[Trexmaster]

Maybe we could add a new skill called 'Shield bash' or 'Shield smack' where you attack with the shield rather than just shoving an enemy away. 3 momentum, would get bash bonuses, can only use with shield.

If we're going to grant new functionality to Bash this is the only way I'd see it offensively.

Buffing a 1m skill to do only slightly less if not comparable damage to 3m attacks is not the way to go.

This is all of course on the assumption shields even need any sort of help being offensive. Its fundamental purpose is to grant you damage reduction at the cost of offensive capability compared to other hand slot options and the inherent bonus of the two-hand talents.

Though I could see Bash getting some kind of bonus for using a shield compared to without, but aside from bumping Flatfoot level up or the random chance to knock someone down when combined with Charge all it could do more of is push distance. Could give you a tiny bonus to your chance to activate a parry skill against the enemy you bashed and increase the damage reduction for parries against them by a similar amount (like 5% or something).