ZerkerDwarf
06-25-2008, 10:08 AM
<p>The in-combat posture with a drawn shield needs urgently to be reworked. I've been suggesting that for a long time but it has been ignored so far. Now I am trying to underline that with ingame screenshots once more.</p><p>The current posture just looks stupid. The arms are spread away from the body with weapon and shield being held totally inappropriate for both defending and attacking. The body must be covered behind the shield and the weapon must be held in a useful ready position.</p><p>Number 1 at the left is just dumb and silly posing, it does not look like combat at all. Both the weapon and the shield are held very inappropriate for both attacking and defending. </p><p>Number 2 at the right wields an invisible brawler's fist wrap and a shield at the same time (possible only in the preview of course). I am not a great artist, but it should give an impression how it must be. The shield position of course must count for all kinds of shields, not only bucklers (unfortunately there is no monkish posture in the preview wielding a non-buckler).</p><p>A slightly changed unarmed monk ready posture could (and MUST!) be used for all fighters and scouts (maybe healers as well) wielding a one-handed weapon and a shield at the same time. The right arm (holding the weapon) needs to be moved away from the face and set lower.</p><p><img src="http://img337.imageshack.us/img337/8581/posture7vr4.jpg" border="0" alt="" width="705" height="423" /></p><a rel="nofollow" href="http://img337.imageshack.us/my.php?image=posture7vr4.jpg" target="_blank"></a><p> = <a rel="nofollow" href="http://img337.imageshack.us/my.php?image=posture7vr4.jpg" target="_blank">http://img337.imageshack.us/my.php?...posture7vr4.jpg</a> </p><p>Number 1 looks stupid, boring and inappropriate.</p><p>Number 2 looks aware, ready, defensive and offensive at the same time, agile, sportive and just great. </p><p>And with appearance slots for weapons and shields it would be a perfect greatness at all</p>