Adjustments have been made to the manner in which damage reduction is calulated

[Sasagawa]

[dev1369] Adjustments have been made to the manner in which damage reduction from shields is calculated.
With this, it is now easier for blocks to take effect when fighting enemies of a level higher than your own.

All I can say is this sounds like both Block Rate and damage reduction has been implemented !!

Hurray !!

[ChiefCurrahee]

I'm eager to see how with works out.

Block better be on par with parry in terms of damage reduction. Block rate I hope has a noticable bump in proc rate vs higher level stuff as well.

I want to take Pld into events.

[Sasagawa]

I think everyone has missed this small yet significant win for PLDs

I hope it is indeed significant

[Giit]

I'm been worried about making a PLD since everyone says there's no point since WAR is better in every situation. hopefully this turns it around, or at least makes PLD favorable for some things?

[syntaxlies]

I think everyone has missed this small yet significant win for PLDs

I hope it is indeed significant

i didnt miss it, just waiting to see if they really can block now before i get excited.

[buritoslicer]

I am crying tears of JOY right now!

[SwordCoheir]

I'm happy they're taking initiative, but I'm gonna hold my breath till we actually see how significant the change is. Granted this is the way I see it.

If block rate increase is very significant (like easily blocking 2out of 3 hits average) and the damage reduced is like 40%-50% minimum I'd say it's a good balance.

If the block rate increase is negligible (like 1 out of every 5-10 hits) but the damage reduced is very significant like that of parry where it's possible to actually fully block physical moves then that's a good balance too.

I just hope they actually tested their adjustment against parry before they released it, I'd hate to see us setup for more disappointment.

[Kiara]

Hi Sword and all,

Agreed.

I hope Block Rate & the Blocking Formula (vs. dLvl) has truly been significantly improved to make Shields more viable.

With the launch of Block Materia as well, perhaps we might really see some good Block Rate / Blocking Damage Reduction happening, and maybe it'll be more apparent when we hit the "ceiling / floor" with enough Block Materia stacked?

Can't wait to try it out tonight!

[SwordCoheir]

Can't wait to try it out tonight!

Heheheh you won't be trying it out tonight, your gonna be at Garuda with the rest of your shell tryin to be the first to beat her. :P