Bash and Battle Spam

ynnear

ynnear

Dalayan Elder
Would it possible and reasonable for the team to be able to go into a bit more detail on 'blocking' Via shield.

For example when taking incoming damage

Dog Bites Eldarian for 230 points of damage!
Dog Bites Edlarian for 100 points of damage (100 Blocked!)

Would this be a reasonable request?

I'm not asking for every single armor mitigation hit to be listed but just blocked specifically from shields. I think several of us shield users would find this pretty nifty.
 
I thought shield just gave you block skill, that like other avoidance skills is all or nothing. (dodge, parry, etc)
 
i am fairly certain it doesn't do that but if it did wouldn't it appear with parry, dodge etc?
 
ynnear said:
i am fairly certain it doesn't do that but if it did wouldn't it appear with parry, dodge etc?
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It does, and no. It doesn't literally give you the Block skill, but the AC of your shield is translated into an effective Block skill amount.
 
Zaela said:
It does, and no. It doesn't literally give you the Block skill, but the AC of your shield is translated into an effective Block skill amount.
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Zaela i know on some of the knight aa's such as Weapon Master for Paladins This ability increases your basic ability to parry, block and riposte blows. It does not add to block gained from shields. Each rank in this ability further improves the chance of either skill taking effect. You may train in this ability once each level, upon reaching levels 62, 63, and 64. So if I am understanding correct Block is just another mitigation counter like AC but Taken only from AC of your shield itself? If the game does calculate block when it happens, how is it represented in game play? I'd imagine it would be logged somewhere? Would it be able to manifest itself in the combat table when it happens? This feature if your able to do it, and I think you can your pretty nifty at these things would add a new feature then the old hack and slash of the melee combat spam. And I really the tanks would appreciate this.
 
Weapon Shield AA doesn't affect shield block because Shielding Mastery AA already does.

It's just an avoidance skill. You get the block battle spam message (X tried to hit YOU, but you blocked!) when you block via shield, just as if you were a monk or beastlord with the actual Block skill. It's just like parry, except for the part that it's based on shield AC (effective skill = ShieldAC * 2 (* 1.5 with Shielding Mastery Rank 3) if memory serves).

It's less complicated than you expect.
 
Block is not mitigation, it's avoidance. You either avoid the hit or you do not. There is no middle ground.
 
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