Believe it or not - where you hit them *does* matter for damaging them. Evidently it's going to take more tweaking to make it feel less tedious.
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Right now the way the system is based on angles. So if you circle around the shield guys (or I think any enemy) then you'll do like twice as much damage compared to the front (which reduces it by I think 75%?). and thank you for complimenting the "plants". I wasn't sure how they'd look when I first commissioned them, but they really do spruce up the place.