Quote Originally Posted by OmnysValefor View Post
In Aegis' case, Aegis is still king by and far for magic damage, even if it gains no shield skill. Aegischain PLDs don't expect Aegis to block.

I'm not sure how much influence skill has on Ochain, whether or not it has a minimum block value, etc, so it's tough to say.
That's not true. Aegis has a decent block rate and until Ochain came around was the shield used for blocking. The blockrate on aegis is the main thing it has over using a runefencer right now.

Right now skill wont do much for ochain because it already is blocking near 100% of the time without buffs.... while Kiledar get's close enough on hard stuff that it can still acheive that 100% with buffs which are easy to maintain. So now you got 2 shields that will block 100% of the time with one blocking more dmg... adding more blockrate to the one blocking less dmg wont save it unless you make mobs with levels so high that it takes Ochain with a butt load of skill to maintain blockrate. At which point you are right back at the start so why even make a shield that is better at lower level stuff to begin with? Especially when they blatantly said they wouldn't be upgrading shields/instruments because they wouldn't be outclassing them