It's ruining the image of the shield for me ... why do I have a shield when I go into 3rd person and I see arrows going through my wrist, might as well use my wrist to block arrows.

Yes. After blokcing arrows with a shield my poor Spellsword's hand should fallen off from all the holes those arrows would make :lmao:

well.. it;s true for all armour... arrows sticking in my chest while health is at 98% don't look really realistic either.
in fact arrows should bounce off, just like they do when you fire on a flame atronarch... they do harm on it, but dont penatrate it.
perhaps u can use that mechanics to adapt the mechanics for armour.

Yeah, I hate it when they do that. If you go into your inventory, you'll usually find those arrows listed. If you drop them, they'll no longer be embedded in you or your armor. You can then pick them up again, if you want.

Sure. Running at full tilt with an arrows struck through your hip/ leg doesn't look realistic, but I might find too many detailed realism factors more annoying than that in the long run.