questions

are they really worth loosing a weapons spot? - even the best shield only has a block CHANCE of 44%

the highest shield is 54% i think.

venerated disk is the highest with a blockchance of 53%

Shields are useful,for dex bots. And dex bots would be unbeatable if you could have a block chance higher than 70 percent.

Your block chance is figured, then your shield is added.

I think block chance should be raised to 75%. It would make dex bots a ton better.

Dex bots are already insanely overpowered at (very) high levels.

I believe it is worthwhile to use a shield when you have above 60% chance to block.

Block chance is determined by dex/level + shield or some overly complicated formula which floR is well known for, haha.

dex-50 * level / 2 shield i believe.

It's 25 * ( [DEX] - 50 ) / ( [Level] * 2 ) + [Shield Block Chance].

I'm not sure If I remember this correctly. But in bots 2 wasn't there away to prevent people from getting 2 chances to hit you when you have a shield on such as switch the shield to your other hand. You have to block them twice sometimes before you get a hit in.

surge, it's like how it should be :)