Camelot Grab Bag Q&A

In this week’s Grab Bag Q&A for Dark Age of Camelot, EA Mythic’s Sanya Thomas answers questions about Bonedancer changes, unlimited respecs on the Pendragon server, and more.

Q: (Insert question about block rate change)

A: Here is what Missy posted in response to this issue on one of the boards: (The block rate before 1.87 was 100% against everyone but dual wielders, and the rate was 50% when facing a dual wielder. In 1.87, the penalty when facing a dual wielder was removed. This was an intentional, documented change that showed up in the live version notes:

Shield

– A character’s chance to block will no longer be penalized when facing a character who is dual wielding.

(This proved to be too powerful, since as a result of this change many shield users respecced to 50 shield and had a near 100% chance to block against all melee attacks. We have reduced the block rate to 75% now against all melee opponents. This is still an improvement against dual wielders, but is technically a 25% block chance reduction against all other opponents. We’re going to keep an eye on the new rate and adjust it if we feel the need.)