12-27-2003, 07:24 AM
Heiho,
the new way of blocking as far as I've understood this causes the graphics engine to hide blocking animations, if one blocking chance was successful, for a certain amount of time.
OTOH the game server engine still has to do the blocking, causing a kind of desync between graphics and server engine.
So when you cry/hack/slay/poke your way through the game wearing a shield, you very probably just whiffle around hitting hot air every time after you had a successful block.
But maybe I'm completely wrong here ;-)
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The 5% chance for a shield with the skellies counts only that kite shield appearance as a shield, their normal round shields are always there. But its just decoration, both of them.
the new way of blocking as far as I've understood this causes the graphics engine to hide blocking animations, if one blocking chance was successful, for a certain amount of time.
OTOH the game server engine still has to do the blocking, causing a kind of desync between graphics and server engine.
So when you cry/hack/slay/poke your way through the game wearing a shield, you very probably just whiffle around hitting hot air every time after you had a successful block.
But maybe I'm completely wrong here ;-)
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The 5% chance for a shield with the skellies counts only that kite shield appearance as a shield, their normal round shields are always there. But its just decoration, both of them.