Guard Skill.......

[Osmond]

I have to say this cause this has been bugging me. Why hasn't SE done anything to adjust guarding skill? Even when using either food(heard it doesn't work but idk) or the earring & ring it still skillup like crap to the point in saying, "What gives?". Unless it have game breaking benefits(exaggeration lol) they need to do something about it cause it's being neglected....I could be wrong but if anyone have suggestions feel free to comment.

[Gokku]

after heavy testing it has come to the attention of the dev team that monks with guard skill above 300 have a chance of it actually procing , due to this we will be adjusting guard to lower your tp with successful procs.

[Monchat]

from my exerience even making train of mandies doesnt not work that well anymore. back at level 75 and was getting 2-3 skill per 30min with 4 mandy on me, last time i tried in A-altepa i got 0.5 in 30mn with like 15 mandy on me lol. guard is useless anyway i dont care anymore.

[DrStrangelove]

from my exerience even making train of mandies doesnt not work that well anymore. back at level 75 and was getting 2-3 skill per 30min with 4 mandy on me, last time i tried in A-altepa i got 0.5 in 30mn with like 15 mandy on me lol. guard is useless anyway i dont care anymore.

Leveling guard skill is useless when mnk is fighting anything that matters (i.e., above T).

AFAIK, guard is floored to 5%, and capped skill will not get you above 5% procs on anything above T, certainly not at VT and above, so except for making EP farming easier (on mobs that you will evade or counter anyway) who cares.

[Osmond]

Hmm so unless guard is really useful against V-IT mobs and proc frequently depending on skill lvl it's pretty much useless? Now I feel it really is neglected lol. What's the point in having it if it's not useful to begin with?

[hideka]

umm i had capped guard at 75 cap >_> i have to completely dissagree with your statement drstrangelove... i used to guard a whole hell of alot more VS VT-IT when over cap >_>

[Lynchilles]

Leveling guard skill is useless when mnk is fighting anything that matters (i.e., above T).

AFAIK, guard is floored to 5%, and capped skill will not get you above 5% procs on anything above T, certainly not at VT and above, so except for making EP farming easier (on mobs that you will evade or counter anyway) who cares.

^ Accurate. Verified by many other monks on multiple forums.

umm i had capped guard at 75 cap >_> i have to completely dissagree with your statement drstrangelove... i used to guard a whole hell of alot more VS VT-IT when over cap >_>

^ Poppycock. Anecdotal claim based on unspecified conditions.

[hiko]

umm i had capped guard at 75 cap >_> i have to completely dissagree with your statement drstrangelove... i used to guard a whole hell of alot more VS VT-IT when over cap >_>

SE broke guard proc rate when raised lvl cap.

[Starry]

umm i had capped guard at 75 cap >_> i have to completely dissagree with your statement drstrangelove... i used to guard a whole hell of alot more VS VT-IT when over cap >_>

Got to love people who just randomly post garbage with no evidence.

[Cybernetic_Empire]

I found that when skilling guard, targeting level appropriate mobs worked best. You're not going to be able brute force your way through guard like you can with the other defensive skills on mandies in Altepa. Well you can but it's going to take a hell of a lot longer. I used the skillup ring, appropriate skillup food, and as much guard skill + gear and evasion - gear that I could put together.