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Postby Romuinus » Fri Sep 30, 2005 9:58 am

I Saw At EQ That Some People With Sheilds Lose Their Weapon Arm and Drop THeir Weapon Why Not Drop The Sheild And Continue To Fight With Their Weapon?

Hope Some One Can Help ME Understand This.
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Postby BigBadger » Fri Sep 30, 2005 10:52 am

I keep a backup weapon in my shield. Not really in the shield. I grip the punch handle and the handle of the sword at the same time.

I can use the shield to block missle weapons and help out my team with a few well placed shield bashes. I can also drop or throw the shield and have a weapon in my hand instantly.
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Postby Kyrian » Fri Sep 30, 2005 10:53 am

If you can find someone else on your side to hang with, then having the shield can sometimes be more helpful than the additional weapon. For example, a spear or red fighter can usually benefit from having a shield bearer providing protection from missile weapons as well as other shield fighters.

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Postby Magpie Saegar » Fri Sep 30, 2005 3:15 pm

i don't know if this answers your question more directly, but:

i've been taught that when you lose an arm, you must drop what is in that arm instantly. so, if hit in the weapon arm, you MUST drop the weapon. THEN you can drop the shield and pick the weapon up with the other arm.


too many people just switch weapons between hands, then put the dead arm behind their back.
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Postby Romuinus » Fri Sep 30, 2005 5:01 pm

Thanks For The Helpful Understanding ANd This Is The Way I Like To Type On The Board Sorry Mgpie.
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Postby Magpie Saegar » Fri Sep 30, 2005 8:19 pm

as long as you enjoy it, Romuinus.
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Postby vek » Sun Oct 02, 2005 9:55 pm

yeah they pretty much summed it up, i just wanted to post so as not to feel left out :D
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Postby Oisin » Sun Oct 02, 2005 10:04 pm

Romuinus--you may like it, but PLEASE stop. The rest of us don't like it at all. It makes your posts very hard to read.
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Postby Plithut » Tue Oct 11, 2005 5:55 pm

I was taught to drop what ever is in that arm as soon as it is hit, even if that means that I am in mid swing and my sword goes flying into the air. The reason that I would conitue to fight with just the sheild is that it increases my surviability while I am also able to find something to weild in that hand.
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Postby Elyk » Mon Jan 09, 2006 9:45 pm

simply from curiosity, why do you like typing like that?
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Postby Sir Farrin » Tue Jan 10, 2006 8:44 am

I think one of the best reasons to just hang on to the sheild is bridge battles you can hold off 10 people with just a shield on a brdge by yourself
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Postby Oisin » Tue Jan 10, 2006 12:24 pm

as long as theyre not 10 people vhils size, right? just run your * over and never look back?
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Postby graavish » Tue Jan 10, 2006 1:21 pm

it's really helpful with sometimes like if i lose my sword arm and then on of my unit members loses his shield arm then we can team great
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