Why is Reinforced Wicker Square Shield nerfed???

[professorchaos]

When did they do this and why?

Before, this was a tier 6 shield and super expensive. Now this is a tier4 shield and worth 2000 denar. But why?

 

[Androme1]

It's a Khuzait culture item and they're not supposed to have the best infantry-focused equipment in the game.

 

[paladinx333]

They rebalanced shields for some reason. The price of a shield seems to be highly dependent on it's tier and not it's stats. I have two shields in my current game with almost identical stats. The tier 6 shield is two and a half times more expensive than the almost identical tier 5 one. The wicker shield being downgraded to tier 4 is part of the reason why it is now worth so much less.

I am of the opinion that the tier of a shield, weapon or armor should not be a factor in it's pricing, only the items relevant stats.

 

[hruza]

It was done in 1.2.0 if I remember right. You can find it in the changelogs. They wrote that they have brought all shield values in line with materials they are made of.

 

[federally]

Shields were rebalanced.

There were some absurd oddities, such as t6 crappy wooden shields with significantly more HP than iron shields.

I haven't seen every shield in the game after the Renaissance, but from my observation so far they did a pretty good job realigning everything closer to how it should be.

 

[zParsifal]

I am of the opinion that the tier of a shield, weapon or armor should not be a factor in it's pricing, only the items relevant stats.

I agree generally. There could also be highly-decorated variants that cost more but give no tactical advantage, like https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/23939.