09-24-2003, 11:40 PM
From some testing others did on the basin, it does indeed work as a passive block a la D1, so that the faster your blockrate, the less you display the blocking animation when your character blocks. I haven't tested it myself, and there weren't many other posts in the thread so I'm not sure if more than a few people looked at it, but it wouldn't really make sense for them to penalize you for adding more FBR.
Note that if there is indeed passive blocking without the animation, this makes the max DR cap of 50% much less harsh and makes Whistan's Guard the best physical damage reduction item in the game, even moreso than it is now.
Holy Shield DR paladins should be just about physically immune now :)
Note that if there is indeed passive blocking without the animation, this makes the max DR cap of 50% much less harsh and makes Whistan's Guard the best physical damage reduction item in the game, even moreso than it is now.
Holy Shield DR paladins should be just about physically immune now :)