New weapon type: Heavy shield.

[JayHog.3280]

Bit of a brainstorm mostly than to actually expect any actual acceptance. So basically the idea is a two handed shield that starts their own elite specializations around a few classes, here's a few examples:

Guardian could use it for defensive measures, gaining boons around successfully defending allies, maybe even tank stats overall, similar to Braum of League of Legends.

 

Warrior could use it for high maneuver fighting, similar to Captain America.

 

I'm sure other classes could use it too, maybe Engineer to be more on the defense or a mini tank.

 

And auto attacks could be basically punching because the shield is too big to carry a side weapon.

 

Don't expect much acceptance, but could be an interesting concept.

[Randulf.7614]

If they were going to do this they’d not make a new weapon, but convert existing shields into either two handed or dual wielded.

It’s not going to happen and isn’t a new suggestion either, but a little bit of me still likes the idea of it (I like shields in games)

[Omega.6801]

No.

[Ashen.2907]

A new elite spec that focuses it's attention on shield as an offhand, to a greater degree than is normally the case, could be interesting.