Huscarl in three patches every time it got nerfed,
- xbow and some longbows just shoot straight through it on close range
- it lost over 1/5 of hp as well as armor
- the cover was reduced with about 4 points
- i got shot in feet and head from straight ahead
- i cant use it with a crapy awlpike , so anticav is non existant as a 1h user
- couched lances = instant shield breaker in 4/5 encounters
- due to reduced coverage there is no multi ennemy defence possible anymore, you have to turn too much into their direction so you open your back for the second or third guy
- 4-5 Hits from a shield breaker and the shield is dust, so why would i care to take a shield?
Steel Shield
just not an option anymore and i just bought it for a lot of dimes and can forget about getting nearly the same amount back on the marketpalce
awlpike against cav is like 3/4 instant death due to range, even if i get to stop the freakin horse i still die because i hit the horse but the cav player hits me.
Playability comes before realism!!! give us please(with lots of sugar on it) a longer 2slot sheatable anticav
and give us 1 slot sheatable "SPEAR" which is longer then a fork or a Quaterstaff, so we can at least have some style even when it isnt very effectiv.
1h reduction in speed overall as well in some cases in damage
but you needed to buff damage of xbows and still no requirements to use those f... weapons
so basicly 1h/shield got nerfed the 3rd time in a row, not that so many of the shielders were toping the board. But as they are now mostly just slow, to counter 2h spam you need even more agi which in my case isnt anymore to encrease because i am at an reasonable agi limit already.
I was offline for a couple of weeks and when i came back i already noticed a reduction in shielders, this will increase now, only the really dedicated or in my case those who cant block without a shield very well will keep using it. => one less tactical option like the shield wall which was one of the simpler yet not very often used tactic.
I tried some other weapons then my main weapon as i was told the glancing had been reduced, couldn't see a difference yet or it was just they don't do enough damage, i'll keep testing other weapons.
