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Removed Content This content is no longer present within PlanetSide 2, and was replaced with Deploy Dome. |
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Deployment Shield was a defense slot upgrade available to the Sunderer. It was auto granted at level 1, and upgraded using Certification Points.
While equipped, a Deployment Shield activated whenever the Sunderer was deployed into a Sunderer Advanced Mobile Station (S-AMS), providing it with a regenerating shield layer that reduced the damage taken from certain damage types while it held.
Once the Sunderer had finished deploying, the shield would immediately begin charging from 0 health. After approximately 13 seconds, the shield would reach its maximum strength of 2500 health. Damage taken at any point, whether directly to the Sunderer's health pool or to the shield, would interrupt shield regeneration and force the full listed delay to be incurred again.
The shield provided by Deployment Shield changed the Sunderer's resist profile slightly while shielded. While the shield held, the Sunderer took slightly reduced damage from tank shells, and heavily reduced damage from C4 and Tank Mines.
Damage Resistance[]
While the Sunderer's health bar was covered by shielding provided by Deployment Shield, the Sunderer was affected by a slightly different resist profile, providing the following changes.
| Damage Type | Health Type | ||
| ID | Name | Normal | Deployment Shield |
| 9 | Tank Mine | -75% | 25% |
| 11 | C4 | -40% | 20% |
| 7 | Tank Shells | -20% | 0% |
Any damage dealt while the shield holds is subject to the Deployment Shield's resist profile, even if the damage exceeds the remaining health of the shield.
Certifications[]
| Level | Cost | Description |
| 1 | Auto Granted | Generates a shield for the Sunderer when deployed that will absorb up to a certain amount of damage, but will regenerate over time. Damage done to the Sunderer or the shield will delay the shields regeneration for 10 seconds. |
| 2 | 100 
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Regeneration delay caused by damage lowered to 9 seconds. |
| 3 | 200
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Regeneration delay caused by damage lowered to 8 seconds. |
| 4 | 500
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Regeneration delay caused by damage lowered to 6 seconds. |
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History[]
- January 12, 2017 Hotfix
- Deployment Shield maximum health from 2000 to 2500.
- Dev Note: This change aims to lengthen the time it takes for a single infantryman to destroy a Deploy Shield Sunderer while uncontested, allowing for more time for defenders to respond to the threat.
- March 20, 2019 Update
- While the shield is active, the vehicle no longer receives additional damage to Tank Shell (resist type 7)
- Dev Note: This change nullifies the Tank Shell resistance adjustments above for Deploy Shield Sunderers whose shield is currently active.
- September 15, 2021 Update
- Standard vehicles have received rank 1 Nanite Auto-Repair as their default defense item, except for the Sunderer, which has received rank 1 Deployment Shield.
- March 30, 2022 Update (The Arsenal Update)
- Deploy Shield now uses hex shield visuals to show when it's active.
- July 11, 2024 Hotfix
- Removed from the game.
- Functionally replaced by the Deploy Dome in the July 9, 2024 Update.
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