Tanks: parry becoming important?

[Arkenne]

Hmm? but Parry and Block stats only improves the chances of parrying and blocking happening, dont they?
If that is so, then a skill that guarantees a 100% chance of Parry or Block does nothing for the specific stat... in either a possitive or negative way :/

[Donjo]

Hmm? but Parry and Block stats only improves the chances of parrying and blocking happening, dont they?
If that is so, then a skill that guarantees a 100% chance of Parry or Block does nothing for the specific stat... in either a possitive or negative way :/

The idea is that if you can guarantee blocks and parries often enough then there is really no need to stack the stat that makes it happen more often at random. When you need a block or parry, you'll have a button to do it for you. When you don't need one, then you'll just do a tiny smile when it happens and move along.

You're right; it doesn't make the stat any better or worse in a purely numerical sense. In a situational sense, however, being able to guarantee the action the stat merely makes more likely makes the stat less relevant in situations it previously could have been.

[Arkenne]

Guarantee against chance

Yup, Im not saying anything against that :v

I mean, its the same as Perfect Dodge, it only allows you to 100% evade one physical attack, and tho it does nothing outside its 5 seconds of effect, it gives you control over a single enemy attack to a certain degree. So it really doesn't improve or nerf your character's chances to evade outside of its effect.

They will only allow you to perfectly parry or block that one attack you want to parry or block, but the rest will still be on lady luck's whims. :v

TL;DR we are in the same channel, as far as I know :/