tanking

[Hyldryn]

Can we reorder the tanking code back to the way it was before, but with keeping the partial blocking?

So instead of checking if an attack goes through your armor (AC) first, then seeing if you defend the attack (which doesn't make sense to begin with). Checking if your defend the attack with partial blocks, then seeing if it goes through the armor.

This will address the problem with lower level characters not notching their defensive skills as well as improve the duration of illusionist displace (which is currently being chipped with every attack, not as before it was chipped by only attacks that go past your defensive skills).

Finally, it would make critical hits guaranteed, as they were before, as opposed to being defendable.

[Sarvis]

If thing swere done that way your defenses would be chewedd through like a hot knife throug butter. Don't forget that each attempt to block an attack lessens the chances of blocking the rest of the attacks in a round. So if you attempt to block _every_ attack, instead of jusst the ones going through your AC you'll lose your defenses much, much faster.

[Hyldryn]

Then, why not in addition, modify defense.

Make tanking multiple mobs the factor that decreases skill efficiency rather than only considering the shear number of attacks per round. It would make more sense that keeping track of 2 mobs that attack slowly be more difficult than keeping track of 1 mob that attacks quickly.

[rylan]

Weren't these issues improved as listed in the news in the mud?

[Hyldryn]

oh i havent logged on and tested these new changes yet... :oops:

[Shevarash]

Most if not all of these issues addressed with the last batch of updates...check it out. :)

[thanuk]

You rule shev:)

[rylan]

Hey Shev, you forgot one issue.. clerics still don't have a limited defense skill!