Quote Originally Posted by Kerii View Post
"Because there's an item for just about every slot except main and off hand that makes the item invisible." Telling people, "No, making your shield invisible is stupid." is moot when they can already run around in their underwear if they so wish.
The problem is that armor is not essential to animations, while a shield is. It's like removing an a WAR's axe but keeping the animations. It would look stupid.