How about this for a random feature request: A working laser shield event.

JJ2+ fixed the crash issues associated with laser shields (as far as I know), so it's not totally impossible that such a thing could be turned into something usable by players. Also, there is a nonfunctioning event available in JCS which could be used. The weapon itself would be interesting tactically, because it could snipe people from across the whole level.

The only problem is there is no sprite for a laser shield box, and it might be hard to implement something like that, which makes this suggestion pretty unrealistic. The only thing I can think of is using a palette-swapped plasma shield box.

Yeah, this is a crazy suggestion. It's just that I was thinking, it's a shame such a cool weapon is only available by cheating.