Formation(Stamina AA) Broken?

[Severed Ha]

<DIV>Just what the Subjest Says..</DIV> <DIV>I figured I have been doing abit of Duoing for awhile now and figured I would give the Stamina line a shot once more..  To my dismay..  I have seen that the Formation AA is broken atm.  I have /bugged it..</DIV> <DIV>Suppose to at Lvl 70.. Increase Block by 4%, Max Health by 5%, increase physical mitigation by 420.. and 50% chance to proc the taunt.. As of this post I have test the "Taunt" part yet...  but all the others dont seem to be working in any form.  Yes.. I have a Round Shield Equiped.. Yes I am in Defensive Stance...</DIV>

[Red Forest]

<P>It works as intended. With the last LU, instead of those effects applying when in defensive stance as they did before, they now have become passive (permanent) regardless if you are in defensive or not. The taunt, itself, will only work in defensive.</P> <P>Hope that clears things for ya.</P> <P>Cheers!</P>

[MaxXNos]

I'm going down that line myself, working on the last 7 points I need for it as a matter of fact, and that gives me cause for concern if others are seeing it broken.  OP said he's in defensive stance w/round shield equipped, so that's minimum guaranteed for the effects to be noticed, but he's not seeing them.  I love that it's now listed as passive, as that doubly benefits me for when I'm in offensive stance, but that will suck hugely if it's broken.  Since it is passive, the only time you'll see it affect you is when you first get it, or respec and lose it.  I'll watch mine when I get it and see if my hp and mitigation go up.<div></div>

[SageGaspar]

<div><blockquote><hr>MaxXNosaj wrote:I'm going down that line myself, working on the last 7 points I need for it as a matter of fact, and that gives me cause for concern if others are seeing it broken.  OP said he's in defensive stance w/round shield equipped, so that's minimum guaranteed for the effects to be noticed, but he's not seeing them.  I love that it's now listed as passive, as that doubly benefits me for when I'm in offensive stance, but that will suck hugely if it's broken.  Since it is passive, the only time you'll see it affect you is when you first get it, or respec and lose it.  I'll watch mine when I get it and see if my hp and mitigation go up.<div></div><hr></blockquote>I don't think there's any innate mitigation (could be wrong, someone will correct me if I am), so here's what you do to test it: take off all your mitigation-providing armor. If you still have 400ish or whatever the trait is, you know at least that part is working. It's a fair bet that the avoidance part of it is too, if so.</div>

[Severed Ha]

<DIV>Ok.. My bad for reading it wrong this time around.. Originally I know that it was only when in defensive stance that this would be working.  So figured that didnt change.. I did notice it saying Passive but well.. in a way it already was a Passive ability in that you dont have anything to click to enable it.. It just worked when you went into defense mode.  It would be nice to have it a "Activatedable" ability though I think.. that way you can see if it is actually working or not.  Plus... it would give us a use for one of those Concentration slots.  Hehe.</DIV>

[MaxXNos]

<DIV>Any more definitive info on this AA?  Managed to snag my 49th point last night but haven't had time to take the screenshots of before and after, so I haven't messed with it yet.  Will do that soon as I get home from work today and I'll post my results here.  I plan on comparing dual-wield versus 1h/shield for both stances, for both before and after choosing Formation, since I assume it'll automatically kick in when I do.  I'll also do as someone suggested and check my mitigation w/and w/out armor before and after.  I went down this line specifically for this AA, and I want to make sure it's working right.</DIV>

[Severed Ha]

From what I can tell it is working correctly.  The Mitigation you get is part of the Passive ability on it.  No need to be in Defense or Offense to recieve it.  The "Hold the Line" part you do need to be in defense stance for though.  Beyond that it appears to be working as intended.