After the update (the one about an hour ago) shields are now practically useless. The durability is so low that there's not even any point to crafting them. Not sure if it was intentional or when changing the damage and hitpoint system the shields durability wasn't factored it but right now just a few hits even from weak enemies destroys the shields, particularly the uncommon and common shields. The boom shield is even just a ram then throw item which is now practically no use since it's better to just carry bombs it doesn't even act as a shield at all. The rare and epic shields still hold damage (still way lower than before which wasn't much) but still not much use for the materials used to craft them.
Also kindly bring back the the single hand daggers. 🙂
Excited for new upcomming content.