Sheild Factor

[FrostDragon]

<DIV>HONEST QUESTION   what is it?</DIV>

[Nemi]

<DIV>Its a measure of the block % for shields.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV>

[EvilIguana9]

Yep it translates into block chance.  Higher is better.  As of tonight the display value for avoidance in the persona window is bugged and is not showing the results of shield factor correctly.  LU 16 should fix this. <div></div>

[Hend]

<BR> <BLOCKQUOTE> <HR> EvilIguana966 wrote:<BR>Yep it translates into block chance.  Higher is better.  As of tonight the display value for avoidance in the persona window is bugged and is not showing the results of shield factor correctly.  LU 16 should fix this.<BR> <BR> <HR> </BLOCKQUOTE><BR> <DIV>You got me confused now, which is no great achievement. :smileywink:</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>How do avoidance and block work together? Are they the same or do you get two separate chances to avoid and block? Do shields increase block AND avoidance, and if so, do shields have two parameters indicating this? Or does shield factor influence both parameters?</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Vork, 53 guardian</DIV>

[EasternKing]

<P>i have a question, </P> <P>I have a tier 5 fabled kite shield whic currently gives me a shield factor of 720, i have T6 legendary ironwood tower shield (820) and i have T6 fabled kite shield (920) </P> <P>my fabled T5 is still better than both T6 fabled and T6, when i equip either of the T6 shields i lose on average 2.5 - 3% avoidence, </P> <P>im currently lvl 57 so my T5 should be effectively grey to me but it provides better protecion than either of my T6 ones.</P> <P>So how does shield factor work  ? </P> <P>Because i dont understand it </P>

[Sasaki Koji]

<BR> <BLOCKQUOTE> <HR> Hendis wrote:<BR><BR> <BLOCKQUOTE> <HR> EvilIguana966 wrote:<BR>Yep it translates into block chance.  Higher is better.  As of tonight the display value for avoidance in the persona window is bugged and is not showing the results of shield factor correctly.  LU 16 should fix this.<BR> <BR> <HR> </BLOCKQUOTE><BR> <DIV>You got me confused now, which is no great achievement. :smileywink:</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>How do avoidance and block work together? Are they the same or do you get two separate chances to avoid and block? Do shields increase block AND avoidance, and if so, do shields have two parameters indicating this? Or does shield factor influence both parameters?</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Vork, 53 guardian</DIV><BR> <HR> </BLOCKQUOTE><BR> <DIV>Block% is part of your total Avoidane %. you add up all your percentages (Block, Parry, and Base) to get the total avoidance. note that you cant streight add all the percentages up and get the right percentage, theres a formula that i dont remember for adding percentages <img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" />. ask some math genius what it is.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>but i can give an example:</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Say you had a base avoidance of 10%, 0% block, and 0% parry. your avoidance would be 10%. now say you equiped a shiled for 10% block. your total avoidance would not suddenly jump to 20%, there would be some wierd mathematical formula to make it 15% or something, but thats how it works.</DIV><p>Message Edited by Sasaki Kojiro on <span class=date_text>11-09-2005</span> <span class=time_text>07:59 AM</span>

[EvilIguana9]

<span><blockquote><hr>TheEasternKing wrote:<div></div> <p>i have a question, </p> <p>I have a tier 5 fabled kite shield whic currently gives me a shield factor of 720, i have T6 legendary ironwood tower shield (820) and i have T6 fabled kite shield (920) </p> <p>my fabled T5 is still better than both T6 fabled and T6, when i equip either of the T6 shields i lose on average 2.5 - 3% avoidence, </p> <p>im currently lvl 57 so my T5 should be effectively grey to me but it provides better protecion than either of my T6 ones.</p> <p>So how does shield factor work  ? </p> <p>Because i dont understand it </p><hr></blockquote></span>Ok.  Basically, avoidance is made up of several factors added together.  One of them is block chance.  Block is the specific part of avoudance affected by shields.  Shield factor works a lot like the mitigation number on armor, only rather than resulting in an increase in your mitigation % it results in an increase in your avoidance %.  What is broken is the avoidance number in your UI, though that should be getting fixed today.  It is broken because it currently displays a fixed number based on the quality and type of your shield, ignoring the level and therefore the actual shield factor.  So a tier 3 fabled shield will show the same increase in avoidance as a tier 6 fabled shield even though the t6 has a much higher shield factor, and is in fact adding a lot more to your block chance.  Basically, go for the higher sheild factor, it will help you avoid more hits.  <div></div>