Hello, question for any Dev GM that may be reading. I just had an unfortunate conversation on a GM assist regarding a shield resize and suggested I try reaching out. I recently reactivated and currently have this shield from GSIII days on my paladin:

a white eonake knight's shield bound by shimmering silver and imbedded with emeralds that form the symbol of the goddess Oleani

I believe this was originally a kite shield I was fortunate enough to have altered with a rare noun "knight". At the time I did not think to make it a "knight's kite shield" and since then shields have been reclassified so knight = medium shield. Unfortunately for me, paladin cannot specialize in medium shield yet a warrior/rogue can and if I change the size I lose the noun. This just seems absurd to me that a rogue can specialize in a knight shield while a paladin (a holy warrior / knight) cannot.

Are there any chances of paladin gaining the ability to specialize in medium shield? Perhaps something to consider with all the CMAN changes currently in the works? At minimum it seems silly to associate knight specifically with a medium shield. The reality is it is cheaper for me to buy a new maxed out shield than to work on this project; however this is a very personal item to my character so not something I want to let go. Appreciate your time and your thoughts, thank you.

You also need shield spec at the second rank for things like Spike Mastery. Tower shields are mechanically preferable, but I also don't see a reason for Paladins to be limited to large shields. Opening up the small/medium shield specializations and also the Dodge the Elements etc options that go with them would be fine by me.

~Player of Fulmen Soulforge, Hammer of Eonak.

The shields we consider to be large and tower shields in this game were used for formation fighting by infantry, not by knights. This probably explains why a "knight's shield" is considered to a medium shield. Larger shields would not be easily used from horseback. As far as I can tell, paladins use big shields in this game only because it matches the game mechanics.

In terms of training options, medium shields would actually give paladins the most DS when maxed on skills. Maybe consider that one more argument in favor of medium specs.

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