to be totally honest guys, I love the game so much, but dont even want to play online, simply because I am overwhelmed immediately by the devs and other peeps that live on here. And i LOVE M&B and I love online any day over not. Adjustments need to be made, for the game to be a success, new users will be totally overwhelmed, I would say making the shields actually work would be a good start, at least i could hang a lil and block but the moment i get out there i am plucked by a guy on horse with a lance or 1 swipe from a sword and i am gone "there is no in between" We all arent barbarians that just run out there swinging, some people like to move around check the situation out. And i know what some of you are saying that maybe i should adapt and change tactics, well that really limits gameplay, and alienates any new users that are checking the game out, sorry for a lot of whining, i have a lot of positives toward the game but we are "beta testing it"