Lovers in a Dangerous Spacetime
28 Achievements
1,000
8-10h
Overprotective
Have 20 cells at one time on the Metal-Beam shield.
20
5.39%
How to unlock the Overprotective achievement in Lovers in a Dangerous Spacetime - Definitive Guide
To obtain the Overprotective Achievement in Lovers in a Dangerous Spacetime you will need to unlock the ability to place two gems in the shield station. To do that simply collect as many lost friends as you can in each level to unlock it early on. Once you've done that you'll need to place a beam gem and metal gem into the shield station. The metal beam shield will absorb shots which adds a cell to the shield and you must have 20 cells on the shield at once to unlock the achievement. The trick is finding an area where the enemies won't run into them and keep moving the shield around in order avoid damage but to also catch projectiles. Try to have enemies on all sides preferable land based ones that won't run into your shield. Also you'll need to have enough so they can shoot it quick enough to build it up before they eventually disappear. Easier said than done but hopefully the video will give you some help.
If this method is too cheap for you, you can also try to find those triangle bad guys in the 4th campaign. There's plenty of the green shots they do and you can try to gather them all that way.
They are the yellow enemies, with a shield in front of them. I found him near the watchyacallems that you have to rescue (bunnies?) in the bottom right of the map.
When you combine metal and beam on the shield it produces metallic cell bombs. Cell bombs are created when shot by the enemy. Have an enemies shoot the shield until 20 cells are creates. Do it quickly because the cells do disappear and try not to hit an enemy with the shield because it will destroy them.
The cells that are added disappear over time and disappear if you hit anything with the shield (it also works as a weapon and kills the enemies you’re trying to use for this if they hit it). The shield is quite likely to hit things that come close since the cells get added wherever they hit instead of in sensible rows. It may be sticking right out in front of you.
The best way to get this is with either a large volume of enemies that back off and fire projectiles, or a few enemies that fire large volumes of projectiles. I got it in the cestus campaign with a couple enemies on screen who don’t leave planet surfaces and fire a ton of rockets. Since they can’t fly into the shield you can just back off a little and let them fire at you. One of these enemies wasn’t enough since cells time out between the enemy attacks but I managed with just 2 I believe.
Metal-Beam shield requires the combination of Laser and Metal in the shield station and cells is what you get from absorbing projectiles. Stack 20 of them on it and you should get this. Note: (Walls and enemies break off pieces and they despawn over time. I did this while standing idle and letting turret walkers shoot at me, preferably black ones as they fire 4 missiles each [one black turret walker is not enough; they despawn faster then they add.])