Why dont you 2h my old friends try to play with a shield for once before you start spewing your ignorant bullshit? And HESKEYTIME, I dont think I've ever seen you playing as a shielder, the only times you're on EU2 is when you ride that donkey like some sort of drunk retard. So, I'm afraid your information about shielders might be a bit outdated. At best.
Dedicated 1h shielders out there know how much of a pain in the ass this class has become. Without at least 5 ath you just cannot keep up with most 2h, without at least 5 IF you cannot survive more than 2 hit from most of the weapons out there, without at least 7 PS you need over half a dozen hits to kill anything other than a peasant and without 5 points in "shield" you cannot use huscarls (which is the least retarded one out there).
Basically, unless you have a huscarls you're only protected against things coming right at you. Unfortunately, with it you'll be as maneuverable as an average tractor and any 2h noob with 3ath can backpedal faster than you can run forward. Couple that with the fact that all 2h can hit with the hilt (no minimum effective range, fucking amazes me every time I think about it...) means that shielders are only ever relevant in tight spaces where there is no room for maneuver.
There is no end to this, I could go on and on about how my beloved class has been utterly and totally fucked by the devs, I can go on about how useless shield bash is, pushing people too far away out of range, while under specific circumstances pushes allow players to go right through you, basically taking away shielders ability to block chokepoints. Or I can talk about how I cant catch ranged and how they can kill me with 2 arrows in the chest, while it takes me at least 3 hits to kill anyone in light armour. This class has gone from good, to acceptable, to FUBAR in a remarkable amount of time.
