denpends on your playstyle and what role you take in teamplay
True and not only myself but many others have choosen to be a fulltime shielder.
Only because of Shieldbreaking weapons i got myself more and more shieldskill so that i could survive perhaps not only 2-4 hits of an MW Great Axe or German polearm of a stregth build but perhaps 4-8 hits, in that time i would need to kill that dude and as agi build i need more then 1 hit often 4-7 hits which aren't blocked, sometimes even more if i face a tincan.
So a good 2h/polearm may block indefintely a good shielder who solely depends on his shield which but has an expiry date. What is a special weapon or attribute against only one class other then shieldbreaking, name one? To that comes an disadvantage through shorter weapons against other special attributes of longer weapons as chrushtrough/polestagger/knockdown. As Xant said the shield tells you clearly the intention of the user there is that too.
And we can't block while trying to kick
well i could go on here with other examples but i hope you get the point.
There are only a few shielder who can work around all this crap and that not at all times.
So what i would like to have now at once is the situation in a couple of months, when the trend comes to its peek and some may say then, i told you.
You know like i told you ranged is getting more and more or
i told you cav is getting more and more
do something about it to regulate imbalances.
When people who are now against it will say i can't stand it anymore
please do sth about all this kickslashes.
(Yes i am exaggerating
i should become a politician )