This same thing comes up almost monthly, it's intentional! Almost wish they'd just remove the shield effect entirely so we stopped having to hear about it >_> (View Post)
It's much more of an edge in pk than you'd think. Top end fighting is often just murdering someone with the bleeding edge of advantage. Even more noticeable bashing for me. (View Post)
As per the announce post just contact Oleis if you have any issues with the class system changes/defunct things and you'd like to ask for a refund for etc. @Satomi (View Post)