I saw the patch notes for today and tested it out.
Was this change even necessary? I know that the Scout zergs are ridiculous, but this change is too much for any Archer. Even with an unspecced Small Shield with 305 buffed Dexterity (on a Ranger) I was blocking 24% of the attacks from another Ranger while testing. That's nearly 1/4th of the arrows shot at me, WITH AN UNSPECCED SHIELD. Compare to 305 buffed Dexterity Ranger with unspecced Shield blocking melee at 10%.
On a Blademaster that has 42 Shield and 259 Dexterity the block rate was 66%. That's 2/3rds of the arrows blocked without bothering to use Engage. Compare to melee on a Blademaster dueling a Ranger. The Blademaster (in melee) blocked with 42 Shield and 259 Dexterity (BM) to 27%.
Was this change even necessary? I know that the Scout zergs are ridiculous, but this change is too much for any Archer. Even with an unspecced Small Shield with 305 buffed Dexterity (on a Ranger) I was blocking 24% of the attacks from another Ranger while testing. That's nearly 1/4th of the arrows shot at me, WITH AN UNSPECCED SHIELD. Compare to 305 buffed Dexterity Ranger with unspecced Shield blocking melee at 10%.
On a Blademaster that has 42 Shield and 259 Dexterity the block rate was 66%. That's 2/3rds of the arrows blocked without bothering to use Engage. Compare to melee on a Blademaster dueling a Ranger. The Blademaster (in melee) blocked with 42 Shield and 259 Dexterity (BM) to 27%.
) of shots while testing? Just curious...