it off in less then a second hit you

… for f**k sake fatshark