Get a shield they said

[Gurnisson]

Shields barely helps against ranged. Shot over the shield, under the shield and through the shield constantly. While shields are boss for mass melee, just dodging is a better option than using a shield versus ranged. Quite sad really.

[Grumpy_Nic]

Shields barely helps against ranged. Shot over the shield, under the shield and through the shield constantly. While shields are boss for mass melee, just dodging is a better option than using a shield versus ranged. Quite sad really.

with 5 shield I'm very well protected against all kind of ranged that are in front of me

edit: today I managed to get through a shield two times with mw heavy xbow and mw steel bolts

[Grumbs]

today I managed to get through a shield two times with mw heavy xbow and mw steel bolts

Now aim at the head when you shoot at the shield and see ;)

[Jarlek]

Now aim at the head when you shoot at the shield and see ;)

Also, jumpthrows.

[Ronin]

You can both use shield and dodge.

^^

[Moncho]

You can both use shield and dodge.

^^

Not really, the weight of a shield makes your dodging much less ineffective (even more if you keep it raised), and if you keep your shield looking at the enemy, you can only strife left/right, which is much slower than the crazy mouse movement.

You can do it on a smaller scale, to have the projectile hit a different part of the shield, but most of the time you will not be able to completely dodge it. After all, a shield is mostly there to stop them, and you should not need avoid projectiles if you have one.

[Kafein]

You can both use shield and dodge.

^^

Good luck dodging at 50% speed

[Ronin]

The point in dodging with a shield is to give a hard time to the enemy crossbowers from shooting to the weak points of your shield, not dodging it entirely. Maybe I used the wrong vocabulary, I should have used "strafe".