The equipment might well be passed down in families, since it would have been. This required the Hoplite to reach over to the right in order to protect that side. Hoplites had customized armour, and possibly family symbols on his shield. The straps made the shield harder to drop if there was a decision to retreat and the location of the straps made the shield awkward to use if held parallel to the body. While it cannot be upgraded, this shield's statistics are identical to a Purple Flame Shield +3, with a lower Strength requirement to wield. If you don't want to spend resources upgrading the Purple Flame Shield, or don't meet its stat requirements, this shield is strictly superior. It decreases the adversarys angle of attack just as effectively as the much larger hoplite shield does, simply by being held at twice the distance from the. The battle equipment of the Greek Hoplite was not standardised, although there were doubtless trends in general designs over time, and between city-states.Despite the text in its item description, this shield is a Large Shield, not a Standard Shield.
Lieutenant Brooke Casia, executive officer of the.
The claim sounded dubious even as the ‘Mech salesman attempted to accentuate the point with several slaps to the Hoplite‘s shin armor.