Board Thread:Suggestions forum/@comment-41.246.7.67-20160614203340/@comment-26172435-20160614213416

Eh ... okay. This is a specific summary of quite a lot of suggestions we've seen before. For most armour items you suggest a more fleshed-out proposal would be desirable. We've seen them all before, really.

Shields are ... a difficult issue. I'm still hoping Mevans will consider to add shields as a 'defense-only' weapon, to be held in one's right hand, like any other weapon, making it effective to approach ranged units under shield or to block off attacks of melee attackers while panicing and figuring out the best way to get the hell away or launch a counter attack. It would be ideal when one holds such a shield in ones right hand, it is effectively blocking incoming attacks while you're searching in your inventory for a decent weapon to use in a counter attack. So, no dual wielding, but simple shields as item that are actually functional in combat. The protection benefits you suggest are nice, but I'd say: 80% against close combat melee, 70% impact reduction against arrows and 60% against polearms. They'd have a low durability though.

Damn, another anon ... such a pity you cannot edit your first post, or I would have asked you to tweak it to cover mainly shields ... maybe consider to give the subject another try with a suggestion by myself then ... iirc there's no endorsed thread on shields, yet ... most who try are blinded by the dual-wielding option, as if that was a requirement ...

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