Auto switch to shield in belt

[wildair]

Since shield can be put in the belt, it should be possible to switch to the shield when you engage in battle.

[Agame]

Great idea. It has appeared over and over again, but Not far ignored it. One more reminder can't hurt. Thank you, OP.

[Sevenless]

The general argument against some forms of auto tool switching is that it's not simple to know what's optimal given the current mechanics. What if in this particular combat you'd rather be spamming defensive moves and running instead of getting the equip switch timer?

Imo you'd need an expansion of how toolbelts work. Maybe slots being toggled to "combat" that got pulled out when you entered combat (without the cooldown or this feature would become undesirable sometimes again)? Also a little warning when you tried to tool switch but failed because your toolbelt is full maybe.

[Fierce_Deity]

Would be neat if the first 3 seconds of combat or so allowed for free switching of equipment. Or even being allowed one or two free equipment/move set swaps so long as you have not used any combat moves yet.