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Old 06-01-2002, 10:23 PM
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Originally posted by haunter


Yes but what if the blades are thrown in an arc? like the arrows are shot in an arc, the shield need to be able to held in a slanted postion over the head, like 45degree angle.

I think the romans used to make walls of shields, two rows of people, or three, one in the front to hold the sheilds vertical, on in the middle to shoot (from between the gaps in the shields) and the last row to hold the sheild at an angle, "total" protecton from a front of enemies.
That's called a phalanx. I plan to try and implment this strategy to Dustari later on, since shields actually WORK now; it was very effective.
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