Lord Rich said:
DanAngleland said:
Well, first of all I really disagree that removing the forcefield requires the ability to move the shield around more. As I said it is not easy to hit the feet unless the target is stationary or coming straight at you.
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There are plenty of rangers who can do it consistently while you are moving or sometimes even dodging. It's well within their capability and they do it regularly.
If anything we need more of a forcefield than we have now because if your class has low shield skill it can be a pretty horrible little game playing 'guess which end of the body the ranger will shoot'. It's really one of the worst mechanics in the game that a ranger can hit through your only means of defence head on and you have absolutely no ways of countering. Especially considering the mechanics of bolts going through shields or projectiles breaking shields already exist.
Your rangers are no doubt amongst the best archers that play the game, no? I'm also wondering what shields you use- I've often shot at people coming straight at me with Nord round shields, not even the Huscarl one, and not got a single shot past the shield despite looking at the feet. In fact I can't remember the last time I aimed at the feet and it didn't hit the shield, it is probably more than a year. And that is from someone who used to play as an archer loads and has always been pretty good at it, leading people consistently without crosshairs (though I use them for xbow).