2010-11-22, 07:17 PM
Ormykka Wrote:PG is not a damaging skill. It's only mission is to reduce the taken damage. The given damage back to monster is just a bonus. As a Paladin myself, i never go running around without PG. Post-BB 50% less touch damage is alone a lot of damage off, combined with our def, parrying and other skills to reduce the damage. Take PG away from us it mean we take 50% more damage from touch. At some cases that would lead us to actually take damage instead of just "1". That is our way to take on monsters, stand middle of them and make PG useful.
Can't wait till the BB now. Im loving Paladin playing style even more now that i realize what is really coming
I dont think you understand how little pg is doing when you are taking 1 damage. a majority of the time you will take 1 damage with it on or off. For any "serious" bossing you will probably be level 170+ post-bb (leveling gets easier so the bossing level standard is naturally going to rise). What with paladins having a bonus 2 points in every skill for free (it is my full intention to have +4 as possible) because of this, you're likely to have a least 1 point in every skill. That means you've got some achillies and guardian and all that fun stuff for sure at 170. Now what i am almost postive what will happen is this. you won't often take enough damage powerguard on or off to need to use a significant amount of potions (yay free 80% hp potion every 30 seconds) at basically any boss where you will take any TOUCH DAMAGE. I dont anticipate using a single hp potion training on anything (i managed for the most part on a marauder while still training as efficiently as possible, i really don't see myself having trouble post bb as a wk/pally). I again assure you that i am perfectly aware of what powerguard does. But are you really aware of the effect it truly has? What does it really do for you? It doesnt save a significant amount on potions, it doesn't add an even noticeable amount of dps, the reduced knockback is significantly less useful anywhere past 80. You can keep quoting the skill description to me all you want it won't actually make the skill nearly as useful as it first sounds.