shields

Summary: Has already been reported in the following thread but nothing has happened yet: https://forums.taleworlds.com/index.php?threads/v-1-1-0-beta-have-you-guys-noticed-how-shields-look-now.457188/

In civilian outfits, one handed weapons are inferior to two handed ones in pretty much every way. One way to fix that would be to implement bucklers. They would be shields with small size, but good speed and, most importantly, be usable with civilian outfits. Maybe also give them bonus...

The greatest average survivability award goes to the Aserai Veteran Infantryman and the Sturgian Heavy Axeman. Legionary was third. Against foot archers, things were more equal with the Vlandian Sergeant doing much better - it performed awful vs. Horse Archers. The worst average survivability...

So, after playing bannerlord pretty extensively, I wanted to offer some thoughts on the current state of weapon balance, on three points in particular. This is based on my experience in SP combat in general and a lot of arena practice fighting in particular, since that game mode forces you to...

After hundreds of sieges it seems to me like every attacking siege i'm involved in ends up with a hundred man dense colony of militia spearmen posted behind the gatehouse all facing towards the gate with their shields raised and refusing to lower them or attack and continue to only block. Most...

Crossbows are ineffective in Single and Multiplayer. Every time I have tried to use them in MP my team complains even if I do well with them. The reason is because they have very few obvious advantages over just using the faster bow that has more arrows. I'm not saying they should be faster on...

I looked through the list of unsolved issues and couldn't find anything for my 2 'complaints'. First - I was running down some crossbowmen that had pavise shields. I could shoot them in the back and their shield wouldn't block my arrows, nor my sword strikes. I recall that the original M&B the...

Hi ! :) I love Bannerlord and I love ancient history. A common tactic used to be to throw a javelin into a wooden shield. The javelin, stuck in it made the shield much heavier and much more difficult to handle, especially for hand grip shields in comparison to arm grip ones. The attacked could...

I'm sure it has been said, but sometimes there are so many javelins and arrows and bolts sticking out of the shield that it looks comical. Would be fantastic if we could get a function to clear the shield mid-battle.

Hello! Using your shield feels unrealistic when you have 5-6 javelins stuck in it. My suggestion would be to have the speed of shields reduced based on how many thrown weapons are stuck in the shield, (maybe even factored in the weight and encumbance of the character) eventually rendering the...

I wish we could be even more immersed by changing the way shields and throw weapons / arrows interact. Having a javelin stick to ones shield would have been a huge detrement in fighting. If we could add a debuff to shield block speed that would represent this. I also wish to be able to...

Improve the AI so they actually use their shields outside of SHIELDWALL formation, if you are getting shot by arrows and bolts with a shield on your hands even if you have half a brain you will use that shield to protect yourself, the AI currently does not.

Im not quite sure how to order my army to put of their shields when they charge or advance, for example when im raiding a forest bandit camp with like 40 bandits we get slaughtered before we can reach them because not of my infantry put put their shields, is there a specific command for this?

Warband was also guilty of this, but let me elaborate. I spent most of my Warband gameplay in multiplayer at The Deluge mod, the one I find being the most realistic (no weird things like jumping attacks, shields crumble after 2 hits and bows are pretty inaccurate) and balanced incarnation of M&B...

I've been spending a lot of my time so far travelling from city to city participating in the Arena tournaments, done dozens lol, I am really enjoying them overall. Though, in the one handed matches, notably the 1v1 matches, I've never broken my enemy's shield. Makes me wonder if their shields...