Board Thread:Suggestions forum/@comment-26274215-20160617155453/@comment-25661985-20160619231254

JimMoriartyX wrote: The NASIranger wrote: JimMoriartyX wrote: The NASIranger wrote: JimMoriartyX wrote: Players could only be able to block attacks while facing their opponent. Attacks from behind or the side cannot be blocked. When an attack is blocked, there should be a blocking cooldown, maybe as long as the melee cooldown. about the cooldown, thats not needed. we have the % of blocking which is about the same. and you should be able to like get skilled with it. if you use it more you have a higher chance of blocking which can go up to lvl 10. and I dont know if it can be coded when you are hit on the sides or back. like, you have 1 hitbox per NPC/mob/player, not a specific one for every body part/side. but we'll see in 1.9/1.10, shields only block from the front. yea shields, but not blocking with weapons

Sheilds replaced sword blocking. I think that eature is hard to code for one modder. Mojang has a team.