Post:Mandatory shield for PVP - 01/04/2014 - 00:23

Re: Mandatory shield for PVP · on 01/04/2014 12:23 AM CST	401
From the numbers and the code, it appears to me that DR's inventors didn't feel it was logical, even in a fantasy universe, for players to parry arrows, bolts, slingstones and fireballs with a dagger. I tend to agree in principle. It is also my opinion that Evasion was always intended to be the most versatile defense at the expense of potency. Pre-100 ranks, evasion was crippled by armor hindrance. Evasion was also most affected by status effects and balance, and as % increase its effects were not felt much at low ranks. Unfortunately the inventors failed to write code with math that worked properly above about 100 ranks. As people advanced past circle 30, evasion became better and better, and shield became a handicap. Parry... well, poor parry! We can likely accept that parry should be useful in some way against incoming ranged attacks. But honestly, I do not see messaging for parrying ranged attacks ever happening. We'd probably just default it to use evade messaging.
This message was originally posted in Dragon Realms 3.1 Test \ Combat, by DR-KODIUS on the play.net forums.