05-08-2020, 12:23 AM
I've long heard the complaints about active shields and I remain rather unconvinced of their excellence.
Ultimately, you're paying a bar slot for a spell that is a decent chunk of DR for 6 seconds on a 30+ cooldown. I'm not convinced that just having another very strong spell on your bar isn't objectively better.
That said, this only goes in regards to the bar-economy. Fomorian was broken to fuck because it was an off-the-bar shield that could be comboed with a shield for 100% power.
Everything is better when it doesn't take a barslot.
Ultimately, you're paying a bar slot for a spell that is a decent chunk of DR for 6 seconds on a 30+ cooldown. I'm not convinced that just having another very strong spell on your bar isn't objectively better.
That said, this only goes in regards to the bar-economy. Fomorian was broken to fuck because it was an off-the-bar shield that could be comboed with a shield for 100% power.
Everything is better when it doesn't take a barslot.