[cutelilmurderer]

I REALLY LIKE THE IDEA of shields actually blocking from the front. That is such a fantastic freaking combat achievment for this server. You have no idea how long and how much this was needed. That alone will make combat so amazing for PVP on this server. The knockback is going to be a total smash hit as well!

Well played Stefan. (don't mean to brown-nose i swear)

However this all sounds arena-only, I would like it to go into regular PVP as well! Could you also block magical attacks? Or maybe reduce damage a bit by blocking with a shield?

Or *ahem* when dual-wielding is implemented... maybe you could parry and knockback the attacking player? ...?