Board Thread:Suggestions forum/@comment-27179278-20160127025124/@comment-27179278-20160128203808

Kawolski VII wrote: Stigeroar wrote: Good idea but I dont think shields should reduce damaged to something like 6 or 8 like shown in the example. It would make shields too strong. Yes it is more realistic but this is minecraft... I would actually prefer to have shields be able to take a hit from most weapons before the threshold is crossed and the shield is lowered. A possible exception would be for hammers and maces which are generally designed to smash through an enemy's defenses. I agree. I think that to fulfill their function of adding more and better choices to combat, shields need to be able to stop most attacks, at the risk of leaving yourself open to a counterattack. Putting low limits on the damage that they can absorb would turn them into just another piece of armor.