2011-01-16, 12:52 PM
I studied some videos before Big Bang's launch here. What I noticed is that Divine Shield wasn't affecting magic attacks although it's possible that there's a certain type of magic attacks.
Here is a video of a Paladin in KMS fighting at ToT. At roughly 0:18, you can see that Divine Shield is active, but the Qualm Monk still manages to hit him. This occurs again at 1:51. It's fairly hard to point out because Paladins have blocking and a spammable stunning attack (90% chance), that and this guy seems to enjoying hugging the monster which dispels a charge on Divine Shield, but under no circumstances elsewhere in the video does the Paladin block a spell from these guys. The only Guard circumstances I can find was when he touched a mob.
I think the bug should be researched a bit more before determining it an issue or not. I mean, would you rather block a magic attack or sustain a stacking 30 (34) attack buff? I was under the assumption it wouldn't block magic specifically for that reason.
Here is a video of a Paladin in KMS fighting at ToT. At roughly 0:18, you can see that Divine Shield is active, but the Qualm Monk still manages to hit him. This occurs again at 1:51. It's fairly hard to point out because Paladins have blocking and a spammable stunning attack (90% chance), that and this guy seems to enjoying hugging the monster which dispels a charge on Divine Shield, but under no circumstances elsewhere in the video does the Paladin block a spell from these guys. The only Guard circumstances I can find was when he touched a mob.
I think the bug should be researched a bit more before determining it an issue or not. I mean, would you rather block a magic attack or sustain a stacking 30 (34) attack buff? I was under the assumption it wouldn't block magic specifically for that reason.