Shields breake too easily

[darmaster]

i was using my 4th char, and shields i breake too fast imo.. don't know what you think.. AND, those FUCKING POLEARMS (EXPECIALLY GREAT AXES) ARE A DITO IN CULO.. :l

[Tears of Destiny]

Out of idle curiosity, what shield are you using that is breaking so fast?

[Tzar]

Hmn my shielder does just fine hes using a steel shield tho... i admit that i just put away my shield when im up against anti shield weapons makes sense  :

[Malaclypse]

Disagree. My first dood had 7 shield skill and a heater shield (green one with a crescent moon on it), and that shit like seriously, broke four times in the entire generation, and three of those were against axes.

[Tavuk_Bey]

only cowards use shield 

[Mala]

Hmm, before the shield nerf my buckler was broken after five axe hits ( with shield skill 9 it took sixe, yeah).
Now it takes three hits and it is gone.
Together with the hitstun i have one counter attack left before it breaks.

[Seawied]

My shielder's shield does not break often. Only time it does is against an axe wielder, and that's perfectly fine. Weapons with a bonus to shields are often "unbalanced" and are much weaker in other situations.

I use the elite cavalry shield with 4 shield skill.

[Tears of Destiny]

Hmm, before the shield nerf my buckler was broken after five axe hits ( with shield skill 9 it took sixe, yeah).
Now it takes three hits and it is gone.
Together with the hitstun i have one counter attack left before it breaks.

On the other hand the high armour means that against any non-bonus-against-shield weapon the thing is practically invincible.

[Mala]

On the other hand the high armour means that against any non-bonus-against-shield weapon the thing is practically invincible.

Not really. Against a flamberg it does not last that long as well.
Ok, i have no problem that my shield lose against a shield breaking weapon, but i have invested a lot of skill points and traded reach and damage for some "theoretically" easy blocks and gain nearly nothing.
I was fine with the 5 to 6 hits, that gave me some leeway. And now the icon shows only some small cutting marks and bang  in the very next moment my shield is gone.

[Bulzur]

Not really. Against a flamberg it does not last that long as well.
Ok, i have no problem that my shield lose against a shield breaking weapon, but i have invested a lot of skill points and traded reach and damage for some "theoretically" easy blocks and gain nearly nothing.
I was fine with the 5 to 6 hits, that gave me some leeway. And now the icon shows only some small cutting marks and bang  in the very next moment my shield is gone.

Don't use a buckler then. The best thing versus "bonus against shield weapons" are HP shield, and yet you use a buckler and find it wrong that an axe takes it down in 2/3 hits.

The heavy hitter and kite shield withstand 4 hits with my 6 PS 40 cut war axe. And i'm dead if the opponent got a spamming weapon. That's the game, and it should stay like this.

I find shields pretty well balanced at the moment : No normal weapon can damage your steel buckler, nor any arrow. But a weapon with sole purpose to destroy shields can. Incredible.

[Mala]

Arrows go past it, and melee weapons at the right angle too.
And i still need skill 5 for the buckler but get a shield inferior to the lower tier ones.
Yepp, that sounds right.

[zagibu]

The buckler should be buffed again, it was nerfed without reason.

[rustyspoon]

Arrows go past it, and melee weapons at the right angle too.
And i still need skill 5 for the buckler but get a shield inferior to the lower tier ones.
Yepp, that sounds right.

Unfortunately the buckler has always been terrible and not worth its price. The balancing of shields still needs a lot more attention.

[darmaster]

well i was using a steel shield (that i bought for 10k :l) that has broken in 4 hits with a german great axe, that's not fair in my opinion.. the bonus is too high maybe..

[jspook]

Summary:
"My shield got broken by an axe/weapon that has bounus vs shield.  Anything that is a counter to my shield is hax and must be nerfed.  my shield is invincible and I cower behind it like the blanket I slept with in my youth."

Get over it.  Just about everything in the game has a counter and you are complaining about axes?  the few weapons specifically tagged in-game to break shields?

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And to the buckler whiners.....
Have you taken a good long look at this toy you are currently expressing concern over?  It is a Buckler.  A tiny piece of steel the size of a small salad plate.
With something that rediculously tiny, you are whining about not being able to block arrows?  or catch incoming blades at extreme angles?

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wiki says:
is a small shield, 15 to 45 cm (6 in to 18 in) in diameter, gripped in the fist; it was generally used as a companion weapon in hand-to-hand combat during the Medieval and Renaissance, as its size made it poor protection against missile weapons (e.g., arrows) but useful in deflecting the blow of an opponent's sword or mace

Hand protection: The primary use of the buckler was to protect the sword hand.
Deflector: The buckler's lightness and curved center made it excellent for deflecting attacking blades. Such a deflection would leave the attacker open for a rapid counter-attack.

NOTE:  NOT A SINGLE DAMN THING IS SAID IN THE WIKI ABOUT BLOCKING ANYTHING.