Disposable Shields

[Nio Tak]

After playing in beta one of the larger issues that I have seen is one that I am hesitant to note, because it is so close to the changes in SoT that many players found undesirable. The shields appear to be "disposable". I didn't put much consideration into it at first but I realized I don't see a point in having reweave. Rarely a shield will last until the end of a fight.

80 is a high durability and at 3rd sphere you're capable of doing 7-22 damage. So, with a 50% absorption that gives you about 8-20ish hits before the shield vaporizes. Granted that is decent but remember, these are calculations for a 3rd sphere dreamer's damage output. Average sphere is . . what. . 6th now?

One v. one you may be able to save your shield/s but honestly that never happens. In a larger scaled battle with say just 2-3 dreamers on each side, each of them 5th-7th sphere, you can forget trying to wear a shield. It's hard enough juggling alts, eles, and chakrams. When you throw shields into the mix it isn't plausible.

[Koi-Raven]

Not a bug. Moved to the appropriate forum.