Melee Shielding Skill Explanation?

[marct]

Ok, I'm a mage, so bear with me, I'm gonna lvl some melee, and don't understand the Shielding Skill, so please fill me in. Here is the Question. This skill is applied to the target when "thrown", the target being either myself or another PC within a certain range. The effect is that the target receives a sheilding bonus, 25% bonus if not using a shield, 50% bonus for buckler user, and 75% bonus for full shield user. The understanding is that while in the action is in effect, the "thrower" takes a percentage of the dmg absorbed by the action. So here is the resulting questions:

1. Why would I cast this on myself and use my HP to shield a blow, isn't this useless?

2. Is there a worthwhile bonus 4 casting this to your tank? Does it really provide a value?

3. Am I just missing something in the translation?

EDIT: Was mistaken about percentage / hp for payoff of action.

[josephm]

1. My assumption on it's usefulness is that the damage from shielding is fully calculated with armor a second time.

Say you are hit for 100 (200) and shielding yourself with a buckler.
If your proection skill is high enough, you will make a new armor calulation for 50 damage points. If you protect 50% of that, you'll end up taking 75 total damage instead of 100.

2. A few things here. You have to be 5 meters from the tank to use it. If you are casting, you don't want to be near the tanks in case you draw agro. I'd step back and just not use it. You'll also have little armor on, so there's no real point in letting the mob do more damage. Let the tanks shield each other.

3. Yes you are missing something in the translation. But it's not your fault. There are many bad translations and a lot of experimentation is required due to incomplete information. Not that complete information is nessicary but a longer breakdown would be nice.

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http://ryzom.twazz.net/modules.php?name ... b83db7ec3d

Check that out, DoubleTap put together a lot of info on Sheilding and it's really helpful to read and see exactly what it does.

[vguerin]

http://ryzom.twazz.net/modules.php?name ... b83db7ec3d

Check that out, DoubleTap put together a lot of info on Sheilding and it's really helpful to read and see exactly what it does.

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[marct]

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I don't believe it is me, that you need to worry about, however who would volunteer that much information to the Kami's? Especially a Fyrosian Kami?

Can't wait to pull that one out on my duels and wipe somebody... Wanna give me a try?

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