When blocking with shield - projectiles do not get knocked back, thus they end up hovering in place and chipping off shield’s durability.
This creates a major complication for the cases where you would need a shield, as even a pillager patrol can corner you with a single arrow.
If you walk forward, the projectile hits you despite you still holding up the shield, if you walk backwards, the projectile falls down, but by then, pillagers could have already shot 4 more arrows, making shields almost useless against projectiles.
To reproduce:
Craft shield
Hold dedicted [use] button while having shield equipped in either mainhand or offhand to block projectiles
Expected result:
Projectiles get knocked back by the shield
Actual result:
Projectiles do not get knocked back by the shield, and remain hovering until the shield is down or broken, then hit the player
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