Riot Shields In Modern Warfare 2 Multiplayer

There has been a lot of confusion about Riot Shield’s in MW2 multiplayer.

This is what fourzerotwo (community manager Infinity Ward) said a few days ago :

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

402 – “Oh, it will be a perk!”

“Won’t it be pretty over-powered?”

402 –“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.”

We can also report that the riot shield will require both hands to hold, meaning that you won’t be able to fire a weapon whilst holding it (but you will be able to melee with it). 

402 – “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.”

402 – “It’s really good in objective gametypes. When one players needs to plant / defuse / defend / etc. / etc. and the other player can protect him. Giving him some mobile cover while he works. It has it’s advantages in TDM as well, but Objective gametypes is where I’ve really seen it shine.”