what kind of a shield bonus do axes give?

[IfTh3ShoeFitz]

what the topic says

[Apsod]

They do extra damage against shields.

[rustyspoon]

Pretty sure it's double damage.

[Digglez]

Pretty sure it's double damage.

and ignore armor or reduce the effect of it GREATLY

[Cyclopsided]

and ignore armor or reduce the effect of it GREATLY

Nope, just double damage.
"Bonus to shields" doubles the damage when applied to shields. However, Higher raw damage does proportionally more damage to all armored objects. You are going over the threshhold of negated damage more. I'll explain it with an example of extremely simplified & exaggerated math.

50 armor shield. 60 damage from a swing. 10 damage gets delivered to shield HP.
50 armor shield. 60(2) = 120 damage from a swing. 70 damage gets delivered to shield HP.

[Dach]

hmm you are forgetting the shield skill bonus that reduce incoming damage thought. 

[Polobow]

Yeah, but does that % reduce the dmg, or up the armor value?

Well, i guess the reduce the dmg, since you have 104% at 13.

[Cyclopsided]

hmm you are forgetting the shield skill bonus that reduce incoming damage thought. 

No, I was just presenting oversimplified math. Everything like that i purposely left out, besides that is a reduce % to all damage being inflicted to the shield.

[POOPHAMMER]

My mighty german poleaxe can bust down any shield in 4 or 5 hits with 7 power strike

[Digglez]

My mighty german poleaxe can bust down any shield in 4 or 5 hits with 7 power strike

change ur name to pooaxe