"I bear the cruel weight of certainty. Total, absolute, relentless certainty. People rarely comprehend the luxury of doubt... the freedom that comes with indecision. I envy you."
―Sotha Sil
I never noticed, as I usually have a shield covering my toons back, my issue was finding a style of shield that wouldn't clip with the fanny pack in the back
Yeah, it's annoying. Dunno if they'd ever fix it due to the "no altering released content" thing, even though this is obviously a bug... I sent in a bug report about it in-game; maybe they'd pay attention if a lot of people reported it as a bug.