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Guardian Fighter [Tab] Guard

royceerockroyceerock Member, Neverwinter Beta Users, Neverwinter Guardian Users Posts: 15 Arc User
edited May 2013 in The Militia Barracks
Am I missing something when I tab to change over to Guard Blue Skill I dont get the icon change simular to cleric for my At-will Skills. Im seeing my bar full. I am only level 13 atm... do I need to get higher level for it to actually stay up for a while?

Also how are you guys using Block and any keymap tips for that ans Im am not liking Ctrl... Thanks
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  • tbldrparanoidtbldrparanoid Member, Neverwinter Beta Users Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited May 2013
    With tab you "mark" and enemy, so it has reduced resistances and you build up threat on him.

    There is no Guard blue skill that magically happens then :)

    My tip, for tanking 1 big guy; Mark him up, hold block, use left mouse button around 5 times, ignore block and just use block with the heavy hitting attacks (red circles etc). When you lose aggro start over.
  • royceerockroyceerock Member, Neverwinter Beta Users, Neverwinter Guardian Users Posts: 15 Arc User
    edited May 2013
    I guess, well tool tip says you get the additional At Will skills and I was never seeing them appear. ... looks to me other than Mark the Tab skill is borked.
  • tbldrparanoidtbldrparanoid Member, Neverwinter Beta Users Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited May 2013
    it is, but its funtioning like it should. The different at will skills its talking about is that while you are blocking they get replaced with 2 different skills.
  • ascensionusascensionus Member, Neverwinter Beta Users, Neverwinter Guardian Users Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited May 2013
    the new skills you get are to be used when blocking.
    They allow you to attack while blocking (holding shift)
    you will see that the skills change when you hold/release shift
  • momawmomaw Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited May 2013
    Your question seems a little confused, so I'll hit a few different points:

    Guard isn't a mode, it's momentary. You have to hold the key down to keep your shield up. While you do, damage taken is subtracted from your Guard meter instead of your hitpoints. Your shield can block ANYTHING as long as there's enough points in your guard meter. Yes, this includes dragon fire.

    "Mark" has nothing to do with Guard. Mark inflicts your target with a mild damage resistance debuff and doubles the threat you generate on that target if you hit them while they are Marked.

    Your At Will powers get replaced while you are holding up your shield, and only then. Your basic Cleave attack is replaced by a stab over the top of your shield, and your Bash attack is replaced by a slightly weaker bash. Both of these can be done while the shield is up i.e. while taking no damage.
  • tbldrparanoidtbldrparanoid Member, Neverwinter Beta Users Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited May 2013
    momaw wrote: »
    Your question seems a little confused, so I'll hit a few different points:

    Guard isn't a mode, it's momentary. You have to hold the key down to keep your shield up. While you do, damage taken is subtracted from your Guard meter instead of your hitpoints. Your shield can block ANYTHING as long as there's enough points in your guard meter. Yes, this includes dragon fire.

    "Mark" has nothing to do with Guard. Mark inflicts your target with a mild damage resistance debuff and doubles the threat you generate on that target if you hit them while they are Marked.

    Your At Will powers get replaced while you are holding up your shield, and only then. Your basic Cleave attack is replaced by a stab over the top of your shield, and your Bash attack is replaced by a slightly weaker bash. Both of these can be done while the shield is up i.e. while taking no damage.

    This is better explained than my explanation, thanks :)
  • borak2borak2 Member, NW M9 Playtest Posts: 202 Arc User
    edited May 2013
    The other powers are when you are blocking. Thats the shift key not the tab key
  • lathislathis Member, Neverwinter Beta Users, Neverwinter Guardian Users Posts: 3 Arc User
    edited May 2013
    momaw wrote: »
    Your question seems a little confused, so I'll hit a few different points:

    Guard isn't a mode, it's momentary. You have to hold the key down to keep your shield up. While you do, damage taken is subtracted from your Guard meter instead of your hitpoints. Your shield can block ANYTHING as long as there's enough points in your guard meter. Yes, this includes dragon fire.

    "Mark" has nothing to do with Guard. Mark inflicts your target with a mild damage resistance debuff and doubles the threat you generate on that target if you hit them while they are Marked.

    Your At Will powers get replaced while you are holding up your shield, and only then. Your basic Cleave attack is replaced by a stab over the top of your shield, and your Bash attack is replaced by a slightly weaker bash. Both of these can be done while the shield is up i.e. while taking no damage.

    Not exactly true, but very close. At wills used while guarding don't remove your mark. If you notice, when you use your at-wills while not guarding, your mark goes poof rather quickly.

    It also mentions this at the bottom of the mark tooltip.
  • sadmummysadmummy Member, Neverwinter Beta Users, Neverwinter Guardian Users Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited May 2013
    lathis wrote: »
    Not exactly true, but very close. At wills used while guarding don't remove your mark. If you notice, when you use your at-wills while not guarding, your mark goes poof rather quickly.

    It also mentions this at the bottom of the mark tooltip.

    He didn't say anything about at wills removing the mark. Neither do the marks
    "go poof" when you use at wills.

    The marks disappear if you get hit while not blocking. Or after some pretty long time.
  • lathislathis Member, Neverwinter Beta Users, Neverwinter Guardian Users Posts: 3 Arc User
    edited May 2013
    sadmummy wrote: »
    He didn't say anything about at wills removing the mark. Neither do the marks
    "go poof" when you use at wills.

    The marks disappear if you get hit while not blocking. Or after some pretty long time.

    Either way, he said that mark had nothing to do with guard. Not entirely true. Guard directly effects how long mark lasts.

    It was my mistake on the tooltip, the relationship is reversed from what I thought it was. Soon as my guard is broken I always use at-wills anyways so it always happened at the same time for me.
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