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Aegis Speculation
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Leviathan.Dodu said: » 60-70% block rate is not a 99% block rate. Enjoy being stunned frequently against Voidwrought, being completely unable to recover if you die against Hahava, and enjoy mitigating virtually nothing noteworthy against Celaeno. lol'd at 'in a perfect world'. If your stunners cannot handle their jobs, Hahava will be miserable, while Celaeno and Voidwrought will be borderline impossible without multiple tanks. I'll never understand why stunners are so forgivable in the general community. You don't allow tanks who can only handle tanking part of the time, and you certainly don't allow healers who can only handle healing part of the time. Casting one spell in large windows every 30 seconds is not difficult. Leviathan.Dodu said: » Yeah, no. Ochain blocks everything dangerous that Hahava can do. An Aegis paladin is going to take a significantly harder beating throughout the course of the fight. The only time Aegis could ever be better than Ochain for Hahava is if your stunners are completely incompetent. Shiva.Brunwulf said: » Oh yeah, if it were and LS thing and you had a pld w/ Aegis and a pld w/o I'd say focus making the one w/o's Ochain and not the Aegis PLD a toy. Ramuh.Austar said: » Asura.Dtroyy said: » Aegis shits on Ochain, its pretty hard to die to anything with the right support~ Asura.Jaybezz said: » 160m* MDT macro item YO! F the TP loss! derp derp Fenrir.Demomo said: » Um in my 6+ years owning Aegis I can count the times I've been killed by melee attacks on 1 hand.... Including solo tanking t4 voidwatch.... and id say 60% of them were 75 cap vs tiamat, when it could randomly 2 shot on a bad unblocked DA during MS (pre reprisal) Don't suck at gear swaps, save reprisal for weakness, and congrats you win the game. The only -usefulness- I can see in owning both shields (other than completions sake) is the additional TP boost from blocking, but lets be serious, its -very- difficult to make CDC really a top dps'er in voidwatch thanks to how godly evasive the mobs are. Ochain is always going to be the "safer" shield for a base model pld, who doesn't have the years of experience in taking high level crap, cuz lets be honest, 80% of ochain owners never saw a hnm at 75, let alone fought one. The same % is probably true for ochain owners and not having gear swaps outside of a hybrid tank/dd set (sup full af3 and hp rings) and a ws set. However, ochain in the hands of someone who knows how to play pld and already has aegis will not increase the survivability to the extent of someone who's barely geared on pld, getting ochain. That being said both are awesome shields, both capable of getting the job done, but lets be honest, arguing over which is the better shield is like arguing what would you rather be seen driving in, a ferrari or a lambo. Godly evasive is an extreme exageration, they aren't that evasive. Only two that I can think of, out of all VW mobs, could fit close to that category. Offline
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While Ochain blocking enstun most the time, you make it sound like that enstun some serios buisness lol. Ochain is nice, undeniably, but Aegis isn't in league with it? stop thinkin' you know your ***chief
Not gonna argue over semantics but with a near perfect TP and CDC build (only thing I'm missing is rancor/6dex +attack ring over 7 dex ring) requiring pizza to parse a decent hit rate with capped merits in sword, for the level the monsters are, yes their evasion is absurdly higher than it should be. Show me a ss of 3-5 good CDC's in a row on any T4, and I'll eat my hat.
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Starkzz said: » While Ochain blocking enstun most the time, you make it sound like that enstun some serios buisness lol. Ochain is nice, undeniably, but Aegis isn't in league with it? stop thinkin' you know your ***chief How do you know his name is chief? Explain please. Fenrir.Demomo said: » Not gonna argue over semantics but with a near perfect TP and CDC build (only thing I'm missing is rancor/6dex +attack ring over 7 dex ring) requiring pizza to parse a decent hit rate with capped merits in sword, for the level the monsters are, yes their evasion is absurdly higher than it should be. Show me a ss of 3-5 good CDC's in a row on any T4, and I'll eat my hat. And plz don't tell me it's the CDC set in your item sets :/ Leviathan.Dodu said: » Also, the damage taken comparison(while hardly relevant to my point) doesn't seem to account for the difference in equipment each shield necessitates. Back, neck, ears, head, and feet all take a hit when you need to supplement a lesser blocking rate. Just as an addendum to this, I've also yet to see any serious magic damage calculation being done. An additional 45% MDT reduction is not small by any means, but its still only one part of a step-by-step process. The 25/50 MDB, 13/23% magic annulment, and direct phalanx adjustments aren't being taken into account. There's still a lot of 'well I only ever die to magic damage' going around, along with lots of overlooking that an Ochain PLD will be reducing magic damage to a similarly non-threatening level. I've had unbelievably bad luck augmenting n feet/n hands, zahaks seems to lower my damage, and I've passed prolly 20+ sets of nlegs over the years to main job thf/wars. Not sure how I could possibly improve it anymore than what it is other than that. Sorry for derailing :x
Starkzz said: » While Ochain blocking enstun most the time, you make it sound like that enstun some serios buisness lol. Ochain is nice, undeniably, but Aegis isn't in league with it? stop thinkin' you know your ***chief When a discussion observes small differences and uses them as benefits, something like being stunned out of subsequent blocks is perfectly consequential. Leviathan.Dodu said: » Leviathan.Dodu said: » Also, the damage taken comparison(while hardly relevant to my point) doesn't seem to account for the difference in equipment each shield necessitates. Back, neck, ears, head, and feet all take a hit when you need to supplement a lesser blocking rate. Just as an addendum to this, I've also yet to see any serious magic damage calculation being done. An additional 45% MDT reduction is not small by any means, but its still only one part of a step-by-step process. The 25/50 MDB, 13/23% magic annulment, and direct phalanx adjustments aren't being taken into account. There's still a lot of 'well I only ever die to magic damage' going around, along with lots of overlooking that an Ochain PLD will be reducing magic damage to a similarly non-threatening level. edit: You have disgraced this Aegis forum. Just sayin . . Asura.Haxetc said: » Soooo wut u r saying is Ochain can't block magical dmg that Hahava can do . . and that Aegis is better than Ochain for Hahava ? I didn't know Aegis PLD took a beating from Hahava . . just sayin He said more of a beating than Ochain. This is true. The DMG comparison was assuming capped block rate on Aegis, the chance of this on a T4 is unlikely, so yeah, an Aegis will take more physical damage than an Ochain. The times Aegis excels over Ochain is during spells, if you do not have adequate stuns, this is not a worry regardless of what shield you use if you have an adequate set up. He didn't say Aegis sucks, just Ochain has more utility. Gross exaggeration isn't going to make me desist. Refute what I have to say, or feel free to stop reading.
I'm not entirely sure why only one other person in this thread feels it appropriate to discuss this with civility. Ifrit.Darkanaseur said: » Asura.Haxetc said: » Soooo wut u r saying is Ochain can't block magical dmg that Hahava can do . . and that Aegis is better than Ochain for Hahava ? I didn't know Aegis PLD took a beating from Hahava . . just sayin He said more of a beating than Ochain. This is true. The DMG comparison was assuming capped block rate on Aegis, the chance of this on a T4 is unlikely, so yeah, an Aegis will take more physical damage than an Ochain. The times Aegis excels over Ochain is during spells, if you do not have adequate stuns, this is not a worry regardless of what shield you use if you have an adequate set up. He didn't say Aegis sucks, just Ochain has more utility. Not being able to stun every spell: Quit BLM ? Having Aegis:"Why did you just stun that spell?" I don't have a prob solo tanking any T4 I guess the Aegis PLD's u guys play with just need Aegis in an Ochain size :/ edit: My Avatar is better than yours! Offline
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In Voidwroughts case, eradicator isn't easy to stun (by players) and usually gets through, thus resulting in weakend status. While Ochain will block the melee dmg, this mob has quite a few magical tricks to his arsenal. Depending on the follow-ups from then forth, an Ochain will be alot more susceptible to death than Aegis.
