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Does anyone have a copy of Hartblests old posts on shields and how they work?
Failing that, can anyone explain how shield apps affect effectiveness?
>Failing that, can anyone explain how shield apps affect effectiveness?
All numbers are made up.
For every rank in shield you get 2 points of shield blocking. However, once you reach the appraisal cap on the shield you only get 1 point of shield blocking for each additional rank.
Let's say you have 2 shields. The first shield the top end appraisal is incredible. The second shield the top end appraisal is fair.
Incredible = 100.
Fair = 50.
With 75 ranks in shield and the incredible shield, you'd have 150 (75*2) shield blocking points.
With 75 ranks in shield and the fair shield, you'd have 125 shield blocking points. You'd get 2 points per rank for the first 50 ranks, and then once the app capped you'd get 1 point per rank.
That's how top end works.
The bottom end I'm not sure. I think that means if the bottom end apped at low (call it 10 points of protection) that even if you had 1 rank of shield you'd still get those 10 points of protection.
Hope that made sense,
Paladin Tessaa
All numbers are made up.
For every rank in shield you get 2 points of shield blocking. However, once you reach the appraisal cap on the shield you only get 1 point of shield blocking for each additional rank.
Let's say you have 2 shields. The first shield the top end appraisal is incredible. The second shield the top end appraisal is fair.
Incredible = 100.
Fair = 50.
With 75 ranks in shield and the incredible shield, you'd have 150 (75*2) shield blocking points.
With 75 ranks in shield and the fair shield, you'd have 125 shield blocking points. You'd get 2 points per rank for the first 50 ranks, and then once the app capped you'd get 1 point per rank.
That's how top end works.
The bottom end I'm not sure. I think that means if the bottom end apped at low (call it 10 points of protection) that even if you had 1 rank of shield you'd still get those 10 points of protection.
Hope that made sense,
Paladin Tessaa
>>Failing that, can anyone explain how shield apps affect effectiveness?
Here's a post by Ssra too.
Tessaa
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Re: Shield Question... ? on 3/19/2004 2:17:42 PM
<<Does it mean, if my shield has rather low to great protection, that at low ranks I will get rather low protection and higher ranks will give me great protection? Also, does it makes sense for someone with, say, 25 ranks in shield to use a higher protecting shield, or will it protect as much as a target shield or lesser? Thanks!>>
If you pass the contest for a block:
The lower range is the least amount of protection a shield will afford you.
The upper range is the max amount of protection a shield will afford you.
Granted, there's more to it but that's what it means in a nutshell.
/salute
-Ssra
Here's a post by Ssra too.
Tessaa
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DR-SSRA
Re: Shield Question... ? on 3/19/2004 2:17:42 PM
<<Does it mean, if my shield has rather low to great protection, that at low ranks I will get rather low protection and higher ranks will give me great protection? Also, does it makes sense for someone with, say, 25 ranks in shield to use a higher protecting shield, or will it protect as much as a target shield or lesser? Thanks!>>
If you pass the contest for a block:
The lower range is the least amount of protection a shield will afford you.
The upper range is the max amount of protection a shield will afford you.
Granted, there's more to it but that's what it means in a nutshell.
/salute
-Ssra
