so ive noticed from equipping and uneqipping shields that they do not increase or decrease your protection against anything (tried with proto and swift shields) while equipping diffrent helms and armor dose change those numbers....
Im not sure if this is intentional or not, so im not sure if this is a bug (or have been previously reported as there is no search function on the forums (or i have yet to find one))....
So dose anyone know if the values actually increase your resistances to damage? Or are they there to show something else? (i also dont notice a attack speed increase "ultra"... but thats prolly cuz im using a cutter =_=)
A shield only increases your defense while you're actively using it. Having it equipped does not add anything (except possibly the bonuses it might give).