Im almost level four.
I am a warrior and I only started seriously playing last tuesday.
And ummmmm I have a naganita and bronze plate mail and Gold paladin helmet

the thing is i was battling someone and if you dont have a shield then its really hard to win, even though I was so much faster then the other guy he still beat me c us one hit form him would do like a 5/6th of damage to me, while as one hit to him did only like a 10th of damage to him.