Guild Wars 2

In my opinion, Shields should receive a large boost to their Defense. Their current bonus is far too low. The trade off for using a shield should be lower attack power for higher defense, but as is stands you are trading higher attack power for hardly any better defense.
I can best make my case with an example. The level 54 rare gloves that my character is using have a defense bonus of 95, while the level 60 rare shield that I use only has a defense of 36!
I would be 100% okay with increasing it’s defense but lowering its attack power, because their attack power is almost on par with a one-handed sword. I just think it would make more sense for a giant hunk of metal strapped to my arm to provide more defense than a pair of gloves.
That being said, I love the game, and whether this is addressed or not I will probably continue to use the sword and board because i love the flavor, and rule of cool beats all, and the fact that this is the biggest beef I have with the game speaks volumes as to the games high quality!
Thank you for taking the time to read this, and I look forward to the possibility that this will be addressed.