Shield Defense fixed to be able to use two handed weapons?

So if the dev's have said that nothing isn't possible then making a shield defense compatible with every melee powerset is possible it just takes a lot of work and coding. Thanks for proving my point!

personally, I would propose simply having the shield costume piece/weapon customization be removed if we selected a two handed weapon.

Admittedly, this would kind of defeat the point of it being SHIELD defense, but at the same time shield defense mechanically provides a unique combination of things no other set really can. Full mez protection coverage, maxHP buff, position defenses with resistances, mini-tier nine without a severe crash, an offensive power, and the list goes on.

And while certain powers could be said to only fit a shield concept, I say to the contrary: Why is my Katana/not!shield samurai using a SHIELD charge? Because the call of an exciting battle draws him forward with such ferocity that the enemies scarcely even see him coming and when he dives into their ranks, they scatter like leaves! Why is he so durable AND dodgey? Because he's a samurai, he wears good armor. Why can use PHALANX Fighting and Grant Cover? He's an experienced warrior and soldier, his greatest strength is functioning with a unit and is able to use his experience in melee combat to guard direct his allies to safety (so, same reason as maneuvers in the flavor text). "yes" some might say "but that still doesn't explain why your katana/shield scrapper does not in fact use a shield." Well it's because the Samurai felt their sword was a shield in of itself. The game even supports that with defensive sweep, divine avalanche, and parry!

And that's just one explanation for a character without shield to have shield defense powers. (And unless you're a HUGE weaboo, a lot of those points can be easily applied to any non-Samurai)

Edit: Though I also understand why NOT to do this. So I can understand the devs reasoning but if they ever wanted to, there is a way to expand.

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Originally Posted by Samuel_Tow City of Heroes is a game about freedom of expression and variety of experiences far more so than it is about representing any one theme, topic or genre.

Before you go worrying about paring your Shields with two handed weapons, you need to be worried about finally giving Shields to Stalkers.

What huge two-handed weapons are useable with a shield? A real shield, not a small disk tied to your arm?

I wanna roll a Stalker that uses Tremor while Hidden in Granite Armor

they need to just make a set of bubble armor, that plays exactly like shields, but allows people to pair up all offense sets.

That's what it really comes down to. It's not that it has to make sense to most people. It's that Shields is a fun set that's also considered awesome.

Really, I don't even think the OP cares about concept (could be wrong), I think it's come down to wanting [Primary that does this] paired with [Shields that do this].

Thri-Kreen!