Shield Lancers And Melee

[HolidayPi3]

I recall being able to melee through the shields that Shield Lancers hold. After the patch, I can't do this anymore-- with a melee weapon or Valkyr's Hysteria (Hysteria is now even more annoying to use... go figure)

Was it always like this? Am I just hysterical?

[BrotherJudas008]

No i remember being able to melee through the shields.  It is annoying because I still try to do it, only because I got used to it when they got close and could just out distance their shield swing with my sword or whatever...  Now I just get knocked over.

[shut]

They changed it so that their shields block melee strikes coming from the direction that they're facing.

It makes perfect sense from a realism standpoint, but honestly, I think it's a bit much. In any case, giant, heavy weapons (Fragor, Jatt) should be able to bypass it, if realism is the devs' goal.

 

For the sake of keeping gameplay as un-frustrating as possible while maintaining/enhancing realism, the shield lancers should be unable to do their charging and shield bashing while getting melee'd. They should just sort of sit there, defending themselves-- taking no damage from frontal assaults, but dealing no damage, either.

Edited March 1, 2014 by SortaRandom

[VKhaun]

Yikes... I always thought it was odd that I could melee them, but they're so infuriating that I didn't question it. 

 

Thanks for the heads up.

[Lord.Finster]

I'm pleasantly surprised about this stealth change. The provide more of a challenge now.

My tip: Use a jump attack to knock them on their backs and then finish them off.