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Shields are still important

This is to all the people who claims shields will be replaced by secondary weapon in the future, meaning classes like mages, warriors, shadowers will have no need for shields; this is wrong!
Here's the link
http://orangemushroom.wordpress.com/2012/09/19/kms-ver-1-2-173-evolving-system-warrior-and-magician-hyper-skills/

Max said the shield will be treated as secondary weapons when they come out. So, I will say shields are better than secondary weapons. Why?
Since they can both be scroll to obtain a weapon's potential, example: PDR, Boss, Damage, secondary weapon comes with a preset stat while shields can be scrolled.

I believe the highest secondary weapon stats is +10 to main stat +10 to secondary stat +3 main attacking stats (m.att or w.att depending on job), but no slots.

Now, shields maybe gives +1-3 of your main stats however they have 7 slots and 9 if you hammer them. You can easily scroll a clean warrior shield for 15-20 w.att, dragon khanjar for 13-2x wa.tt depending on your luck with chaos scroll, and a mage shield for 15-20 m.att and int.

Under the same potential, a scrolled shield would be better than a secondary weapon any day for a moderately funded person.

September 23, 2012

4 Comments • Newest first

zeodarkness

[quote=Arisial]I hate how secondary weapon is making Mercedes less unique. Before only Mercs have secondary weapons, now after phantom getting it, everyone gets it.[/quote]

We haven't gotten Luminous yet, but he has his own too. Same with Jetts and their fusion cores.

Reply September 23, 2012
Skyenets

[quote=Arisial]I hate how secondary weapon is making Mercedes less unique. Before only Mercs have secondary weapons, now after phantom getting it, everyone gets it.[/quote]

There is nothing unique about a "secondary weapon". So you have an arrow? Well I have a shield. The difference? You can potential it with better stats than I can. There's nothing unique about that, that's just plain unfair. Nearly all classes have a secondary weapon, we just aren't able to get the same advantage out of it. If anything, my shield is more of a weapon than your arrow (If we look at this historically and logically).

Reply September 23, 2012 - edited
nhan1st

[quote=Baguette]Dual Blades.[/quote]

I think she meant a statless secondary weapon without slots. People were complaining how dual blade's secondary weapon is a rip off of bandit's shield lol.

Reply September 23, 2012 - edited
ThousandNen

[quote=Arisial]I hate how secondary weapon is making Mercedes less unique. Before only Mercs have secondary weapons, now after phantom getting it, everyone gets it.[/quote]

I recall when Merc first came out, people where complaining how OP Merc's were and they were fusions of DB and BM, now no one cares.

Reply September 23, 2012 - edited