World Not A New Class Thread (sort Of)

Warrior is arguably the weakest class. This is, in part, because of its inability to deal with ranged mobs. All of the other classes are able to deal with ranged mobs, but warrior cannot. Here is where my suggestion comes in:

Give the warrior class a shield.

I think that if warriors could have a normal shield (introduced in 1.9, the server is in 1.12.2), then the major weakness of the class would be removed and it would be more balanced. However, there are some problems with this suggestion.

1. Warrior specific items

If warriors had shields with specific IDs, then warriors would have a class specific item, which no other classes have. Sure, all the classes have class-specific weapons, but warriors would have a weapon and an item. Adding these items would be a lot of work for the CT, and they could do better things with this time. I don't think that shields should have stats, but that's just my opinion.

2. Using the shield

Shields are used with right clicks. However, this wouldn't work in Wynncraft because right clicks are spell starters for warriors. Imagine using a shield to defend against a ranged attack and casting Charge accidentally because you pressed right click. @Saint_Purple suggested having the shield in the second slot, which you can then switch to when you need it. I really love this solution because it makes the shield optional (you can put it in the bank) and it doesn't have any problems with spells, because it wouldn't be considered a weapon.

Spoiler: More about Shield Stats and my general opinion

I don't think that they should have IDs, like + earth defense, thorns, etc if they are warrior specific. It would be cool if better shields had higher chances of blocking attacks or blocked more of an attack. However, with the suggestion from @Saint_Purple, shields could be used among all classes. This would make each shield having stats and IDs not a bad idea, because the time spent making them would be used by all classes. This may have its own problems, but I'm not aware of any.

 

Could make it where you take the shield you want and the spear you want and combine them together, so the shields stats get added to the spear? and then it's a cosmetic on the body yet it gives the warrior more out of their spear. Or just have a shield your second slot, flip over and use it to block and when you need spells switch it back into your hotbar.

 

That would make sense and is a really good idea, but I'm just thinking about the CT. Making all of those shields with stats and stuff is already a lot of work, and then adding the shield to the spear has the same problem (kind of).

This is actually a really simple, yet creative, solution. I'm going to add it in the original post. Thank you!