Quote Originally Posted by Cherie View Post
Did anyone else play beta? Shield swipe's pacification used to be *way* better. I recall during, beta 2 I think, I got to the level cap(35) and was farming brayflox normal on my pld with my whm friend to see what the full gear set looked like. Shield swipe's pacification was so good, that if you used it at the right times, the last boss dragon wouldn't be able to use his fire breath...at all. They changed it for the release version though. Pacification doesn't stop his fire breath anymore... nor does it effect other things...
Brayflox was never available in the beta.

When you consider the above and that, as far as I can recall, Shield Swipe's Pacification effect has never received any adjustments since release, I think you're not remembering things right.