User blog comment:Psychopski/Mystic Knight: Potentially awesome class, but what's with the shield not being held in the off hand??/@comment-5829114-20121208015106

In order for you to be able to cast any magic, the shield has to be an active catalyst. If you were to make a catalyst out of a shield while having multiple powerful effects, you need one big ass shield. Therefor a stronger, heavier shield. Plus if you play the game a little bit longer you get some really cool sheilds that couldn't be pulled off with that smaller shield used by the fighter class, you don't like the shield don't use it or don't use the class.