I’ve been finding broken shields on my thralls for a while now and assumed my clanmates were lazily swapping them when they broke.
Turns out when a thrall blocks damage with one, it really chews up the durability. An attack I blocked myself took 20 points, whereas my thrall’s shield took several hundred.
Steps on how to reproduce issue:
Equip thrall with shield
Aggro your thrall onto an enemy
Check shields durability when thrall blocks attacks
The shield my thrall and I were using was a Flawless Hardened Steel Shield, but the quality doesn’t appear to make a difference. Some of my thralls have regular Hardened Steel Shields and I’ve found them broken in their inventory as well.
Cheers @Hugo.
Just wanted to add I hope Thrall Shields aren’t meant to take damage. Their weapons and armour don’t, so it makes sense for shields not too either. As a player, I do not want to have to micromanage their gear.