Using the shields?

[dperry-14]

Anybody know how to activate the shields? do yo equip them or what?

[Lilkinsly]

They go in a new armor slot called offhand, then you use the right mouse button to use them.

[KhaoticGhost]

you double click to equip it, the slot doesn't show up normally. I made a wood one. Weighs 15lbs and has 250 durability. You just right click to bring it up. You can have tools out with it, but not a pike, bow, or crossbow. Didn't have a gun to test with that. My buddy hit me while I blocked. It stops all damage at the cost of durability. The wood one can take about 5 hits from a player wielding a pike that has 125% melee.

[Evir the Warrior]

It's hit box is bigger than the shield, it will stop arrows and attacks to the head even if it looks exposed.

[Arya]

Very nice. Should add a bunch of new tactics on Primitive servers; I imagine if you got a couple of these you'd be able to form a Roman-style Tortoise, soak up arrows ect.

[KhaoticGhost]

You pretty much cant see while blocking with the wood shield, but the metal one has a slot you can see through. The metal shield also has 740 durability, so it should take 3 times the hits unless it has a higher armor value(which it should). Didn't craft one in time, so I don't know the weight or how much durability is lost when attacked.

[Arya]

I'd be curious to know how they hold up to gunfire. A wooden shield would stop shotgun shrapnel past a few metres, but not much else. A metal shield? Now that might make things really interesting, if it can soak up some Auto-Turret hits. Or block a lockneck or two.

[۞ Lodi]

metal one takes alot of damage fast, also at about 3 or 4 hits with a sword the repair cost on the metal sheild was like 30 ingots and 10 paste or such

[KhaoticGhost]

Yeah, as of right now, it seems like the shields will be solely for base defense or massive tribes, or even assaults. The sword did pretty comparable damage to the pike. With 150% melee, I one-shot a naked player with 130 hp. Did between 30-40 damage to a player wearing full leather. Shows that it has the same durability, but it felt like it dulled way faster than the pike and was much more expensive to repair. At about 3/4 durability, the Pike required 2 metal, 2 wood, and 4 hide, while the sword required 8 metal, 1 wood, and 3 hide. There also wasn't any sound played when the sword hit anything or swung, but it seems to have the same range as the pike.

[Arya]

Sword I would expect is a first-pass. That's something they'll want to work on and balance over time.

[KhaoticGhost]

Its like the Sickle all over again.

[Papabear]

Hi All,
I made the metal shield and its pretty heavy its weight is 45... You need to equip in the off hand slot. You can use it on its own so you fight bare handed or you can use the sword with it.
Unfortunately you can not use any other weapon not even pike...
So I would recommend you put on weight and fortitude so if there is in a cave a scorpion or bigger lizard you might have some chance...

[Captpickles]

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