Armor isn't that heavy. Really. Okay, maybe that crazy fantasy armor would be(and hence we should probably use realistic armor), but in real life it's actually pretty light. Knights were/are surprisingly nimble. Apparently dudes in plate can even dance techno. But you make a good point of inquiry:
How heavy are shadow objects? As heavy as their real life counterparts? Lighter? Heavier?
Seeing as I was arguing against the crazy fantasy armor, not germane.
Hm. The melee weapons is a good complaint. Not sure if we even have the skill for them. Can our shadow powers do net guns? Or projectile weapons? We shouldn't discard the idea just yet.
If our shadow-powers fail us, a taser or something should do the job.
We don't know how much time it takes, or how difficult it is to eat a person's soul, and we probably shouldn't be ganking people willy nilly.
I agree about not killing people indiscriminately, which is why I specifically noted that it should be our prime choice
for lethal force.
Though, actively scrubbing ourselves from someone we are fighting's memory is a great idea, if we can do it on the fly. As well as using telepathic(can we change what our voice sounds like when using telepathy?) misdirection.
Agreed.
Look for some small crimes, until we used to using our powers in combat we could stay away from those who know what they doing.
Agreed.
How common and accepted are supers in this world?