Parrying

[Ash]

Can anyone tell me how Parrying works? What is the formula to determine what % of attacks you block. Is it a damage reduction block or do you block the whole attack? Does having a weapon with the shield increase chance of blocking? Any insight would be great.

[Derrick]

Subject: [Era accuracy] Parry gains

Just to add a note to how parry is supposed to work:

The chance to parry an attack is based on the formula (Parry / 2) = % chance to block. The actual damage absorbed is based off of the AR of the shield that you are wearing. The actual damage that's absorbed by the shield is the base AR of the shield / 2 for melee weapons, and the base AR of the shield for ranged weapons. These are the pieces of information from the Stratics combat page detailing combat. As for the exact location for where this damage reduction is calculated, it's calculated as part of the adjustments to the base damage from a given hit before cutting the damage in half.

As for the skill gains that we currently have on the server, the reality is that all skills are easier to gain here than they actually were on OSI. So don't be too miffed at the idea that parry and other skills are much easier to gain, its something that all skills share.

There's a error in the parry formula based on this info. It will be corrected on next shard restart.

[Ash]

Thanks!