I'm a big fan of tower shields. It reminds me of the early imperial scutum a Roman legionary would use. When I first saw Inquisition troops in formation with their big, spiked tower shields at the first camp in the Hinterlands, I was ecstatic thinking that I could possibly get one myself. Imagine how disappointed I was when the one I got was just a little baby version of the real thing. It's like the poor excuse of a Roman shield they gave you in Ryze: Son of Rome. I really hated that...
I realize that it's for aesthethic reasons, since stowing it on your back with its full size will pretty much end up with you watching a giant rectangle running around the map, but it would be nice to have the animations the guardsman npcs use. It doesn't have to be stowed on your back, it can simply be at the ready around your shield arm. It's unfortunate that the game can't be modded (yet), otherwise I would have found a way to enlarge the model by just a bit myself, but one can hope.
Speaking of shields, is anyone else annoyed by the fact that, other than the tower shield-wielding guardsmen, no other npc uses a shield? They're all relegated to using just their one-handed weapons? I find it disturbing considering that we see them bearing shields in cutscenes, looking intimidating and properly equipped, but when it comes to actual in-game fights, they seem...lacking. It's weird when your companions are the only ones who ever don the awesome-looking Templar shields instead of the actual Templars themselves...
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