Comments on: The Way of the Shield http://spinksville.wordpress.com/2009/11/04/the-way-of-the-shield/ MMOs and game design Wed, 22 May 2013 22:20:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: ixobelle http://spinksville.wordpress.com/2009/11/04/the-way-of-the-shield/#comment-4137 Tue, 10 Nov 2009 22:33:04 +0000 http://spinksville.wordpress.com/?p=2631#comment-4137 izo’s got one out of ToC25 right now that’s a coffin lid ripped off the base. you can see the little hinges hanging off the sides.

classy!

]]> By: spinks http://spinksville.wordpress.com/2009/11/04/the-way-of-the-shield/#comment-4118 Mon, 09 Nov 2009 18:07:37 +0000 http://spinksville.wordpress.com/?p=2631#comment-4118 I know without even checking that’s the Skullflame Shield :) Have fun with it!!

]]> By: We Fly Spitfires http://spinksville.wordpress.com/2009/11/04/the-way-of-the-shield/#comment-4116 Mon, 09 Nov 2009 18:02:57 +0000 http://spinksville.wordpress.com/?p=2631#comment-4116 I just found a really sexy shield for my (2nd) Warrior alt on the AH. Can’t remember the name but it has a burning skull on it, level 54 I think. Looking forward to using it :)

]]> By: Solidstate http://spinksville.wordpress.com/2009/11/04/the-way-of-the-shield/#comment-4104 Mon, 09 Nov 2009 12:57:06 +0000 http://spinksville.wordpress.com/?p=2631#comment-4104 > in MMOs the shield has become associated with tanks.

I felt a great disturbance in the Force, as if millions of Holy Paladins and Resto Shamans suddenly cried out in terror, and were suddenly silenced…
:)

]]> By: Her Way of the Shield | Kill Ten Rats http://spinksville.wordpress.com/2009/11/04/the-way-of-the-shield/#comment-4093 Sun, 08 Nov 2009 18:44:38 +0000 http://spinksville.wordpress.com/?p=2631#comment-4093 [...] your head is a bad tactic, to be avoided. In group situations, however, I love my tanks, and they love their shields. Blocking with a shield is much better than blocking with your [...]

]]> By: /AFK – November 8 « Bio Break http://spinksville.wordpress.com/2009/11/04/the-way-of-the-shield/#comment-4092 Sun, 08 Nov 2009 13:47:15 +0000 http://spinksville.wordpress.com/?p=2631#comment-4092 [...] Spinks re: Shields – “Is it any wonder that shield using fighters in games feel attached to their shields?” [...]

]]> By: Shintar http://spinksville.wordpress.com/2009/11/04/the-way-of-the-shield/#comment-4071 Fri, 06 Nov 2009 22:24:46 +0000 http://spinksville.wordpress.com/?p=2631#comment-4071 Personally I’m massively attached to my paladin’s Barricade of Eternity: http://www.wowhead.com/?item=4047 and have even passed on an upgrade or two because I just didn’t want to give it up. :)

]]> By: Tesh http://spinksville.wordpress.com/2009/11/04/the-way-of-the-shield/#comment-4050 Thu, 05 Nov 2009 18:52:53 +0000 http://spinksville.wordpress.com/?p=2631#comment-4050 I love the spiky fridge door. I’m more of a bear tank, m’self, but hey, if I’ve got to be in human form, I’m all for a big old slab of steel.

Considering the potential in heraldry on a shield, though, I’m disappointed that there aren’t customization options for the beasties. Even if it’s just DNA splicing (put one item’s stats on something else) or an appearance tab for shields.

Of course, I’d want to design my own heraldry, but that’s a bridge too far for most MMO devs. (Since so many users are so… bad.)

]]> By: spinks http://spinksville.wordpress.com/2009/11/04/the-way-of-the-shield/#comment-4037 Thu, 05 Nov 2009 06:06:12 +0000 http://spinksville.wordpress.com/?p=2631#comment-4037 We have a whole cultural history full of guys with shields fighting dragons! (I think St George is usually shown on a horse spearing it with a lance, but that’s not really tanking.) Bears eat fish. That’s the actual reason more people don’t play druid tanks, I’m quite sure.

]]> By: Brian 'Psychochild' Green http://spinksville.wordpress.com/2009/11/04/the-way-of-the-shield/#comment-4035 Wed, 04 Nov 2009 21:08:10 +0000 http://spinksville.wordpress.com/?p=2631#comment-4035 Spinks wrote:
Even in a game like WoW which has tanking druids and death knights, there’s always a sneaking feeling that you can’t be a real tank without a shield.

Bigot. :(

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