Hi All,

Yah, either the original description (and translations) all have a typo (and they meant we get "Enhanced Defense" (not "Magic Defense" at Level 24)), or they really did roll "Shell" into the new "Protect."

If it's the former (typo) and all we have is Protect, then I'm guessing they'll add Shell later (but it seems to be a very weird omission).

As for the principle of the idea to make Protect and Shell mutually exclusive... at first it sounds horrible and a bit annoying.

But thinking about it, it could mean that we're getting more encounters where, for example:

  • Stage 1 Boss uses Physical Attacks - Mages use Protect.
  • During Stage 2, Boss uses Magical Attacks - So Mages need to use Shell.
  • etc.

It certainly keeps Mages more "active" and thinking if we had encounters like that.

But at the same time, it does feel a bit gimmicky, since it feels like an arbitrary separation.

Again, this is only if Protect really doesn't have Magic Defense added (if that line is a typo).

We'll see.