Pikeman Archive
Thread: So they nerfed stacking defenses
How does everyone feal about it? I am more than a little upset by it as it was our only way to make this class hold its own so to speak. To top it all off they stealth nerfed it. Well at least I cant say all I got for Christmass is a rock now. 
Lageas
i really don't think they nerfed defense, just dodge/counterattack/block. i believe the defense vs. whatever and melee/ranged still stack
As I am unable to play the game atm, how do you mean they nerfed the stacking defenses, and which defenses do you mean?
Valdo wrote:
How does everyone feal about it?
Appearently, dodge from Pistoleer/Fencer, block from Rifleman/Pikeman and Counterattack from Carbineer/Swordsman don't stack. It will say it does under your skills, but you only recieve the bonus from whatever you are using.
Melee/ranged defense and state defenses still appear to stack, thankfully.
Melee/ranged defense and state defenses still appear to stack, thankfully.
Are you sure? Others I have talked to that are rifleman/tka/fencer/cracksmoker/defensemilker have said they are not getting the ranged and melee ether.... I dearly hope they are wrong but they seemed to think defenses got nerfed across the board.
Lageas
The Melee Defense, Ranged Defense, and Defense vs. X all still stack.
What people may be seeing is the effects of the mob rebalancing. Many mobs have had their accuracy enhaned significantly, so It may appear that they lost defenses.
It wont last long, theres a post on the rifleman forum about a guy who got his def so high no one could hit him, devs made him show them his template and apparently they said they will be fixing it, who knows.
thank God,I was beginning to worry if I had to start looking for a new template once I got back online again
Dynastar wrote:
Yes, I am 100% sure the ranged/melee defenses stack
Braglor do us all a favor and get back on. I would like to hear form the guy with the template I wanted if its still worth going. Well your template is a little different but close enough.
Lageas
From reading other peoples responses, it looks like defenses granted by ranged professions and melee professions do not stack.
That seems acceptable, if so.