native shield on back system

[Arthur_]

Bring back the old native system, where are shield on your back can block arrows, not just lower the dmg...

[Chris_the_Animal]

Doo eet!

Maybe just decrease the Field of Blocking while on back. If not a Tower Shield will make you almost unshotable which will lead to unbalance.

[Nightmare798]

Yes and yes only.

[Tovi]

That would balance the ranged overflow.

[Ronin]

Doo eet!

Maybe just decrease the Field of Blocking while on back. If not a Tower Shield will make you almost unshotable which will lead to unbalance.

Actually this change wouldn't make such a combination very powerful at all. Strong versus arrows, weak versus infantry, prey to cavalry.

[the real god emperor]

This was suggested before and someone said it's not compatible with multiplayer afaik. But would be cool for sure

[Templar_Steevee]

Yes, but only wjaen shields will loose their magic forcefields 

[Paul]

Bring back the old native system, where are shield on your back can block arrows, not just lower the dmg...

[citation needed]

As far as I know it was never changed.

[the real god emperor]

In native, shield on back only blocks arrows in Single Player. Dk why..

[Kafein]

I believe that's because the armor soak, shield armor and archery damage differences between Native and cRPG cause arrows to systematically glance on a back shield in Native but almost never do so in cRPG.

[Jarlek]

I believe that's because the armor soak, shield armor and archery damage differences between Native and cRPG cause arrows to systematically glance on a back shield in Native but almost never do so in cRPG.

I can confirm this as I remember quite a few times in native (and mods) that I got the "hit shield on back" yet still took some (low) damage.

In native most people just end up with so high armour that when they get the "arrow hit shield on back" they just take 0 damage.

[Paul]

Singleplayer has the "hit shield on back" message while multiplayer doesn't (for clients). That's probably why people think that the mechanic doesn't exist in multi which is wrong afaik.

[Sniger]

either enable this or disable the fact that shield blocks incomming projectiles from the left side (that hits the shield) when you are running without blocking.

also, shield is working when holding an attack (say stab) - it will block incomming projectiles that hits the shield from the front. disable this too if shield on back is disabled.

[Ronin]

Don't disable anything. Why would you want to do that?

[Sniger]

well having a shield that protects you from the side when not blocking and protecting you from the front when doing stab and protecting you from the front when blocking while its NOT protecting you when carried on the back is silly innit?

(another way of saying: enable shield on back that blocks projectiles  )

sorry im not native english (NO SHIT) im misunderstood quite often (always?  )

its a damn shield for crying out loud. its not some alien technology that only works when you carry it in hand.