Throwing lances should hurt people even blocking with shields

[dontgothere]

Throwing lances should one-shot all but the best/metal shields, breaking them and leaving the ex-shielder vulnerable to follow-up attacks. You only get four of them and they're not that hard to dodge. If the shield breaks there should be a chance for knockdown and if a throwing lance hits someone without a shield there should be a much higher chance of knockdown.
Lots else to say about throwing silliness in terms of overall balance but this thread is specifically about shields and I kinda give-up on trying to debate fixes anyhow.

[BlindGuy]

Reload time and accuracy should be nerfed on throwing to move them further from a kinda "short range spam archery" to a unique thing. Yes, the lances look like they were designed to pierce shields and armour and do massive internal damage, and also hitting an opponents shield with ANY throwing weapon should add the weight of the misile to the shield but I don't believe that is possible, Im afraid...

[pepejul]

Just call throwing lance "pilum" and make it massive destruction weapon =)

How I feel :
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Hom I m IRL : (watch the last 20 sec...LOL shield... is it made in what I think it is ????)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NrWdGb6xtVs

Shield destroyed ?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQ8obwpJkc8