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Shields and Wear
Migrant:
I really enjoy the realism of DF and I am therefore pretty happy with the wear mechanic. However it seems rather incomplete because while armor and weapons are subject to wear, shields are not. I get that shields are a special case because they aren't the subject of the attack as they are used to block as a reaction to the attack. However I don't think it would be that difficult to simulate an attack on the shield every time an attack is blocked.
As far as I could tell all previous discussions on this topic predate the introduction of the wear mechanic to this game (.43.04). Therefore a new thread seemed in order.
NW_Kohaku:
In Mount and Blade, armor has no wear, but shields do, which makes it kind of odd.
There's also currently little reason not to take a wooden shield - you can even block dragonfire with one! (Although the insane heat of dragonfire is so intense, it would even melt steel and sear itself into your arm just trying to block it...)
The shield user skill could also affect the amount of damage that the shield actually takes, since a more skilled user can take blows at more oblique angles.
MrLurkety:
--- Quote from: Migrant on August 14, 2017, 04:59:12 pm ---I really enjoy the realism of DF and I am therefore pretty happy with the wear mechanic. However it seems rather incomplete because while armor and weapons are subject to wear, shields are not. I get that shields are a special case because they aren't the subject of the attack as they are used to block as a reaction to the attack. However I don't think it would be that difficult to simulate an attack on the shield every time an attack is blocked.
As far as I could tell all previous discussions on this topic predate the introduction of the wear mechanic to this game (.43.04). Therefore a new thread seemed in order.
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Actually; many of my adventurers have died due to broken shields.
NAV:
Historically, most blades were blocked with the edge of a shield instead of the face. So a wooden shield with a steel rim lasts almost as long as a steel shield. I don't think DF wooden shields have metal rims yet though, so they should get chewed up quickly.
Migrant:
--- Quote from: MrLurkety on August 26, 2017, 08:35:38 pm ---Actually; many of my adventurers have died due to broken shields.
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This is quite the thread necro, but how? To my knowledge shields only get worn when you attack with them which is not a very smart thing to do in most cases. Regardless of this, squads use their shields offensively and I could imagine soldiers in fort mode dying because their shields broke, but this does not affect adventurers as players are too smart to break their shields on purpose.
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