But hey, Ochain wont likely (tho still possible) be gettin' stunned durin' weakend! thats bound to keep 'em alive. Leviathan.Dodu said: » Gross exaggeration isn't going to make me desist. Refute what I have to say, or feel free to stop reading. I'm not entirely sure why only one other person in this thread feels it appropriate to discuss this with civility. Asura.Dtroyy
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Starkzz said: » In Voidwroughts case, eradicator isn't easy to stun (by players) and usually gets through, thus resulting in weakend status. While Ochain will block the melee dmg, this mob has guite a few magical tricks to his arsenal. Depending on the follow-ups from then forth, an Ochain will be alot more susceptible to death than Aegis. But hey, Ochain wont likely (tho still possible) be gettin' stunned durin' weakend! thats bound to keep 'em alive. Leviathan.Dodu said: » Learn to on event chief'. Asura.Haxetc said: » Leviathan.Dodu said: » Gross exaggeration isn't going to make me desist. Refute what I have to say, or feel free to stop reading. I'm not entirely sure why only one other person in this thread feels it appropriate to discuss this with civility. Did you just go there? Asura.Haxetc said: » Adequate stuns: Stunning TP moves. Not being able to stun every spell: Quit BLM ? Having Aegis:"Why did you just stun that spell?" I don't have a prob solo tanking any T4 I guess the Aegis PLD's u guys play with just need Aegis in an Ochain size :/ I use both actually. Why would you not stun spells? Prevents melee taking damage, allowing them to continue DDing, resulting in faster kills. Aegis has more utility when magic damage is a constant, if they're being stunned, obviously Ochain pulls ahead. Spells are only a small % of an enemies overall damage, they usually melee, thus Ochain has an edge. It doesn't make Aegis useless. Leviathan.Draylo said: » Asura.Haxetc said: » Leviathan.Dodu said: » Gross exaggeration isn't going to make me desist. Refute what I have to say, or feel free to stop reading. I'm not entirely sure why only one other person in this thread feels it appropriate to discuss this with civility. Did you just go there? Yeah, he did. Leviathan.Dodu said: » Leviathan.Draylo said: » Asura.Haxetc said: » Leviathan.Dodu said: » Gross exaggeration isn't going to make me desist. Refute what I have to say, or feel free to stop reading. I'm not entirely sure why only one other person in this thread feels it appropriate to discuss this with civility. Did you just go there? Yeah, he did. Offline
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Ifrit.Darkanaseur said: » Asura.Haxetc said: » Adequate stuns: Stunning TP moves. Not being able to stun every spell: Quit BLM ? Having Aegis:"Why did you just stun that spell?" I don't have a prob solo tanking any T4 I guess the Aegis PLD's u guys play with just need Aegis in an Ochain size :/ Keep stunning lolspells and he'll build resistance, and idk if your stunners even carry a stun set. Unless you 18-man Hahava and proc him fast to warrant killin' him worthy quickly. Edit: atleast, spells are lol for aegis Ifrit.Darkanaseur said: » Asura.Haxetc said: » Adequate stuns: Stunning TP moves. Not being able to stun every spell: Quit BLM ? Having Aegis:"Why did you just stun that spell?" I don't have a prob solo tanking any T4 I guess the Aegis PLD's u guys play with just need Aegis in an Ochain size :/ I use both actually. Why would you not stun spells? Prevents melee taking damage, allowing them to continue DDing, resulting in faster kills. Aegis has more utility when magic damage is a constant, if they're being stunned, obviously Ochain pulls ahead. Spells are only a small % of an enemies overall damage, they usually melee, thus Ochain has an edge. It doesn't make Aegis useless. You don't need to stun spells unless a tank is weakened. I don't have an Ochain or an Aegis and I can eat spells in my MDT set with Shell5.
Fenrir.Yinsha said: » Fanatic's Drink + Aegis Difficulty varies greatly with what you have to work with. Our runs are usually 4-5 characters amongst 2-3 players, with the occasional extra body thrown in for additional procs.
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Asura.Haxetc said: » Ifrit.Darkanaseur said: » Asura.Haxetc said: » Adequate stuns: Stunning TP moves. Not being able to stun every spell: Quit BLM ? Having Aegis:"Why did you just stun that spell?" I don't have a prob solo tanking any T4 I guess the Aegis PLD's u guys play with just need Aegis in an Ochain size :/ I use both actually. Why would you not stun spells? Prevents melee taking damage, allowing them to continue DDing, resulting in faster kills. Aegis has more utility when magic damage is a constant, if they're being stunned, obviously Ochain pulls ahead. Spells are only a small % of an enemies overall damage, they usually melee, thus Ochain has an edge. It doesn't make Aegis useless. I kinda have to agree here. If talking T4 VW, the only time we ever have them go out of control is if a stun gets missed. Ballistic Kick from voidwrought for example. Other than that, burning a T4 from 50% to 0 in 2~3 minutes is just piss easy. All I will say though is, the melee damage decrease from aegis is not as much lower than ochain as people seem to make out. Yes, ochain DOES block more, and DOES drop more damage. But the basic immunity to basically anything magic from aegis stops spell > tp combos from downing tanks instantly. With a good healer, both are about equal. Starkzz said: » Keep stunning lolspells and he'll build resistance, and idk if your stunners even carry a stun set. Unless you 18-man Hahava and proc him fast to warrant killin' him worthy quickly. Edit: atleast, spells are lol for aegis Like I stated before if reading is one of your talents, party size/setup is a variable and can help give one shield an advantage. 18man, proc, stun spells, drop it down fast. Low man, 1 tank, you probably will get weakened, and thank the fact you have Aegis for any follow up aga4s. Situational. Asura.Haxetc said: » It's not hard to kill them at all tho. Never said they were. Leviathan.Draylo said: » You don't need to stun spells unless a tank is weakened. I don't have an Ochain or an Aegis and I can eat spells in my MDT set with Shell5. I mentioned this, and it surprisingly wasn't addressed. Magic damage that isn't being reduced by an Aegis is still doing utterly non-threatening amounts of damage when properly equipped. |
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