Shield of the Flapping Wing NERF (To all Guardians and Berserkers who chose the STAMINA AA line)

[premiere]

<DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT color=#ffcc00>*** Items ***<BR><BR></FONT></STRONG>- Scouts who wield the 2h version of the Wurmslayer will no longer be<BR>able to hit opponents with it. Switch to the dual-wield version!<BR>- The following bucklers had their block chance reduced for balance<BR>reasons:<BR>- Shield of the Flapping Wing<BR>- Azjerorz Guard<BR>- Nocturnal Supremacy<BR>- The Blazing Shield of Heat Reflection can no longer be equipped by<BR>priests.<BR></DIV> <DIV>First off WHY?</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>You give guardians an AA line which allows them to wear a buckler and get close to the Block skill of a tower shield.  There is only one shield that gives us this abillity and its GUARDIAN/BERSERKER ONLY which are the only two classes that get this aa line.  </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Currently the Shield of the Flapping Wing has - 990 protection and is GUARDIAN/BERSERKER only</DIV> <DIV>Test update as of yesterday its 330 Protection and still Guardian/Berserker ONLY</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I can see nerfing the Nocturnal Supremacy because guardians cant use</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>The Shield of the Flapping Wing CANT even be used by priests why is it so bad that we are given an AA line in which we can use a buckler and given ONE buckler that only WE can use that makes it almost equal to a Tower shield in protection when you max out the AA line. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>WHY TAKE THIS AWAY???</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>WHY NERF THE SHIELD OF THE FLAPPING WING????</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>DEVS PLEASE COME ON MAN CUT US A BREAK PLEASE PLEASE!</DIV></DIV>

[Meattray]

<P>i was about to start this AA line as i got a shield from AoA.</P> <P>I was looking forward to this thinking i might do some DPS for a change.</P> <P> </P> <P>Guess i will start looking for another AA line to take.</P> <P>I have a fury that has a round shield that was converted to a buckler, i dont mind as a preist shouldnt have a shield with a higher value than a buckler, but this shield is labbled serker/guard only.  Its just a shame they left this change for so long where people spend pp or AA based on this 1 shield.</P> <P> </P> <P>Sorann 70 Guard </P> <P>Najena</P>

[Crim001]

<BR> <BLOCKQUOTE> <HR> premiere wrote:<BR> <DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>The Shield of the Flapping Wing CANT even be used by priests why is it so bad that we are given an AA line in which we can use a buckler and given ONE buckler that only <STRONG>WE can use that makes it almost equal to a Tower shield in protection when you max out the AA line.</STRONG> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>WHY TAKE THIS AWAY???</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>WHY NERF THE SHIELD OF THE FLAPPING WING????</DIV> <DIV> </DIV></DIV><BR> <HR> </BLOCKQUOTE><BR>Looky here, looks like he answered his own question....

[aislynn00]

<BLOCKQUOTE> <BR> <BLOCKQUOTE> <HR> premiere wrote:<BR> <DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>The Shield of the Flapping Wing CANT even be used by priests why is it so bad that we are given an AA line in which we can use a buckler and given ONE buckler that only <STRONG>WE can use that makes it almost equal to a Tower shield in protection when you max out the AA line.</STRONG> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>WHY TAKE THIS AWAY???</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>WHY NERF THE SHIELD OF THE FLAPPING WING????</DIV> <DIV> </DIV></DIV><BR> <HR> </BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE> <P>The stamina AA line represents a massive DPS boost compared to the strength and intelligence lines, so it has to have equivalent downsides.  That you could effectively circumvent the negative impact of the buckler requirement (i.e., significantly lower avoidance) via a select few extraordinary items represents broken game balance.  Hence, the shields had to be changed.</P>

[oldusrf]

I use the Sta aa line as a guard and you know what with the ironplate shielding i only come to 2% off avoidence of what i would have with grizzfazzle's, that is really good and acceptable with the Dps boost, i laugh at the others warrior boo-hooing on this one, i don't care

[Excedium]

<DIV>old your off 2% avoidance by having the AAs at rank 8? If thats the case I would still stay with my dragoon line as it helps me keep better aggro on multiple targets.</DIV>

[oldusrf]

<DIV>Yes i have a 2% diffrence between grizzfazzle's shield and the maxed Sta aa line with Ironplateshielding, i have this in combination with dragoon cyclone, it's awsome to double attack multiple targets</DIV>