No Guard Thank Guard!

[Reika]

Now I just wonder if shield 'Block rate' will be a number between 1 and 100, or if they are going to be silly like they are with parry and have some number you cant really determine a %rate with... or with they change parry to have a number between 1 and 100 on gear,,,

[Slatfatf]

I’m just glad I got it finished; I remember what a pain Shield & Guard were to level in FFXI. So will there be some type of hidden Guard Skill? Will it only proc when you successfully block?

[Gidonoidon_Sur]

I’m just glad I got it finished; I remember what a pain Shield & Guard were to level in FFXI. So will there be some type of hidden Guard Skill? Will it only proc when you successfully block?

I hope it is similar. I mean, it makes sense that a Gladiator will gain skill over time as they fight more battles. So something similar would be good, however, hopefully the rate at which the 'skill' increases will be a little more forgiving.

[Physic]

you realise that your guard rate will probably drop dramatically now right? the advantage of having a manual guard was that it had a much higher rate of blocking. It was a prolly a little to hax/unbalanced with the stamina cost gone so they had to do this but ehhh.

Thats why they extend the durations of skills that proc on guard, it will be way more random now. Personally i think its overall a loss to the job as far as control goes, but kinda knew it was coming once guard had no cost (no stamina associated with it)

[Reaujien]

you realise that your guard rate will probably drop dramatically now right? the advantage of having a manual guard was that it had a much higher rate of blocking. It was a prolly a little to hax/unbalanced with the stamina cost gone so they had to do this but ehhh.

Thats why they extend the durations of skills that proc on guard, it will be way more random now. Personally i think its overall a loss to the job as far as control goes, but kinda knew it was coming once guard had no cost (no stamina associated with it)

Aye, I'm sure it will. However, this will introduce the opportunity for us [tanks] to pursue gear/drops/materia that'll boost chances to block - I'm excited to see what's in store for that.

Plus, I'd sure be surprised if the Paladin job didn't have any shield block-rate boosting traits/abilities/whatever when it comes out; not to mention the "AF" gear too.

[Seikninkuru]

you realise that your guard rate will probably drop dramatically now right? the advantage of having a manual guard was that it had a much higher rate of blocking. It was a prolly a little to hax/unbalanced with the stamina cost gone so they had to do this but ehhh.

Thats why they extend the durations of skills that proc on guard, it will be way more random now. Personally i think its overall a loss to the job as far as control goes, but kinda knew it was coming once guard had no cost (no stamina associated with it)

This was what I felt too, I was kind of hoping that they would enhance the control over your def/atk boons/penalties rather then, YET AGAIN, removing systems and content.

[Seikninkuru]

So now it will be a proc chance vs. guaranteed blocking correct? Basically, somehow I manage to not be able to block with a piece of metal half the height of my body glued to my arm?

For those of you who couldn't get past level 14 with your three weaponskills because guard was too much, seriously... wtf?

[Fated]

AB and Deflection are still "meh" skills on any mobs (though mainly boss types) that rely on WS/magic based damage as its main offense.

I hope this is addressed when they do class adjustments.

[Chezen]

I prefer having control of my character. The computer doing things for me isn't what I would prefer. /shrug

It's not that big of deal though.