Our Blocking....

Splitisoda

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Nov 2007

STALKER!

Not in One

N/A

Ok so today i was Abing as usual, and then while i was alone looked at Bonnetis Defence. It said it ends once i use a skill... Then furthermore i looked at other stances. Here is what they do (not including EOTN if there are any)


Bonnetis Defence 8 Adren You have a 75% chance to block incoming attacks, for every successful melee attack blocked you can 5 energy. This ends if you use a skill.

So Bonnetis Defence now to me seems morel ike a fall back stance really...

Disciplined Stance: 5 E Gain +24 Armor and 75% chance to block, this ends if you use an adren skill.

So i cant use adreneline during it or else i die...

Gladiators Defence [Elite] 5 E Have a 75% chance to block, whenever melee blocked attacker suffers () damage.

Seems like it has no drawbacks except for the elite part...


Now, the only reason i finally decided to speak out was because of rangers stances. Sure they all req energy and might have long recharge but really, no real drawbacks. And Escape (Elite Stance) Which lets you go faster and blocking. Its a 12 sec. recharge and i think max for us to use is like 9ish seconds?

Stormlord Alex

Stormlord Alex

Grotto Attendant

Join Date: Dec 2005

Beyond the Forest of Doom, past the Cavern of Agony... on Kitten & Puppy Island

Soul of Melandru [sOm]

W/E

The difference is, rangers need Natural Stride/Escape to survive.

The warrior has stupid high armour instead, so its defensive stances suck.

Besides, you ought to be using offensive stances - the warrior's job is to kill shizzle. Frenzy/Flail for owning face, Rush for chasing people down and owning face.

Crom The Pale

Crom The Pale

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Nov 2006

Ageis Ascending

W/

Bonnetis stance is mostly for farming in pve, a quick way to bost energy. And it can be maintained indefinately simply by auto attacking to build adren while under it.

Qdq Swi

Qdq Swi

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Nov 2007

N/

Wars need stances?! O.o for vwk farming and troll farming... sure you need stances... but other than that... doesnt armor soak up most of the damage anyway?!

ヽ(??ー`)ノ

ヽ(??ー`)ノ

Academy Page

Join Date: Oct 2007

Frenzy and flail are a stance.

terminus123

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Aug 2007

N/Me

......AB right? AB=lots of Assassins

and Shield Bash=pissed off assassin, if you don't know what shield bash does:"http://gw.gamewikis.org/wiki/Shield_Bash"

Bryant Again

Bryant Again

Hall Hero

Join Date: Feb 2006

Quote:
Originally Posted by terminus123
......AB right? AB=lots of Assassins

and Shield Bash=pissed off assassin, if you don't know what shield bash does:"http://gw.gamewikis.org/wiki/Shield_Bash" Taking a skill on the chance that you *might* run into such and such build/profession isn't a safe bet. Moreso in this instance because A. Warrior isn't a priority, B. You might run into a smart assassin, and C. You might not run into any assassins at all, leading to a wasted slot.

Zil

Zil

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Oct 2007

Yup, I'd rather take Shock instead. Can be used to effectively disrupt assassins/buy you time. Can also be used to snare kiters, chaining with Bull's Strike, to interrupt key skills etc. In other words, it is much more versatile.

Burst Cancel

Burst Cancel

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Dec 2006

Domain of Broken Game Mechanics

The OP should have read like this:

"Our blocking ...

... is completely and totally unnecessary. Move along, nothing to see here."

Qdq Swi

Qdq Swi

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Nov 2007

N/

Quote:
Originally Posted by Burst Cancel
The OP should have read like this:

"Our blocking ...

... is completely and totally unnecessary. Move along, nothing to see here." tis true... Many people think stances on wars are important.. but tbh the only important stances are for IAS... i.e. Frenzy, Flail, Flurry etc... now i think of it.. how come they all begin with an f lol?

Dr Strangelove

Dr Strangelove

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Dec 2005

Wasting away again in Margaritaville

[HOTR]

Shield bash is good for entertainment value only on a warrior. It only really shines on something like a RA monk.

Nyktos

Nyktos

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Jun 2007

The Nyktos Guild [win]

You forgot [skill]Soldier's Defense[/skill]. Not that Warriors need blocking stances, but SD is probably thee best they have.

Cathode_Reborn

Cathode_Reborn

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Sep 2006

I wouldn't run a defensive stance since warriors are weak against conditions and hexes especially. If you really wanna use one, bring one that has a useful side effect instead of just plain blocking (shield stance, etc). Wary stance has a very short duration, but it has a short recharge too, and gets you back adren/energy. Shield bash is mainly good against sins to shutdown down for abit.

A Leprechaun

A Leprechaun

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Feb 2006

W/

Warriors already have a ridiculously high armor value against physical damage, and blocking mostly blocks... yes you guessed it physical damage attacks. There really isn't much need.
Apart from farming of course.

~A Leprechaun~

LightningHell

LightningHell

(????????????)???

Join Date: Aug 2005

Hong Kong

Guildless

Mo/

Quote:
Originally Posted by Dr Strangelove
Shield bash is good for entertainment value only on a warrior. It only really shines on something like a RA monk. It is (maybe was) also good on PvP monks in general, discluding HA.

zling

zling

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Apr 2006

the Warrior's defensive stances arent really meant for primary Warriors... only reason to carry them on a primary Warrior is the various farming builds revolving around Glad's Defense or Bonneti's...