User blog comment:SilencedSkies/Body Armor: A Comparison./@comment-2250460-20130212222253/@comment-3115764-20130213034451

Seeing as no one on this wiki can read properly, i'll reiterate that comparing certain types of technologies that are based upon wildly different base principles is pointless. This blog is a fair comparison because A: all four suits are semi powered or fully powered armor and B: because armor is armor is armor no matter what universe. As i put down in my most recent post that you clearly didn't read, I was stating that comparing the WEAPONs technology of two vastly different series against each other is pointless. I even made it clear that the laser rifle utilized by chaos soldiers is a credible threat to the Space Marines and i will now also state that normal Insurrectionists can pose a threat to Spartans because they can utilize armor piercing ammunition to defeat the heavy plating. Now to directly compare the shielding and armor systems of Mjolnir and Aquila. The shields of Mjolnir are designed for the explicit purpose of stopping energy weapons, a direct result of fighting enemies who are primarily armed with energy weapons. Granted that i don't actually have one of the shield units, I can't say what is and is not gameplay. The shield system of Aquila seems to try and deflect a little bit of everything, from the explosive rounds of a bolter to the laser beams of the chaos target dummies and doesn't seem properly adapted to anything. In my experience, i felt that the shields went down far too quickly in W40k, even though the game makes you out to be some kind of indestructible badass and the various upgrades received throughout the game. In short, Aquila will rely more heavily upon the plating then Mjolnir will because the Mjolnir shields are used to defend against energy weapons.