Speculation on how shields will work | Forums

[FLYINGvDUTCHMAN]

One thing to remember is that shields are OP irl. It's understandable if they can't be fully faithful to realism here.


If it's any consolation, I don't think the Samurai will have any of the shield archetypes, officially. Those Samurai with Shields in the Viking campaign were more a easter egg kind of thing, just like some of them were actually fighting like the Warden. In MP, I'm guessing the Samurai warriors will not have shields.

If it's any consolation, I don't think the Samurai will have any of the shield archetypes, officially. Those Samurai with Shields in the Viking campaign were more a easter egg kind of thing, just like some of them were actually fighting like the Warden. In MP, I'm _guessinghoping the Samurai warriors will not have shields.

[AvarusTyrannus]

If it's any consolation, I don't think the Samurai will have any of the shield archetypes, officially. Those Samurai with Shields in the Viking campaign were more a easter egg kind of thing, just like some of them were actually fighting like the Warden. In MP, I'm _guessinghoping the Samurai warriors will not have shields.

I think the art of battle samurai with shields, let's call them AOB Minions for short, are just a singleplayer feature. My guess would be that they borrow shield mechanics from the shield wielding hero classes, but are really only their to mix up the type of enemies you can encounter during singleplayer.

[MisterWillow]

I stand behind everything I said over here.

Shields will at least be the primary method of blocking at least two of the three positions, and will probably be used as the weapon on at least the shield side position and/or incorporated into combos.

[BaconBusterYT]

Guys, shields have already been demonstrated in how they work. Go to about 4:16 in this video here;

youtube has been deactivated.
Do you accept the use of cookies to display and allow you to watch the video content?

See? You can "turtle" to block all directions, but it drains stamina over time. Seems balanced to me, tbh.

[TripleJay_X]

4:33, AI at it's best lol

[MisterWillow]

See? You can "turtle" to block all directions, but it drains stamina over time. Seems balanced to me, tbh.

That could only be one aspect of using the shield, or a special ability you have with a shield class. You might also be able to guard every direction individually, and in another video, you can see the shield-Viking uses it while attacking.

Here he is guarding right


And here he is guarding top and attacking (it looks to me like attacks with the shield will be heavy and attacks with the sword will be light, just based on speed and implied power behind them)

[Eidard]

That could only be one aspect of using the shield. You might also be able to guard every direction individually, and in another video, you can see the shield-Viking uses it while attacking.

You can, you can see in several of those videos the Viking using different stances with the shield, same for those samurais.

[MisterWillow]

You can, you can see in several of those videos the Viking using different stances with the shield, same for those samurais.

yep, after I posted that, I went to look and made some gifs to demonstrate (and edited that for clarity). I tried to make them before anyone else had posted, but I guess I wasn't quick enough.

[hallower1980]

Another possibility is that shields increase the reaction time window for blocking, allowing the shield-bearer more leeway. The bigger the shield, the later the warrior can react and yet successfully block; but also with a penalty to offensive speed, strength, or manueverability.

It would be cool to see a knight with a tower shield matched against a viking with a buckler.