I love being a TUURRTTLE!!!!

[hippy_with_a_scimi]

Haven server is a lot of fun. That's where I usually play nowadays. Their dueling system also makes it super-keen awesome.

tho people abooze of it not engaging in melee or feintin to go into battle , then when they are alone they shout duel   LAME!

help you gdamn team you muthafuckers ! 

[Tears of Destiny]

Eh... Dueling system? Now I am suspicious.

[hippy_with_a_scimi]

Eh... Dueling system? Now I am suspicious.

basicaly if there is 5 or less remaining on the other side and your alone  you can shout : DUEL !   and people are forced to duel you
(before it was duel unless someone refused) 

 i shout Duals or truels 

[Tears of Destiny]

Ohhhhhhh! That I am ok with! Thank you for the clarification.

[Gravoth_iii]

Everyone should have a shield indeed, 3 points to spare isnt alot. This would make the archer / xbow whine vanish )

[Player_01]

So YOU'RE Penitent_Turtler! I've been seeing you a lot on NA_2, whenever I see you on it makes me hop off my main and play my turtle. (Roseash)

[Rhygar666]

acutally playing a shielder is pretty easy if you dont rush at the start of the round like me er i mean like an idiot
(ok you should actually play a bit, get to the timing right and an eye for your weapon reach )

[Matey]

From  my experience in NA, the best shielder in the game is Cyranule. As good with shield as phyrex is 2h. Would like to see them duel if there was a neutral server in the middle of the atlantic for them to use.

pfff. cyranule is definetly one of the best players in NA (and prolly cRPG as a whole) whether he is 2h or 1h without a shield... but he is better without a shield, so i object to him being called one of the best shielders! 

[rustyspoon]

pfff. cyranule is definetly one of the best players in NA (and prolly cRPG as a whole) whether he is 2h or 1h without a shield... but he is better without a shield, so i object to him being called one of the best shielders! 

^ This. He's really good but definitely not the best shielder. Man O War or Balb come to my mind.

[Tears of Destiny]

I agree with that. Everytime I have beaten cyranule in melee he was using board and sword due to him making a few rare mistakes in a row (only have killed him three times) I have never managed to get him to make more then one mistake when just using his two hander. Cyranule would certainly be in the top five shielders though.

[Penitent]

So YOU'RE Penitent_Turtler! I've been seeing you a lot on NA_2, whenever I see you on it makes me hop off my main and play my turtle. (Roseash)

[Q,F,W] SHIELD WALL!

[Panoply]

I carry a shield on my 2h main just to catch arrows, and it's very useful. I have 2 shield skill because 2 shields are much better looking than 1 shields. It's also great to have for strategus, and for participating in shieldwalls.

I've been noticing an increase in the number of shielders on the NA 1. I think it's because the map rotation favours open maps, so there's not as much cover and having a shield is very helpful.

[Erathsmus]

Hmmmm....

Shields, when I used to run w/clan members we would all get huscarls and if there were 3+ of us, it would be an easy win for our team.

Shield are VERY effective in all matches, due to how strategically important they are to preventing archer fire, and blocking points.

As for them being hard to master, I completely disagree. I've played basically every class for around 100 hours, except I mostly use polearm/2hander (the exception is xbow...I hate them so much). With a shield the game literally feels like easy mode. The upper and upper left swing is difficult for enemies to see because of your shield  and shoulder movement, archers are allergic to shields, and the only thing that can hurt you is a horse (unless you are a support polearm/shielder) or if Zues could use throwing weapons. Personally I believe we should bring back the iron mace and the studded warclub back into the category of crushthrough, due to how many players are using the shield in NA_Siege.

But still, kudos to shielders for helping the team win.

[Corrado_Decimo]

So go grab a shield then and get scores like Fallen_Cyber or Balbaroth. Should only take you fourty minutes.

- did devs caught cyber cheating?
- is balbaroth that guy with LAN-like ping?

oh... autoblock and LAN ping really take AGES to master.


talking about shielders, there really some i'm everytime afraid to engage. LoR of the greys, Dalhi, Rhaegar, many STR shielders, just to name some... they have a really thousand hours on 1h/shield plus really aggressive gameplay. i really back off and think 3 times before heading to them.

[Jarlek]

- did devs caught cyber cheating?
- is balbaroth that guy with LAN-like ping?

oh... autoblock and LAN ping really take AGES to master.


talking about shielders, there really some i'm everytime afraid to engage. LoR of the greys, Dalhi, Rhaegar, many STR shielders, just to name some... they have a really thousand hours on 1h/shield plus really aggressive gameplay. i really back off and think 3 times before heading to them.

You are thinking about CAMELS_Cyber not FALLEN_Cyber. Two different persons.