I am leve 100, have high guard and Guardian buffs activated, 149 CON and held down the Guard Stance (C key). My block with everything is 1243. I am still hit by lv 9x monsters.
While my block was very OP before, this just kills any interest I had in Peltasta. I don’t know if I can post any videos because of NDA.
Thanks for sharing this! I am sorry to hear your loss of interest but instead now I see balance in the term of PvP hahah Cheers mate, not being able to 100% block does not second rate Peltasta as a tanker. High block rate & defense are still amazing enough.
Now we all need evasion rate to be nerfed as well lol
Wow… I’m actually amazed that they nerfed block since it was the main deal with Peltasta being a Tank. I mean 100% block rate was ridiculous but it should be at least like 75-85% block at that high of a stat. Especially for a mob that is lower leveled than you (even if not by much).
Not surprised at all.
Before it was like this:
Go Peltasta c1, hold down c and you can guard against most attacks. Peltasta c1 was enough to tank most things physically which was ridiculous.
Fully welcome this change, as it’ll separate committed tanks who go Peltasta c3 as opposed to people picking up c1 just to be able to hold down a block button
I tested it some more. The block rate is still decent, but it definitely isn’t 100% or perfect rate anymore. Some mob hits will go through. maybe 1 out of 6 mobs. BTW I am a Peltasta 3.
Just means Peltastas have reason to invest in dodging/ actually move around and dodge things now.
IMHO it’s better for the game to prevent playstyle that would basically render parts of the game meaningless. If I could just camp somewhere and never die no matter how many monsters/bosses were on me that would honestly make the game look silly.
but 100% block don’t seems balanced…
What about magic damage? this shield block works only for melee/physical damage?
It was before the current patch which @WatchGintama is mentioning on this thread. And responding to your inquiry, block does not apply to magic type damage.
Blocking was a little OP. Try Highlanders cross guard. You can get over 1000 block with it and they don’t even use shields.
The balance was pretty necessary, and makes Peltasta more active instead of sitting around holding C, and makes Highlander’s cross guard a little less OP.
well i think block in pvp is a different story and there are many other things should be balance too 