Just two thoughts from my side :
- Blocking with a shield should imho get a very very small chance of breaking the thing. I mean - you try to block a dwarf hammering his axe into your shield - if it's only made of wood, the shield could break at one point, especially with a *lot* of strenth hanging on the axe. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/winkwink.gif" alt="" />
Strengthening the shield with metal should reduce this chance somehow.
- A very special and very delicate method of blicking can currently be seen in "Jedi Academy" : Blocking one sword with two swords by making a kind of "x" shape with the two swords. It's really difficult to explain what I mean in English, but I guess you've already seen it in screenshots . <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/winkwink.gif" alt="" />
Anyway, this method is so difficult imho, that it should only be available to true masters of both
sword and dual wielding at the same time, as a special gimmik / reward. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/winkwink.gif" alt="" />
