I made this, except it didn't post the first time for some reason, so I had to do it again.
I envy the Jackels that get to run about playing with their fancy Energy Sheilds. I think it's about ime that we got the chance to use it against them! Though the sheild is useless to an extent against a trained player. I still think that the thought of combining it with a Energy Sword is a great idea. Especially after the last bit of sword play I had with my mates.
When you go in sword to sword it goes by the first to strike. But if you could dual wield it with Energy Sheild then thats something different. You could parry the attack and then give them a taste of their own medicine.
Or say that your doing a capture the flag. Your flag may be at an edvantage from the entrance points. If you had energy sheilds, your temamtes could take the main force of the attakers and push them back with whatever they can weild with it.
Think about it.