There has been a lot of confusion over a statement regarding Riot Shield’s being used as a perk in Modern Warfare 2 multiplayer. In the Power Unlimited MW2 article the writer says that “Bowling let it slip, riot shields will be 100% a perk”.

Today Bowling has let it slip again, this time from the horse’s mouth, confirming for absolute sure that the riot shield will indeed be a perk in Modern Warfare 2 Multiplayer.

In a knives-only CoD 4 Community event the following questions were put to him.

“So how is this riot shield thing going to work in multiplayer?”

Bowling – “Oh, it will be a perk!”

“Won’t it be pretty over-powered?”

Bowling - “Not really, there weakness is a flash grenade, whenever they get flashed they lower the shield revealing a nice head-shot, What is really cool is having two people with riot shields crouching down while one person fires over the top of them, it is effective and it looks cool.”

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It seems pretty cool, but if you use the riot sheild, can you use a gun? or are you just helping out your teammate?

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I imagine you can shoot but you would lower the shield to do so.

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[LUFC] JoshCoulthard

No you cant shoot while holding the shield

Bowling – “Riot shield guys are defenseless (except they can melee with it) because the riot shield requires both hands to hold, so you can’t shoot when you have it out. Best used in conjunction with another player. Even then, plenty of ways to counter someone with a shield.”

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Ahhh. I don't expect to see it used too often then. Anything that involves teamwork in an online multiplayer, generally fails.

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[LUFC] JoshCoulthard

It would have some good strategic uses if people would work together. Like have the guy with the shield go in first while breaching a room.

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.::. TheNinjaDefuse .::.

i knew that

what happens if you have so is it counted as the primary and secondary weapon?

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"It's not about how hard you can hit, It's about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward." -Sylvester Stallone

I don't like the idea then, not being able to shoot. Would maybe be used more in competitive play, where people actually work as a team.

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If the riot shield is your primary weapon then if you get overkill will you have both?

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"It's not about how hard you can hit, It's about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward." -Sylvester Stallone