Quote Originally Posted by 'Jezebel',index.php?page=Thread&postID=129829#post 129829
Quote Originally Posted by 'Kopitar',index.php?page=Thread&postID=129827#post 129827
Weapon/Shield and 2 hander's have their specific roles, you should not always be going weapon and shield....
1: you cant guard without a shield
2: you cant block spells without a shield
3: your passive defense and outright resist rates are halved without a shield

shields are the reason tanks are ridiculously difficult to kill. a 2H weapon on a tank just makes you a melee DPS without the DPS part.
Do you play a tank?
1) Wrong. You can guard without a shield.
2) Semi-correct. Block works for everything, but of course you can "block" with disrupt.
3) That is an exaggeration.

Also shields do jack crap against anything from back/sides. Good players will not be hitting you from the front 24/7.

Shields are good in this game but not as ridiculous as you make them sound. (though I do think they are a bit OP, damage is too high with 1H)