AEGIS Device

AEGIS Device
Stats
Ammunition Type	Plasma/ammunition caught by shield
Magazine Capacity	Infinite
Maximum Ammo Carried	Infinite
Rate of Fire	Semi-Automatic/Charge
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The AEGIS Device is one of the new weapons in Conduit 2.Its primary fire is semi-automatic firing of plasma balls. When charged, it creates a shield that can stop any incoming projectiles, such as bullets, rockets, or grenades. Explosions and a tuned shot from the Phase Rifle, however, will go through the shield. These projectiles stop in mid air, until the player releases the trigger, firing the projectiles right back at the target. Additionaly, the shield has a limit of the amount of projectiles it can block, after that it won't stop more shots (this can be solved with a suit upgrade though). The Aegis Device's primary shot has a maximum range before the shots disapear, so sniping does not work with this weapon (Even though it has perfect accuracy)

The name of the weapon had been changed prior to E3 2010 and was formally known as the Vortex Cannon.

Strategy

The AEGIS Device can be very situational, not very useful in standard deathmatchs, but useful in CTF games to protect players carrying the ASE. Also because of its weak shots, it is recommended to be used with a good secondary weapon or another primary. HVS recomended in their loadouts video, to have Radiation grenades equipped when using this gun to prevent melee attacks.

Conduit 2 Store Description

Cost: 20,000 Credits This weapon fires energy blasts, but it's true power comes from it's charge effect. While held, it generates a zero-point field that nullifies kinetic energy and stops and holds bullets, grenades, rockets, and other projectiles fired at the user. Releasing the charge fires the collected projectiles forward. The field is limited in how much mass it can carry and only protects in front of the gun. Category: Energy

Conduit 2 Weapon Statistics

"This weapon shoots a very weak energy projectile. However, charging emits a shield that blocks and absorbs any projectiles that hit it, including energy projectiles and grenades. This effect lasts until a certain number of projectiles have been absorbed, at which point the shield drops. Releasing the trigger fires all held projectiles."

• Clip Size - Infinite
• Damage - 16 (Primary shot)
• Potential Charge Damage - 2100 (20 Frags)(Can apply to Generators) or 6000 (20 Specialized Phaze Rifle shots)(Cannot apply to Generators)
• Headshot Multiplier - none / Charge Headshot Multiplier - none

Beneficial Upgrades

• Capacitor (Primary)
• Phaze Rifle Specialization (Primary)(Enemy must be using)
• AEGIS Device Specialization (Primary)
• Energy Focus (Primary)(Enemy must be using for charge)
• Ballistic Focus (Primary)(Enemy must be using)
• Explosive Focus (Primary)(Enemy must be using)
• Reverse Damage (Primary)(Must be user)(See side note HERE [Link will be changed to be more convenient 1/04/1012)
• Improve Energy Damage (Secondary C)(Enemy must be using for charge)
• Improved Ballistic Damage (Secondary C)(Enemy must be using)
• Improved Explosives (Secondary C)(Enemy must be using)

Mass the Shield can hold

will be updated to X/100 to make calculations easier.

Weapon	Number of shots shield can hold
SCAR	20
SPAS12	12 (Pellets [6 pellets per ammo])
SMAW	4
Carbonizer	0x1
TPC Launcher	20
Strike Rifle	20
Hive Cannon	4 (Explodes on impact)(Lure goes through shield)
Shrieker	20
Phaze Rifle	20
AEGIS Device	20
Darkstar	20
AR-C Eclipse	20
Widowmaker Turret	20
USP45	20
MP5ka4	20
Deatomizer Mk4	20 (Charge explodes on impact)
Warp Pistol	20
HVS45	20
Fragmentation Grenade	20 (Explodes after time [Suicidal damage])
Radiation Grenade	4 (Suicidal Damage)

AEGIS Device Shield Damage Increase Chart

The AEGIS Device Shield gives a +150% damage bonus to most weapons, this chart shows which weapons will recieve this bonus, marked "Yes" or "No" depending wether or not they will recieve this bonus.

Weapon	+150% bonus Yes/No
SCAR	yes
SPAS12	no
SMAW	no
TPC Launcher	no
Strike Rifle	yes
Hive Cannon	no
Shrieker	no
Phaze Rifle	yes
AEGIS Device	no
Darkstar	yes
AR-C Eclipse	yes
Widowmaker Turret	yes
USP45	yes
MP5ka4	yes
Deatomizer Mk4	no
Warp Pistol	no
HVS45	yes
Frag Grenade	no
Radiation Grenade	yes

The AEGIS Device shield is actually scripted as having 3 layers one after another. The first scans what hit it then creates the shot as A+B/100 (A=shot's mass - B= mass already contained) then places it in the 3rd layer. The second layer simply destroys whatever hits it. The third layer has no hit box, it simply stores mass. When releasing the charge it creates whatever is contained in the third layer and applies the +150% bonus to eligible shots. Flash Grenade and Carbonizer Mk16 cannot be caught by the AEGIS Device's Shield because they pass through the scan layer and hit the destroy layer. Hive Cannon lures, players, Melees, and explosions simply go through both layers.

Trivia

• Only this weapon and the Warp Pistol lack a true alt. fire in Conduit 2, but their different charge shots can make up for that.
• This weapon along with the AR-C Eclipse are the only ones with a charge shot that cannot damage enemies by itself, but can be used in offensive ways.
• In the store description it sais "it generates a zero-point field that nullifies kinetic energy and stops and holds bullets, grenades, rockets, and other projectiles fired at the user" . A zero-point energy field that nulifies kinetic energy would also stop shrapnel from an explosions and Melee attacks even though in the game it doesn't.
• Aegis is a Greek shield.
• Currently, thanks to an online update, the AEGIS Device's uncharged shot (16) is roughly as powerful as a USP45, (16.6) making it more usefull for all around combat.
• The AEGIS Device's shield can indefinitely block a beam from the Carbonizer Mk16 due to there being no ammo to collect.
• This is the only prototype weapon that doesn't appear in the story mode of Conduit 2. It does however appear sometimes in Invasion Mode being carried by Advancers.