Curse

Deadly Poisened · Mar 06, 2006, 04:40 PM // 16:40

Yesterday I found an eternal shield with damage -4 (16%) req 10 str, which isnt that bad aswell

. Havent found a buyer yet though...(Hint)

Mr.H.Mishima · Mar 06, 2006, 05:13 PM // 17:13

IMHO, the % reduction mods are pure crap. The -2/-2, -2/-3 shields are -/- on EVERY hit, not just one out of every 5.

John Bloodstone · Mar 06, 2006, 05:49 PM // 17:49

There really isn't a place for a % chance of damage reduction mods in the game, it would have probably been better just to drop the mod from the game (and endure the bidding frenzies).

% chance can never match the effectiveness of the conditional damage reduction mods because it would then be overpowered, therefore it must always be weaker. Being weaker means that for almost every circumstance, the conditional ones are better.

Allanon Dark · Mar 06, 2006, 10:52 PM // 22:52

You can get these sheilds anywhere. I found one in the desert while Queen farming. It wasn't bad, a Gold Round Sheild--Req. 9 tactics with 15% chance for -5. Sold it later in Lions Arch for some change and a good rod worth at least 15k.

twicky_kid · Mar 07, 2006, 12:06 AM // 00:06

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Originally Posted by Ensign

It's worse than the conditional -damage reduction, and Victo's Bulwark / a -2/-2 is still the best shield depending on your purposes. However, a lot of players are terrible at math and *love* procs, so I'm sure this is going to be popular.

Peace,
-CxE

Yup. Figured that out first thing when I saw it.

-5 every 5 hits. Over a 10 hits you reduced 10 dmg. While the -2 conditional reduced 20.

It is not a good mod to have.

Gunz Blazing Smile · Mar 07, 2006, 12:38 AM // 00:38

Of course this IS percentages... So you could take full damage without the -5 even though it may be max with 20%, but also could have it lucky and have a constant -5 dmg side effect (hopefully this will never happen EVER). This is for those people who belive in luck and stuff. Wouldn't mind using it around just change to it for the fun of it. Can only try it out to be positive about it.

I prefer something that does -2/-2 or -2/-3 for the constant. Just too bad I can never get lucky enough to find one, and on top of that I'm too poor to buy one.

LifeInfusion · Mar 07, 2006, 03:33 AM // 03:33

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Originally Posted by Josh

Hence he said 'depending on your purposes'.

I like to swap builds every other day so I dunno. Depending on my purposes, would be going around the whole map doing random missions and quests with people.
I dont farm so w/e.

Ensign · Mar 07, 2006, 07:55 AM // 07:55

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Originally Posted by LuxA

Actually -2 ench/-3 hex is the one that doesn't exist, I have a -2 stance/-3 hex right here.

Thank you. I haven't gone shopping for shields in a long time and, well, I passed up on the while hexed versions.

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Originally Posted by twicky_kid

It is not a good mod to have.

Yeah, but sometimes all the other mods are useless so you don't have a choice. For example I've run a character with a Sundering bow before, because there was an Order in the build, I couldn't net energy out of Zealous, I didn't have Apply Poison on my bar, and I didn't want to carry around only Vampiric weapons. So Sundering it was.

Didn't make it any good.

Peace,
-CxE