[Suggestion] Adjusted shield fighting

[obolus]

I have this which comes to my mind, but i dunno if it is not to complicated.

1) Make blocking with shield manual
2) If you block with the shield from wrong side, you will block the strike, but the shield will take much more damage - so if you block wrong, you will loose shield really quickly (like IRL you also have to know how to block with the shield so that strikes slide down and don't brake your arm).
3) If you block wrong against 2handed weapon, you will block the hit but you will be pushed back and you shield will also break much more (like the animation when your shield brakes). After this the one who striked correctly with 2h weapon will have advantage to strike again.
4) And finally this is suggestion under suggestion - if you have a shield and strike  sbdy and miss,  you should be exposed a bit more before you can raise the shield again. I really miss the single player stuff where you could anticipate the enemy strike, step back a bit and hit right after the enemy's strike missed you.


i think this might deal with 2 issues
- to boring shield fighting
- to good xbowmen with shield like many people complain

well just discuss, maybe you convince me that it is stupid...

 

[looy]

This has already been suggested before with slightly different effects for successful/failed blocks. I like the idea.

 

[mouthnhoof]

this:
http://forums.taleworlds.com/index.php/topic,77656.0.html