Are there any shields that take more than 9 tactics?

Elfis

Academy Page

Join Date: Apr 2005

What is the minimum tactics you need to use the best shields?

Raumoheru

Raumoheru

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Apr 2005

all the items are very different

i have seen a shield that had 8 armor and no requirements, another with 8 armor and needed 1 tactics and a 16 armor that needed 11 tactics with a 16 armor that needed 4 tactics.

you just have to get lucky and find a high armor with low requirement shield

Weezer_Blue

Weezer_Blue

Elite Guru

Join Date: Feb 2005

Just a Box in a Cage

Hurry Up The Cakes [Oven]

You don't always need tactics. Some shields are based on strength in stead. They are rarer - but usually no less useful.

Scaphism

Scaphism

Elite Guru

Join Date: Jan 2005

Idiot Savants [iQ]

I found a shield 2 BWE ago that required 13 Tactics. I have no clue why someone would have tactics at 13, but the shield was a perfect fit for them.

Lazek Phoenix

Academy Page

Join Date: Mar 2005

My +16 Eternal sheild had a 12+ Strength requirement.

Raumoheru

Raumoheru

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Apr 2005

yea sure way to go brag about it....

Elfis

Academy Page

Join Date: Apr 2005

How much better was the 13 tactics shield than a 10 tactics one would be?

Raumoheru

Raumoheru

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Apr 2005

like i said, it all depends on what you are able to find, sometimes you find something that has higher requirements but has less armor

there is no set shield it is all random (unless you used the pvp level 20 character in the last beta)

Elfis

Academy Page

Join Date: Apr 2005

Hmm, if that's true then it just makes finding a top end shield a little harder with lower tactics, but you still get an equally good shield. Good for me, bad for someone with 13 tactics heh. Guess I'll see how it actually turns out.

Ensign

Ensign

Just Plain Fluffy

Join Date: Dec 2004

Berkeley, CA

Idiot Savants

Are there shields with requirements greater than 9? Yes. Will a Tactics of 9 be high enough to use a max AL rare shield? Yes.

There's just some variation in the requirement that makes some items worse than others.

Peace,
-CxE

Reinoko

Reinoko

Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: Apr 2005

I was under the impression that a higher level in tactics will give you better defensive mods...true ?

Just lurking and reading and reading on the forums...

baranovan

baranovan

Academy Page

Join Date: Mar 2005

Doom Brigade

Quote:
Many skills, especially defensive skills and skills that aid your allies, become more effective with higher Tactics.
Other than improving skills linked with tactics and getting the max defense out of your shield, tactics has no other benefits. (Unless I'm dead wrong, then I will soon be corrected by Ensign).

(This post is correct. --Ensign)