if Iβm being honest I dont see the appeal to shields. I feel like the main argument is that the main types of medieval weapon are shields bows and melee. For me at least, N1 is supposed to be an offensive game (We donβt talk abt dmg prot) so shields would honestly ruin it. I feel like melee spammers would just use it to take less dmg from arrows, since neither seem to need any skill to be viable. I feel like if there was a dash mechanic for shields or smth like that it would be cool. I think if shields are implemented there should be multiple types like how there are multiple types of melees for doing different things