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I think it is currently showing as a counterattack in OUR combat logs, but other people see it as a block.

BUT, I've been over at the Pikemans forum, and they are seeing block as completely broken. Even when it says they counterattack, the damage is still going in. I'm not sure if it is always this way, or just when they use CoB.

--Rorrimot

I seemed to get missed a bit more offten since the patch butI have yet to see Block come up on my combat log (which is odd sinceI have seen dodge and counter attack withI dont have). Dose this mean that it is not reporting properly or is it not working at all?

It "works." Counterattack and dodge stop all incoming damage when activated. Block allows 50% incoming damage when activated, as well as all states effects.

antares
master pikeman

I hate the low defense mods. I have 70% kinetic armor and tuskens still one-hit incap me. I might as well fight naked it would be the same thing and I wouldnt have the decay

Seriously...
Shouldn't counterattack be the mod that allows 50% of the damage to hit the counterattacker, while doing 50% to the attacker, while block and dodge become effectively identical, preventing all damage?
Seems like a no-brainer to me, but hey what do I know...
Can't wait for the new post-patch polearms, the accuracy is supposed to be improved I hear. Can anyone confirm that this is the case, and that it is going to be this patch (Feb 12th)?

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StGabriel wrote:
You're saying that all status affects go through block and succeed, right? Read that as a tad ambiguous -- but that is my experience.

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Yeah, that's what I meant. 50% of the incoming damage and all state effects land through a block.

antares
master pikeman

i think my char is broken or i dunno what...

cuz always i put the combat windown i get the same message "A XXX swings at you for 89 damage, but u counterattack!"

what the heck that means?!?!?!?

i get a TON of "you shrug it off and counter attack" spam, and i have 150 block at this point, so i figure that must be my block mod at work /shrug

oh, i also get alot of blocking animation when im surrounded by 10-15 things attacking me at onece, kinda cool

Counterattack has always confused me as well. I would think that counterattack would prevent damage to the attackee and return damage to the attacker. Like if I counterattack a tusken raider, he does no damage (or minimal damage) to me but I do damage back to him. But apparently, in SWG, counterattack is the same as miss. Weird.