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Why was shield broken?

redhawk321#6379 redhawk321 Member Posts: 124 Arc User
Leveling my first Thaumaturge and noticed the shield is now totally useless.
First the cool blue bubble is gone AND the push needs ANOTHER stupid cast animation now.
Most of the time the damn thing bugs out anyway.
When you start hitting that button in the heat of the battle too often, for some reason it keeps recasting.
Same on my Arcanist, was hoping it still had the old one, but no luck.

Why do they keep breaking things that didn´t need fixing?

Answers

  • kir4me8604#8436 kir4me8604 Member Posts: 65 Arc User
    The Swift Golden Lion barrier nerf will protect you better than Shield now. The Earth Rune from the Wheel of Elements will protect you better than Shield. Saran Wrap from Dollar General..... lol you get the picture. Terrible change.
  • vorphiedvorphied Member Posts: 1,870 Arc User
    Been holding my tongue up until now because Shield ought to work consistently and not be buggy if we’re going to have it at all, but...

    ...it’s a terrible encounter and doesn’t deserve a spot on your bars. It’s flat out detrimental to dealing decent damage, and Wizard AoE is bad as it is. The last thing it needs is a weak, long CD PBAoE that actually pushes things away.

    I have found exactly one use for this power: to be lazier in Hell Pit since it’s a supplemental source of temp HP and damage efficiency isn’t as important.
    Sacrilege - Warlock
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