1)playing c-rpg
2)dying killed by some easymod player/abuser
3)raging
4)throwing kurwas to left and right
5)calming down
6)killing the fuu***er that killed you
7)kicking his korpse
8)killing 4 more ppl
9)gettking killed again by some easymod player/abuser
going back to point 3 and repeat
This is pretty accurate, but you do realise that YOU are the player/abuser in 2 and 9, right?
EDIT: Language changes, sure, but since swashbuckling still means to bang your shield with your sword, I don't think some semi-literate fucks on a game forum are going to change it.
Idk what you are smoking (probably crack), but I block melee attacks with my shield all the time. Also there are plenty of military formation that depend on shields to block melee, such as a phalanx.
Erm... ok, I'm going to completely ignore the part about phalanx, since I'm discussin game mechanics and not history.
Now, smoking crack is a horrible addiction but it doesn't cause retardation, most crackheads you see who are fucked in the head got that when they were teenagers huffing glue. Wish that was a joke.
As to using your shield in melee: Good for you buddy, I'm sure it holds up real well against 24STR guys spamming Long Axe, GLA, Poleaxe, etc. Not like there are many of them... wait, they are fucking everywhere. I'm sure it really helps you in melee having an item that both slows you down and will at somepoint explode, stunning your animations. You must be fucking godlike on the battlefield.
Jokes aside mate, use your shield in melee if you want, but they really are not for fighting: vs ranged, shields are a gift from Armagam, and if you want to waste yours in melee you do it mate, but then don't complain when you eat arrows later on.
To be honest maybe I'm wrong but I don't think so, most shielders I meet are a pretty much freekill in a 1v1 if I have a 3d weapon (and no, I dont use curved swords, theres wanting to do well, and then theres downright tryharding(if u want to know why curved swords are op just think about translating a straight hitbox to a curved texture...)