Then we must bash someone wearing a suit of mail with a Kopis, volunteers ?

And on the shield thing, I personally think it is ridiculous to have +1 difference between a thureos and a scutum , both are roughly the same size, would be of same quality, and any difference would really be negligable in an actual battle, since individual armaments are the least decisive factore, in my opinion we should standardize shield values .

5 for Spara or whoever has doors for a shield , with a decreas in defense skill
4 for Roman shields/aspis/thureos/scutum
2 or 3 for bucklers and smaller stuff with an increase in defense skill .

Just throwing it out there .