There is already a penalty for two shields you move slow as all mother ballz godless slug mutants.
Remember when they did?
no
always been like this afaik:
if hit_shield_on_back:
armor += shield_resistance + 10
I must be mistaken, I could swear I remember arrows being caught on the shield while I had it on my back
In SP yeah!
no
always been like this afaik:
if hit_shield_on_back:
armor += shield_resistance + 10
They do. They give shield armor +10 to wherever they are on your back. Only against projectiles, not melee though.
So uh, they do block arrows (or lower damage to almost nothing).
no
always been like this afaik:
if hit_shield_on_back:
armor += shield_resistance + 10
Everyone carries on as if not posted
It's important information but not /thread material. I go into battle with 29 body armour and a 10 resistance shield. On my back, this means that my shield gives me 39 armour but doesn't in fact block arrows full stop, nor prevent me being staggered from behind. If ever I were, as a 1hander, to put my shield on my back I'd hope it would at least prevent staggering by arrows.
It's important information but not /thread material. I go into battle with 29 body armour and a 10 resistance shield. On my back, this means that my shield gives me 39 armour but doesn't in fact block arrows full stop, nor prevent me being staggered from behind. If ever I were, as a 1hander, to put my shield on my back I'd hope it would at least prevent staggering by arrows.
the math is weak in you. try again.
if hit_shield_on_back:
armor += shield_resistance + 10
Hhmm...you know that arrows very often did not stick in the shield directly with the top of their tip but usually went into the shield for a couple of centimeters (except it's a steal shield)? Don't think it would feel good to have this fake acupuncture because of all these arrows going into your back for 1 cm^^ And I think it is hard for the engine to make a difference between heavy armour and light armour on that point :/
And about the hits. I don't think it makes much difference, getting the hit of a sword/axe directly on your back or maybe of a more or less thick piece of wood on your back. The power of that swing would probably still break some of your vertebrae (those tiny little things in your spine/backbone) or make cause other nice fractures in your back, on your neck or whereever.
And actually wearing a shield on your back the whole time would really handicap you while swinging a big massive twohanded sword ;)
So much for realism
the math is weak in you. try again.
if hit_shield_on_back:
armor += shield_resistance + 10
You know another thread about this theme has been made a couple of days or maybe a week ago here in this section?
Why do you start another one instead of reading first? :rolleyes:
Here you go: http://forum.c-rpg.net/index.php/topic,21134.0.html
Hrmmmm why dont YOU start reading first :)
Mine was made on September 29
His on November 25
Biggest problem I see with back arrows blocking is against horsemen. Guy on a armoured horse with 2 round shields becomes fairly impenetrable to missle fire and suffers no drawback except for a little bit of extra upkeep.
I must be mistaken, I could swear I remember arrows being caught on the shield while I had it on my backin the single player game shields on your back do block arrows
If you think that having something on your back would be harder to carry.. go and tell the guy who invented a back pack that he just wasted a bunch of money... then tell every one that back packs are useless and to stop buying them.....
terrible idea more turtles and not realistic why would you take two shields to battle that so much weight, maybe if your cav yeah thats great but you have to be killable your trying to hard to be invincible. sometimes the only thing that can kill a horsemen is a bow or crossbow because smart cav dont go near lances i would agree only if my bow got a shield installment to so i can run into battle shotgunning faces while i block melee too
They do. They give shield armor +10 to wherever they are on your back. Only against projectiles, not melee though.
So uh, they do block arrows (or lower damage to almost nothing).
Remember when they did? I do, bring it back! Unless there is some reason arrows magically fly through solid objects on the backside, but not the front when its being held. I am also saying this as an archer.you are so sexy!