Shield Requirement Mitigation - Guild Wars Forums

lutz · Jul 14, 2007, 01:08 AM // 01:08

I'm dying to know this and I couldn't find this anywhere:

If you don't meet the requirement for a shield, how much armor do you lose from the shield? For example, if I had a Mo/W with an Exalted Aegis req 9 Tactics, and I had 3 points in Tactics, how much armor would I gain? And 0?

I'm not sure how to test this, exactly, because the charts only go by increments of 10, and the shield armor increases by numbers that aren't increments of 10. But if someone could help me figure this out, it would be great. Thanks.

RaginAsian · Jul 14, 2007, 01:12 AM // 01:12

If you don't meet the requirement for a shield you get 8 armor from the shield. The armor bonus doesn't scale with how much you invest in tactics, you either get 16 or 8.

Xenex Xclame · Jul 14, 2007, 01:15 AM // 01:15

If you do not meet the req of a shield you will get half of the total armor it provides, so in your case you get 8 armor.

I believe that a page on wiki says 40 armor is 50% less damage but i cant find the page to link it, ill keep looking.

Edit : here we go : http://gw.gamewikis.org/wiki/Armor_%28rating%29
So that would mean that your shield should give you a 10% damage reduction.

MisterB · Jul 14, 2007, 05:24 AM // 05:24

Xenex, a max AL shield without meeting the requirement DOES provide 8 armor, but that does not equal 10% damage reduction. It is actually ~12.94%.

See:http://www.guildwarsguru.com/content...nics-id674.php

And:http://www.guildwarsguru.com/calculators/guru_armor.php

Jul 14, 2007, 01:08 AM // 01:08	#1
lutz Jungle Guide Join Date: Apr 2006 Guild: Battery Powered Best Friends [Vibe] Profession: Me/	Shield Requirement Mitigation I'm dying to know this and I couldn't find this anywhere: If you don't meet the requirement for a shield, how much armor do you lose from the shield? For example, if I had a Mo/W with an Exalted Aegis req 9 Tactics, and I had 3 points in Tactics, how much armor would I gain? And 0? I'm not sure how to test this, exactly, because the charts only go by increments of 10, and the shield armor increases by numbers that aren't increments of 10. But if someone could help me figure this out, it would be great. Thanks.

Jul 14, 2007, 01:15 AM // 01:15	#3
Xenex Xclame Desert Nomad Join Date: Mar 2006 Guild: DPX Profession: R/	If you do not meet the req of a shield you will get half of the total armor it provides, so in your case you get 8 armor. I believe that a page on wiki says 40 armor is 50% less damage but i cant find the page to link it, ill keep looking. Edit : here we go : http://gw.gamewikis.org/wiki/Armor_%28rating%29 So that would mean that your shield should give you a 10% damage reduction. Last edited by Xenex Xclame; Jul 14, 2007 at 01:29 AM // 01:29..

Jul 14, 2007, 01:12 AM // 01:12	#2
RaginAsian Ascalonian Squire Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: U.S. Guild: Buttermilk Biscuits[Yum] Profession: R/	If you don't meet the requirement for a shield you get 8 armor from the shield. The armor bonus doesn't scale with how much you invest in tactics, you either get 16 or 8.

Jul 14, 2007, 05:24 AM // 05:24	#4
MisterB Furnace Stoker Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Planet Earth, Sol system, Milky Way galaxy Guild: [ban] Profession: W/	Xenex, a max AL shield without meeting the requirement DOES provide 8 armor, but that does not equal 10% damage reduction. It is actually ~12.94%. See:http://www.guildwarsguru.com/content...nics-id674.php And:http://www.guildwarsguru.com/calculators/guru_armor.php