Horizon Forbidden West Nerfing Aloy's Shield Weaver Armor
Horizon Forbidden West is only a few weeks away, and in the run-up to the game’s launch, it is important to remember how Aloy got to this point. The Shield-Weaver armor is one of the first game’s best unlocks, and as such, Guerrilla Games is nerfing it for Horizon Forbidden West.
InHorizon Zero Dawn’s early game, players will stumble upon a long-abandoned lab containing the Shield-Weaver armor locked behind multiple doors. After finding five power cells spread far and wide across the game world, players can return to the lab, solve some simple puzzles, and obtain the absolutely broken piece of equipment. Wearing the armor cloaks Aloy in a rechargeable force field, blocking incoming damage at the cost of being unable to modify it. Players may have noticed the Shield-Weaver Armor already in Horizon Forbidden West’s promotional material, appearing in a variety of trailers so far.
Image Compares Aloy Between Horizon Zero Dawn and Horizon Forbidden West
As spotted by PushSquare, Aloy’s Shield-Weaver armor has seen quite a nerf in Horizon Forbidden West. In an extended preview of Horizon Forbidden West by IGN discussing the game’s systems, particularly those pertaining to Aloy’s new equipment and outfits, fans catch a glimpse at the menu screen for what was formerly the Shield-Weaver armor. Now simply known as the Nora Anointed outfit, the description states it is a “well-worn armor made with repurposed technology from an ancient lab.” Rather than abandoning the armor after losing its power source, Aloy went on to salvage it and augment her ranged combat.
Horizon Forbidden West is taking a new approach with outfits as compared to Horizon Zero Dawn. In the first game, outfits simply altered Aloy’s defenses against certain damage
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