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ReplyI understand shield bash - have it and use it on nearly every mob.
If I understand things correctly, shield strike will swing at a mob WITH a shield bash. Is it a regular shield bash? The description says minor shield bash.
Strike mastery says that a shield bash may accompany an mstrike? Is it rare? Often?
I'm not sure about nowadays, but what used to be was:
- stunned, -20;
- prone, -50 (NOT cumulative with stunned);
- immobilized (like Bind/214), -All physical (you got spells & signs, but no shield/no weapon parry).
Now that EBP has its own thing, and Shield Use can add so much more, those can add up to Really Big Numbers. (Technical term there.)
If some of the effects work on percentage (say, "-50%"), then losing only half of that means you still-get-to-have a big chunk of defense.
- stunned, -20;
- prone, -50 (NOT cumulative with stunned);
- immobilized (like Bind/214), -All physical (you got spells & signs, but no shield/no weapon parry).
Now that EBP has its own thing, and Shield Use can add so much more, those can add up to Really Big Numbers. (Technical term there.)
If some of the effects work on percentage (say, "-50%"), then losing only half of that means you still-get-to-have a big chunk of defense.
>If I understand things correctly, shield strike will swing at a mob WITH a shield bash. Is it a regular shield bash? The description says minor shield bash.
I think it means the crits are lower, maybe less RT is inflicted too. I've found shield strike quite useful at low level but not once I am good enough at aiming that an unaimed shot is a waste of time.
I think it means the crits are lower, maybe less RT is inflicted too. I've found shield strike quite useful at low level but not once I am good enough at aiming that an unaimed shot is a waste of time.
>I also currently have 2 ranks in protective wall. How much does "you halve the Defensive Strength (DS) penalty imposed on stunned, webbed, immobile, unconscious, rooted, or prone group members?" actually help?
If you have a regular partner it can help a lot, particularly for bandits in my experience. The larger the group the less relevant it is.
If you have a regular partner it can help a lot, particularly for bandits in my experience. The larger the group the less relevant it is.
