The Infantry Problem 2

[Kaasovic]

Regading inf being underpowered if you go to page 1 i think we said it isn't underpowered, but just too specialied in its roles to the extent it's not as fun or versatile. So without making it OP we were looking for ways to improve other aspects of it like more hp.

Careful with using words like we in this case, not everyone agrees with it.
Even though you keep mentioning it, improving the infantry classes isn't limited to hp.

Infantry has the most uses
They can shield
They can slash
They can tank
Most classes have 2 uses
Xbow shoots and shields
Pike shoots and slashes
Archer shoots and can sometimes slash
The only thing Infantry does not do is shoot
And it really is the only thing for tank

The versatility of the infantry classes all depends on your play style. It also depends on external factors, in this case the availability of shields in the shielding example and a spam healer for the tank example.
At the moment infantry doesn't feel tanky to me, therefor I propose chances to make the class more available to casual players. Remember that there are more people playing infantry. People who can only sit behind the barricades and do nothing and then be told by an admin to make themselves useful resulting in the usage of throwable weaponry. Regarding the point that most classes have two uses; I think that is not true. It all depends on your style of play. (not everyone wants to shield on pavise.)

remove wall cades and replace them by something else, like e.g. the smithy to improve items if you really want to make inf more viable.
and as terror already mentioned, your assumption that inf is there to tank is (sadly) only appliable in normal or hard mode (if you've got good equipment) , however you're dead pretty quickly in rag no matter how many red armour pieces you got
also, make the 1h weapons for inf longer.

Wall barricades are fine though, it is commonly used to protect you from incoming missiles. Improving items however will not help if you get overwhelmed by enemies. Your swings will probably be interrupted by incoming attacks resulting into death within a few swings.