Any plans for auto-blocking?

[DeadRiser]

One of the few responses that I don't really care for.

I wish they would have made attack weaker on gladiotor's when shield is up. Trade kind of thing. Auto block is going to be hard to pin point sometimes unless they put a big text on your character saying BLOCKED. Battle text is too much at times. I want to visually see when I'm blocking if this is going to be the case.

[Seikninkuru]

In the current state it is a stupid feature. It should be enhanced though so that using guard increases your blocking/defense and not raising guard gives you more acc/attk. That way you can make decisions on how to use it.


Why do you all run back to archaic ideas rather than coming up with better solutions. Auto Attack, Auto Blocking, and cooldown timers... That sounds so refreshing, I couldn't get that experience anywhere else... nor could I get it in a more polished and enjoyable format....

[Lienn]

In the current state it is a stupid feature. It should be enhanced though so that using guard increases your blocking/defense and not raising guard gives you more acc/attk. That way you can make decisions on how to use it.


Why do you all run back to archaic ideas rather than coming up with better solutions. Auto Attack, Auto Blocking, and cooldown timers... That sounds so refreshing, I couldn't get that experience anywhere else... nor could I get it in a more polished and enjoyable format....

Totally agree. Also, by changing shield to the same mechanic of parry this might not only nerf GLA even more but also remove a good part of its actions, requiring adjustments not only to phalanx but also to all shield skills that use as reference wield rate and even self-presrvation trait...

I do think auto-block would depreciate the game even more...but for the sake of FFXI full copy/paste battle system it does might happen. I so wish the battle team could look to FFXIV and not see a FFXI-2... ; ; FFXIV had many flaws at its system, ut also had some really good mechanics that should be just adjusted, but never removed/messed up like 1.18 did to several points.

[Reika]

And then maybe the shield will always be up, simply making it so we wont have to keep hitting the guard key every so often. Its just removing one annoying step step blocking.

[Lienn]

Shield actually is always up. All defensive shield skills trigger guard when you use them so you don't really need to constantly use guard. I wouldn't mind it being removed if it wasn't going to f'up with both SEN and GLA mechanics. Because the base of SEN id the wield rate x block rate...if you remove the wield rate, the block rate will also be nerfed, which leaves the possibility of all the shield mechanic breaking apart.

But its bvious this will happen...the copycat team will turn self-preservation into shield mastery and then just bring all the shield mechanic from FFXI...and we will lose the 2 points that actually define SEN (block rate and wield rate) here because shield will become, just like in FFXI, an extra defense gear only.

[Breath77]

Thx to the QQer .. next thing auto hate and auto ws ?

Really sad about this news..

[Frein]

I wouldn't mind if they add a new skill to replace Guard that will for a short time let them block 100% and reflect blocked damage back or something. Or perhaps Guard will become like a stance with infinite duration that gives reduced attack speed/damage but lets you block.

There are plenty of solutions that eliminate the annoyance without necessarily dumbing down tanking.

[Lienn]

This is what might happen. They might just turn Ambidextry into a foresight-like action.

[DeadRiser]

This is what might happen. They might just turn Ambidextry into a foresight-like action.

Lol and action that successfully (usually) blocks the next attack.

I hate this. Guess I won't be playing GLA anymore.

[Sav]

Wait and see how it's implemented before deciding to ditch a class. It's like the THM "nerf" all over again.