Thread:Deathstalker666/@comment-1915529-20120712125232/@comment-1496755-20121024113639

I just did a few quick tests... and, believe it or not, I observed four different kinds of shields - blue, red, yellow and green.

On Hard and Hard+, turning on Quad Damage caused the Widow (both forms) to put up a blue shield. But it didn't make her fully invulnerable - enough firepower brings her down eventually. Perhaps it only reduces damage, or makes her weapons more powerful (like the player's Quad Damage)? Turning on Invulnerability causes the red shield to appear. It gives her complete invulnerability... in fact your weapon shots don't even hit her, they just disappear into her body.

On Medium, turning on Quad Damage caused the yellow shield to appear - it reduces damage taken but doesn't make her invulnerable. Invulnerability caused the green shield to appear - it works the same way as the Super Tank (Beta Class) shield - it becomes visible only when you hit the Widow (flashes and disappears), and it aborbs some of the power of your shot.

And one more thing - on Hard+, both forms have the green shield active at all times (even if you don't use powerups).

On Easy, the Widow doesn't use any shields.

More tests are necessary, I believe. But it has been pretty interesting so far :P