11-30-2007, 06:19 PM
Quote:This is contrary to what I have observed. This also does not fit with your charges on IF. If IF was being included into the damage mitigation of what the shield takes, it should tick downward each time you are hit with the shield up (it does not).I don't think that rules it out, at all. The losing of charges and the taking of damage might be completely different mechanics. It would be interesting if Priests could equip shields because then you could test to see if a completely absorbed hit (via blocked damage) would take an IF charge or not. My guess is that it would not, just like absorbing a hit with a shield does not...
My experience has been largely the same as Conc's: Shields seem to stay up longer when you have IF active versus not having it active.
-TheDragoon