Victo Bulwark Sinks

Just a heads up, faction players can get Max -5(20%) +30hp always with 5k and with some ingots. I suggest that people should sell the Bulwark while they still could. Just giving a heads up.

I'm keeping mine... I like the looks and w/e I'm gonna lose 50k so what? If everyone starts selling, price will go down too much . Oh, well, thanks for heads up.

-2 (while in a Stance) is better than -5 (20% chance).

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-2 stance is far superior to the -5 20% shield, here's why:

1. Warriors in both PvE and PvP use stances, in PvE it's mostly defensive stances, or for farming(ex: flurry, or more defensive stances), in PvP frenzy/sprint or rush is quite common(and since frenzy causes you to take double damage, when in a stance you have a good potential for taking large amounts of damage, you then hit your other stance - consistent damage reduction helps).

2. Mods such as while enchanted, and in stance are conditional yes, but they don't really rely around chance. You use stances, and currently there's only one skill that ends them, which is neither common(save charr lmao) in PvE or in PvP. The same thing goes for enchantments, although they are far easier to remove.

Mods like while hexed is nice, but as hexes can be removed unpredictably(as in that enemy necro dying, or that mesmer using shatter delusions) and so on, makes this mod somewhat unreliable, but consistent. Still far superior to the -5 20% chance shield.

The -5 20% chance shield is just that, a 1 in 5 chance to have -5 damage reduction, this reduction can trigger when a monk starts wanding you or when you're taking a big hit. Anything can trigger the -5 damage reduction, even that level 5 pet that just decided to attack you, and isin't doing enough damage for the full reduction to even matter. It's not consistent, and it's not beneficial when the tendancy of damage(especialy potentialy leathal damage) leans towards compression, especialy in PvP. If your monks are unable to keep up with the steady consistent damage that would make -5 20% shields decent, then having that shield really wouldn't make that much of a difference anyway, and you'd still be off with a shield that triggers on enchant or on stance, as you can be sure to prevent -2 off all the damage you take when you're getting pummeled.

Here's an example where the random chance that the damage you take will be insignificant is eliminated: There are 10 things attacking you. They do exactly 10 damge per hit every time the strike, and never crit. Their attack speed is 1 second.

Ok, so you're taking exactly 100 damage per second. Over 10 seconds you'll take 1000 damage with no absorbtion factored in.

With a -5 20% chance shield you will recieve -5 damage on exactly 20 hits, as you'll be attacked exactly 100 times. Your shield will absorb exactly 100 damage. You take 900 total damage.

With a -2 stance shield, assuming you hit sprint before you start taking any damage, you'll recieve a -2 damage reduction on every single hit. Your shield absorbs 200 damage. You take 800 total damage.

Now, I hope this has demonstrated the fact that you'll take a MUCH smaller amount of total damage while using an in stance shield, even in PvE. A small amount of damage off of every hit is far more reliable than a larger chunk off every one in five hits, especialy since stances can be maintained for quite awhile, almost always long enough for your party to finish off whatever is attacking you. Although they do loose quite a bit of effect when wild blow is in play(in which case a -2 enchant shield does exactly the same thing, unless heavy enchant removal is in play too). But can anyone currently name me an area in the game where there's mobs with heavy enchant removal AND wild blow? AND that don't cast any hexes(since while hexed shield would work if they cast long duration hexes).


Long post short: Big fancy numbers and percents don't make an item better.

-2 stance > -5(20)

And the shield indeed is metal, so it does sink

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