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Ya, shields are a viable form of combat. No one ever just sits behind their shield and cowers. They bash people with them. Ya spartans!!!(and gnomes)

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I have both a warrior and a Pally using shield bash on my warrior i always thouhgt as getting room to swing the sword. On the Pally its just that a way for the bad guy to slowly wear himself out, think the rope a dope(Ali great rope defense) he might have been hiding but when he sprang out it was with devasting power. Now if they can figure away for that kinda of counter to be added hiding will have way more fun for me

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Two things I'd change about warriors:

1) Make shields a weapon, with swing times and dps.
2) Make warriors a viable dueling class. (and not just for rogues at max level with max gear)

From an RP standpoint, I love playing my warrior. That being said, I play on a pvp realm and mainly solo. I can't even count the number of times I have had someone ride by, then dismount to come back for the free HK.

Tanking is a chore too, when it comes to more than two mobs on a warrior. Especially when you have a pally-heavy guild. I am VERY jealous with their ability to aoe tank.

Skill level aside, I think that these two changes would make warrior a much more fun class to play.

However, I think I may have actually just described the DK....

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My main is a paladin tank and I've always loved the nature of paladin shield-fighting, and its just getting better. I'd always carry two shields, the best tanking shield I could find and a Hardened Lichen Guard with a Felsteel Shield Spike for combat. You'd be surprised at how much a paladin can tear people up with a shield in combat. Not great in arena but there isn't anything quite like an overzealous rogue killing themselves against your shield in the BGs.

Prot AoE has always struck me as a sort of sadism spec, your enemies kill themselves, its their fault for attacking you so quickly and standing in the consecration, while taking 500+ damage from every blocked attack.

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Check out tankspot (http://tankspot.com/) - they're doing some testing and playing with shield slam, and seeing crits of 9-12k, self-buffs only! Even in Wrath, that should be a huge improvement to protection spec solo'ing in non-fury gear.

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I would like them to explore adding somethind to shields for shaman. Right now it just seems like we use shields simply because we can, they don't really add anything to us. It would be interesting if they did something like converting shield value or block value to an increase of our elemental shields. Heck make it a talent and replace Restorative Totems.

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I rock Shield Slam on my prot warrior for solo grinding. Its pretty fun actually, and adds considerably to the damage potential of my silly 9foot tall horned meat shield.

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Zotiko said...
However, I think I may have actually just described the DK....

except for their lack of shields. :P

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You guys get shield spikes. What else do you want? :D

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"Watch how Legolas uses his shield -- he isn't cowering behind it -- he's surfing down staircases with it."

Shields = hunter gear

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Just getting my prot warrior up to speed, by finally getting uncrit/uncrushable, so she's mostly in quest blues and some crafted and rep purples. As prot spec, I just don't put out ANY damage at all. In fact, without shield slam I would never do ANY damage. Sure, I love devestate, but if I want to see a four digit hit, it will be with my shield, not my sword.

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Whoever thinks they can get an idea about realistic sword and shield combat from the movie 300 is ridiculous...

If a Spartan swung his shield around like those guys did in that movie they would immediately be toast.

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