Hello guys, my nick is Ryuzlin and I’m from [SA] Silute server.
Basically I played Sword1Pelt3 on the CBT3 and now I’m Sword1Pelt3Cor1 again, I really enjoy this class, probably because I love to be a tank in any RPG that I play.
I know, you don’t need to go more than Pelt1 to be a tank, but I love the idea to have a huge provoke with Swash Buckling and the break armor debuff with Umbo Thrust, everything is fine, but not High Guard…
The idea behind High Guard is great, you will have less damage but you will have a buff on your block, also, on level 3, you will have +50 pdef, not to mention the huge buff to Umbo Blow and Rim Blow damage.
But hey, it’s only 30 second duration and 60 second cooldown, basically, you wil have to wait 30 second (30 sec using the skill and more 30 sec from CD) to use again, also, the 150 block (or 240 if maxed) isn’t that great.
My suggestion to make this skill great again (not america, haha):
1 - Go for 60 sec duration and a little buff to block value.
2 - Remove the possibilities to strike a critical attack and make the block value, a percent (%) value instead of a fixed number, like Finestra from Hoplite.
3 - Remove the -50% attack and the critical chance penalty, because if they have 100 def and you have 200 attack (200 atk - 100 def = 100 damage), with this buff your hit will be only 1 damage (100 atk - 100 def = 0, but the minimum damage is 1).
You can mix some ideas too, I just threw random suggestion that I was thinking.
My personal preference would be the number 2, because in the end, it will always be a good skill, even in the endgame.
Let me know if you have any suggestion too, I hope you guys understand my agony with this skill.
Obs: English isn’t my native language, so, if you find any mistakes that I made, I’m really sorry, I tried my best.