Originally posted by M.Red:

"smaller" shields have a higher bonus on parry while the towershields are unbeatable at full blocking with almost no parry bonus

I tried. Trying to beef up with tower shields seems good only on small enemies, which you can use almost everything for without worry. The moment I face something more threathening, the towershield becomes deadweight instead. as mentioned with the trolls. Am I doing something wrong with the shield? I know bulking up hp helps with blocks, i think.

Originally posted by Anarchist Jurisdictor:

No, there's no reason, although they're at least reasonably usable now with the update. I only ever use the shields with the highest parry bonuses myself.

I see. I guess Ill stick with the bucklers from now on then.