New Geotank offhand

Notice I said 8. You get half benefit if you don't meet the requirement. Of course a shield won't give you 12 energy, I thought that was obvious enough not to say. ~.~ You actually get half? I guessed it was less. I don't have enough experience as a warrior to have an informed guess ...

The mods are still in effect even though you don't meet the requirement, like the +30 hp or -2 while enchanted. That's why you see a lot of Mo/As running around with shields. That, and to counter Edenial

The mods are still in effect even though you don't meet the requirement, like the +30 hp or -2 while enchanted. That was never in doubt, from where I sit.

The only question is how much AL you get from the shield if you don't meet the req.

Increased the inherent armor level on all unique (green text), promotional, crafted, and collector shields so that they behave the same way as other shields when the characters equipping them do not meet the necessary attribute requirement. Originally, green and collector shields would give you (I think) 3 armor, while gold shields (I know) gave you 8. They changed it in an update, which is why I have like 3 green shields on my ele (eles can have low energy sets too!)