are "strapped to the arm" shield going to be a thing now or soon?

[ghostunderasheet]

I keep reading things about wielding shields. And I feel like i have missed something super important to my PC's survivability.

[Xenocrat]

It's in the Character Operations Manual Playtest, towards the end of the Vanguard section.

[ghostunderasheet]

Is the linkage super secret? I will try Google-fu right after this post. Wish me luck.

[The Artificer]

https://paizo.com/starfinderplaytest

[Claxon]

I wouldn't call it super important.

Even at the highest levels its only a +2 bonus to AC unless you spend a move action to "align the shield" against a single enemy.

It's an okay bonus. If you're playing a character that was considering getting extra arms this can give you slightly more reason to do so (pretty much every character is going to use longarms or a two-handed melee weapon, except operatives).

But it's hardly going to make a significant difference in your characters overall survivability.