Any plans for auto-blocking?

[syntaxlies]

how does the 11 system balance it so that it doesn't matter what shield you use? >.> You rarely saw a decent PLD walking around with a buckler. They always had kite shields are better. (Kite shields had balance block/dmg rates). For the "Block less" shields, PLDs wore gear that increased their block rate so that it rivaled that of bucklers, but with increased absorption.

if shield A blocks 50percent of the time for 25 percent damage
and shield b blocks 25 percent of the time for 50 percent damage
shield a against 4 attacks that hit for 30hp and player has 100hp=2 blocks at 25 percent damage 60hp-25%=15hp blocked
shield b against the same 4 attacks = 1 block at 50%damage on a 30hp strike is 15hp

thats how.

[Frein]

if shield A blocks 50percent of the time for 25 percent damage
and shield b blocks 25 percent of the time for 50 percent damage
shield a against 4 attacks that hit for 30hp and player has 100hp=2 blocks at 25 percent damage 60hp-25%=15hp blocked
shield b against the same 4 attacks = 1 block at 50%damage on a 30hp strike is 15hp

thats how.

The actual values in FFXI were such that kite shields (size 3 out of 4) provided the best mitigation over time. The large tower shields blocked for more but the block rate was too far from kite shields.

[syntaxlies]

The actual values in FFXI were such that kite shields (size 3 out of 4) provided the best mitigation over time. The large tower shields blocked for more but the block rate was too far from kite shields.

i would like to see the shields designed for different play styles, like i said before. smaller shields evasion/attack bonus and large shields -evasion/+def and blocks, kite shields more in the middle to be an all purpose shield. thats me though we all have dif opinion.