I think new Cerberus spellbook is bad. All spellbooks have additional magic level, best have +4 +5. And this spellbook have nothing. I think many players will not use it because of that, and this Item will be useless.

And new backpack, +2 melee and dist, why no magic level? Again, many mages will take old bags with magic level and magic resist, which on my opiniom is much better than 2 def.

What actually bothers me is that the sword looks like a dagger, the blades too short, the protections going <=> are too damn long and its not a proportional item, doesn't suit the "sword theme" tbh, should name it a knife or dagger lmao

Also, shields should be paladin subclass exclusive, as their couterpart 2h weapons are barbarian subclass exclusive. No dps should be allowed to wear a shield and tank, as much as a tank shouldn't (AND IS NOT) allowed to wear a 2handed weapon and deal alot of dmg

Make some itens like this exclusive will broke the market more and more ... And its already died.

I agree with Cailleach Bheur, this is completely unbalanced to gives barbarians the possibility to switch to defensive gear as soon as needed, whereas paladins have no way to switch to dps gear.

As soon as we are speaking about balancing warriors, the immediate (and not very smart tbh) answer is "there is nothing to change, paladins=defense and barbarians=dps". But this is completely false. The correct statement is "paladins are stucked to defense, barbarians can choose dps"

IMO all high stats 1h and shields (let's say level 150 gear ?) should be exclusive to paladins.

The market problem is a good point, but it's thinking reverse : first balance, first good thinking about classes, then market.

Market is already dead, no ones buying anything and shields are probably the least sold item for months... Fix what has to be fixed and then you start thinking about market, if this turns into a problem. Lets not forget shields are not selling EVEN IF BARBS ARE ABLE TO EQUIP IT

1) Surely, shields for level 150+ should be restricted to paladins.

2) About the new backpack it could be changed:

-> From +2 defending to +2 magic level
-> From 1% critical hit boost to 2% experience boost