Quote Originally Posted by Rainsford View Post
I decided to do the math. Crit myself with Adloquium for 553. Fought a Natalan swiftbeak, and looked at the log. Regular attacks did around 120, parried attacks did around 90~, and crit for around 180. He hit me 9 times total, with 2 parries, 2 crits, and the last hit doing 80 damage (so, absorbing the last 40 damage of the shield).

First, a quick observation. My regular Adloquium hit for around 350~. The mobs auto attack crit for 50% than a standard attack, so it seems like crit potency is 150% of base.

The mob did around 1,060 damage total before dropping the shield, which seems to clarify that a crit shield is double the stated value on the crit heal itself. So, this basically means that a crit shield is 300%+ more powerful than a regular shield. Added up, Adloquium's crit potency is ((300x1.5)x(450x2)), so around 1350, compared to the base potency of 600, including the shield. If there's any really dumb mistakes here, please let me know!
If this is true, it certainly makes our shielding a lot more godlike than I previously believed. If only we could stack Crit gear.