Remove shield skill from shields

[Byrdi]

I find this a pretty good idea, make the shields extremely slow for blocking and much weaker when used without shield skill. As long as having 0 shield skill makes you fairly unable to fight with a shield I don't see a balance problem with it at all. It still costs you upkeep, reduces movement speed through being dead weight and takes up a slot. It would allow shieldless melee to pick up a shield from the floor to deal with last ranged standing which causes less drawn out rounds, which I can't see as a bad thing.

This idea would provide a good balance between being able to protect yourself from ranged without forcing everyone into the same boring 1h or hoplite fighting style like Native does. +1

+1

[Dark_Blade]

just huge siege shield with 0 shield requirement needed  realy need them on strat battles 

[Nordwolf]

It has actually been suggested sever times already, but it need WSE altered in quite not a trivial way.

So unfortunately, I don't see this coming anytime in cRPG.
Also it will require a lot of other work like balancing etc.

Personally I +1 of course, was always against shield use difficulty

[Kafein]

Well on the topic, if they remove shield skill it will be so easy to make 1hander build with high ath and high ps.

...that can't block anything but telegraphed attacks if it's slow enough.

Seems balanced to me.