Talk:Miló and Akoúo̱/@comment-26216370-20150318133626/@comment-25555436-20150322121249

anon...31.205.73.160. Don't be a freaking idiot. They are really worth their weight in fiction, a damn more than they were in real life.

-For starters, shields in fiction last a damn lot more than they did in real life, and seem barely more heavy than a gauntlet.

-They can protect not only against arrows like the real shields did, but also against bullets, magic attacks, magic bullets, claws, fangs, sometimes even big blasts from the heavens.

-In fiction, it's not uncommon to find shields with some weapon elements in it, like blades so you can cut with the shield, or maybe a spike to stab people, or maybe the shield can be used to perform magical attacks.

-Throwing Your Shield Always Works.

-You can use them like boards to surf along a particular environment.

While in real life shields were outclassed by armor, in fiction they can be more effective. For example, In games like Monster Hunter, God Eaters and others, expect to lose health no matter what armor you have, but also expect to not suffer any damage at all and at most suffer a small push back, if you block the attack with the shield. No matter the size of the shield or it's quality.

In other games, other than using it to block hits, they also allow one to block or even deflect ranged attacks, either physical (arrows, bullets) or magical, doesn't always matter the kind of shield one uses. Something that your sweet armor can't do, unless it's a magical armor.

And with this, anon, you're proven completely wrong. Shields in fiction are worth thrice their weight.