Shields need to be more effective

[Racetyme]

Any shield at all should provide some defence, even a bone shield can get in the way of a crossbow bolt and slow it down, even if it cannot stop it. Having one is useless if when a madman attempts to slaughter you your shield helps not at all!

[A Neo Irony]

It could be perhaps your character is no good at blocking things. And you're also trying to stop a high-powered arrow with a shield made of bones strung together. The bone shield is fairly useless against one of the more deadly weapons in game. If you had, say, an iron shield, you'd probably fare much better against that bolt.

[Nick]

If "your shield was ineffective", then that means you missed blocking.

Heh, I think I know who your character is.

[SekoETC]

Haha, I think I know too. But anyway, if shields were increased, would it also mean this madman with a crossbow and iron shield would be even more invincible? So it would be all about who strikes first, because if you'd get hit once then after that you couldn't get any significant damage through the iron shield, especially if it went higher.

[Nick]

Well it's still all about who strikes first, really.
Well that and level of your equipment, obviously.

[Surly]

After all the criticism staff received (quite rightly, in my opinion) for lowering the shield values, I doubt they will raise them again.

But I'm doubting that's what this is about...

[Nick]

Yeah, topic starter... don't be so disappointed that a guy with a crossbow is decimating you, regardless of your bone shield.

That's life in Cantr. Maybe you shouldn't have stolen his girl.

[Racetyme]

Hahahaha that is one way to look at it I suppose. Or it could just be that you are punishing someone for something he didn't know he had done. Do you know who plays the other two members of the four involved members?

[Racetyme]

And it is not as though it would matter to me if his shield were anymore effective, may bassakward self can't do shit to him as it is now anyway.......

[kinvoya]

It seems to me that the shields were made less effective within the last week or so. Anybody else notice this or am I just having bad luck?

[Nick]

It was announced actually, Kinvoya. You're not going crazy. At least as far as I can tell.

[kinvoya]

I remember an announcement quite a while ago but not recently.