Ragni, as awesome as you are, I see one major flaw in your argumentation: You are speaking of Vikingr, not cRPG. Gurnisson mentioned at least a semi-realistic game/mod, which cRPG actually is atm. Vikingr, afaik, tries to go full realism. I don't like those Bucklerhax either, but got used to living with them. Leftswingspam with 8PS usually gets them running away or having no more shield. If you want what you're implying here, stay at Vikingr.