Why is there no useful medium shield in the game? And overall lack of weapons and armor variety.

[ElektroFCK]

Im around 100h in the game now and getting closer to the end. But im still using the brass shield. I found it after 1-2h in the game.

And im wondering why are there no better medium shields in the game? I have upgraded it now to +21 or +22 and all other medium shields are overall worse in their stats. Sure some can block magic better, but the Brass shield is still the best sweetspot of weight, blocking dmg and not wasting too much endurance while blocking.

Overall the loot is kind of disappointing in this game. i found only 2-3 different armors i used through 100h of playtime. 3 weapons. for a long time i used the the second starter normal sword u could find, then the golden Halberd and now the magma worm big sword.

I mean i found tons of weapons, but either i cant use them cause they are made for magic or strength builds or they are worse than my actual weapons.

Same with armor. I wish there would be more variety.

[ElektroFCK]

I dropped my brass shield now and took the big golden one, cause i dropped my magma worm sword and have some kg left to spend.

[Climhazzard]

Brass shield for 16 strength, goes up to 69 guard boost and is obtainable at the very beginning of the game. Very good.

Banished knight shield for 15 strength, goes up to 68 guard boost and is also obtainable very early. Very good.

Kite shields for 12 strength, goes up to 63-64 guard boost and can be obtained fairly early. Very good.

Albinauric shield for 11 strength, goes up to 63 guard boost and can be obtained fairly early. Very good.

Heater shields for 10 strength, go from 60 to 62 guard boost depending on which one, and can be obtained fairly early. Pretty good.

Carian knight shield for 10 strength (15 intelligence), goes up to 60 guard boost and can be obtained fairly early. Pretty good.

Put barricade shield on any one of those, and then you can block any attack in the game without getting guard broken. Brass shield with a shield talisman is honestly better than a lot of greatshields. If you want to play a turtle build with a medium shield, level up mind and use barricade shield, I guess. But why not move on toa great shield at that point?

[Kithsakhai]

I beg to differ, +25 brass shield is boss, doesnt weigh too much and blocks a good chunk of damage, with 69 guard power it does alright. If you need to block magic there are two very nice anti-magic shields as well in this category - one from the university and one from the snowfields.

[RaphaniacZX]

Pretty sure Brass puts this post to shame by itself without looking up other medium shields.

[Indure]

Brass shield just offers the best guard boost, but at the cost of weight. It weighs 2x more than most medium shields and has a steeper strength cost, but people just don't care about the small details. The Eclipse Crest Heater shield is only 5 less guard boost and nearly half the weight.

The Great Turtle shield, has a stamina speed enchantment on it and comes with barricade.

The Mirror shield is great against magic, although a couple of weapon arts make any shield free wins against casters.