Thread: Auto block in 1.19

Originally Posted by Fanzeron

It's not your gear, pal, SE practically killed soloing by downing the melee. As for blocking, there's no auto-block. More like a 50%-50% chance to block. I had to use all my blocking skills and yet the enemy keep hitting me as if I wasn't using a shield...and I have one with the highest blocking stat!!???

I've noticed that my blocking rate has significantly dropped as well.

Skills like Deflection still work pretty well - but in monster clusters it doesn't feel like it's doing what it used to for sure.

I need to look into the stats some more (been busy with moving and bad internet), but from what I've been reading it seems like the advantage Kite Shields used to have are now pointless. I would prefer longer shield time (kite) to higher rate of block (scutum) any day. But now that it's up all the time, what advantages is there in a kite? Should I just move to Scutum?

I have a lot of purchasing and testing to do.

Originally Posted by Fixy

outmaneuver hardly gives a tp boost, and aegis boon does absolutely nothing.

I'll reiterate for emphasis that what /I've/ found is that it does work, but not even close to its former effectiveness. Really disappointing, though I still have yet to do any extensive tests on my own.


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Hey Dev's! Maybe an animation for skills like Aegis Boon to show that it's working when we get hit? Sometimes your HP fluctuates as a tank so much it's hard to tell if Aegis Boon is absorbing anything at all.