If this forum had a random question sticky I'd have posted this there, as it doesn't really warrant its own thread. Maybe we should make one?

Anyway, I've always wondered why it is, despite being a plain physical attack, that ranged attacks cannot be blocked with a shield?

It just seems kinda odd that you can't considering one of the primary uses of shield has always been defending against projectile attacks. I can catch a giant Gigas axe and stop it cold, but arrows and rocks just hit me in the face? <,<;

I doubt this will be getting changed at this point, but I'm curious if that was intentional, or just something that got overlooked.