Force Armour & Self defence

[Rising_Cold]

Originally Posted by Lebeau

If a support ju skills Friendly Shielding for an ally, then y not skill (identical effect) Force Armor for self. Hmmm? ... & as for it's blatant animation? ... easy ... just skill Bless & use it on every ally u can. At range, it's impossible for enemies to tell the difference, & even close up, it takes longer to single u out. Besides, additional to hit & spell focus are way cool, right?

ehm sure..
question! where would you get the powerpoints from?

(and friendly shielding is just great for its name its more for huntsupport/smallscale fights tho)

[Stern]

Here, against a marks without Ra, just to show damage reduction.

From 230~, to ~180, about 50 damage reduction, and almost 100 damage reduction when combined with Karma mirror,

[NotScias]

I almost never used it, because in my opinion there's better spells to spend the points on, but here's my opinion about it :

Pros :
- Actually works as intended and doesn't rely on luck (So rare thing in Regnum to be noticed)
- First spell in Sorcery tree, cheap to get
- Low mana cost

Cons :
- Long casting time
- Dur != CD
- Makes you shine like a lightbulb = more targeted/MS'd
- One more buff to cycle, as if barrier, devotion, karma and mind blank weren't enough.
- Need high armor points for it to have a decent effect
- And yet still isn't tremendously effective, especially versus high damage dealers (partially thanks to the fixed damage reduction armor)

So I think it's nice in PvPish scenarios, but in RvR you'll still die in a split second no matter you use this spell or not if you don't pay attention.

[Stern]

Originally Posted by Shining-Scias

I almost never used it, because in my opinion there's better spells to spend the points on, but here's my opinion about it :

Pros :
- Actually works as intended and doesn't rely on luck (So rare thing in Regnum to be noticed)
- First spell in Sorcery tree, cheap to get
- Low mana cost

Cons :
- Long casting time
- Dur != CD
- Makes you shine like a lightbulb = more targeted/MS'd
- One more buff to cycle, as if barrier, devotion, karma and mind blank weren't enough.
- Need high armor points for it to have a decent effect
- And yet still isn't tremendously effective, especially versus high damage dealers (partially thanks to the fixed damage reduction armor)

So I think it's nice in PvPish scenarios, but in RvR you'll still die in a split second no matter you use this spell or not if you don't pay attention.

I think that's a pro !