ArenaNet talk:Guild Wars 2 suggestions/Shields should block

Lern2fuckin play. +16 armor is extremely useful, and assassins have a hard enough time completing a chain as it is. --The preceding unsigned comment was added by User:82.34.128.19 (talk). DUDE where the fuck u think shields are 4?? not giving extra armor but blockin fuckin attacks!

I concur but minus the foul language. A shield is used to block strikes or deflect blows to minimize damage taken to body, head etc. So in a sense the shield adds defense in the form of reducing force and damage to the wielder, and blocks a fair majority of attacks thrown at it. 70.67.3.23 05:33, 15 December 2008 (UTC)

I don't really thing anything's wrong with giving a 30% chance of blocking physical attacks.--70.71.240.170 07:07, 17 December 2008 (UTC)

Shields are fine as they are. There are skills that let you block with a shield.
 * Last I checked wearing armor didn't marginally reduce the amount your life points are reduced by when you are stabbed with a sword or engulfed in fire in real life. That is because IT IS A BLOODY GAME AND USES GAME MECHANICS. What a shield "does in real life" is largely irrelevant unless you want to also change it so that armor has a chance to negate all damage while any melee attack has the potential to kill someone in a single blow. --The preceding unsigned comment was added by User:Misery (talk). 19:00, 2 January 2009 (UTC)
 * "...while any melee attack has the potential to kill someone in a single blow.". <3  [[Image:User_Raine_R.gif|19px]]  Raine   - talk  11:13, 5 January 2009 (UTC)