Please put block chance with shield on jewels back to 2%

Not sure why this was nerfed from 2% in beta down to 1% in live.

If someone wants to spend all their jewel slots on block chance, why not?

And I agree that it should be a huge investment to max shield block. But the almost nothing %1 you gain on a jewel does in no way equal the opportunity cost you are spending on it. Like I said before, even 2% was small in my opinion.

I just looked at my tree. I currently have 5 jewel sockets. I will be in my 90's by the time I will get another. And will be close to 100 when I get the last one. (currently level 77)

7% for using ALL MY JEWEL SLOTS at level 100 on a build built around getting those slots for block. I mean, seriously... a freaking shield can roll +%6 block.

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Shinare wrote:

Not sure why this was nerfed from 2% in beta down to 1% in live.

If someone wants to spend all their jewel slots on block chance, why not?

Why not?

Lets see because the jewel can also roll 3 other mods making for stacking block jewels incredibly powerful....


Now if they wanted to add a 3-4% unqiue block jewel limited to 1 that would be a nice option.

Or change block so it is a prefix and a suffix, meaning 2/4 of the stats could be block, that could be an option, although crafting\getting one would be a disaster as you wouldn't know which is which.


If anything has proven they don't want max block to be a thing, look at rathpith globe, lul.

I actually like the idea of making 1% a prefix and suffix. Like IIR is on some items. That way max would be 2% but you culd also get 1% and other mods.

Good idea. :)

Edit: Plus, it makes crafting "interesting".

I think making it a prefix and a suffix both with 1% is a good idea, it would still make maxing block possible, but make it a much larger investment in terms of currency.

The most jewel slots I come across (but never unlock) seems to be just 2 on average. Yeah, I'm not wasting those slots just to get 2% additional block chance. The jewels aren't all that great to begin with.

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Pizzarugi wrote:

The most jewel slots I come across (but never unlock) seems to be just 2 on average. Yeah, I'm not wasting those slots just to get 2% additional block chance. The jewels aren't all that great to begin with.

You can get insane jewels.



The one still has a spot open for a suffix. Neither of them have %life (which rolls higher then most % life nodes on the tree) But they are both solid jewels and worth using for the right build.


As for others, yes blue jewels are underwhelming, but that is where your friend the regal orb comes in handy! The 3 property one was blue and I regaled one of the mods (dont remember).

Certain builds, like PA for example can get upwards of 30+% damage AND life from a jewel, not only is that awesome its one of the only ways that PA can scale from the passive tree, at least efficiently.


You can plan a build around getting upwards of 10, yes I said 10 jewels! Although 6-8 is more reasonable for a block build. You must not understand how incredibly powerful max block is, especially after the removal of cwdt\ec\ic\id nerfs. Physical damage must be dealt with, if your blocking 75% of the time, that is a huge amount of damage mitigation!

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Pizzarugi wrote:

The most jewel slots I come across (but never unlock) seems to be just 2 on average. Yeah, I'm not wasting those slots just to get 2% additional block chance. The jewels aren't all that great to begin with.

Well block % was particularly strong, since there is a relative low amount on the passive tree to begin with when compared to overall travel cost required.

To put it simple, sometimes you needed to invest 12 points simply to travel to the closest next block% cluster, making the jewel slots far superior and more "valuable" in comparison.(also because they have additional modifiers)

I didn't think they where broken though, i experimented a bit with it and it was a serious sacrifice to get
"near cap%" even with the jewels.(old 2% ones)
They where however, always worth the investment for a block build.

I like the suggestion proposed in this thread though if it takes a suffix and a prefix on the jewel slot, that's a harsh reduction in potential power already.

I also wonder why we don't have %shield defenses to be honest.

I would like 1% block if it was like coupled with 15% shield defenses or something.

Maybe up the spell block % to 2%.

Max cap is probably still possible but with extreme investment levels now.

Peace,

-Boem-

@boem

I really like the idea of % defenses from shields, I think the amount honestly could be higher though. Not only does this buff armor\evasion\es shields but it offers another unqiue way to build a character up.


(btw i wasn't the first to do prefix\suffix thing, I just agree with it and mention it whenever block jewel is mentioned)

It cant be a high modifier, because it would be broken.

15% is around the max value they could put on a jewel, maybe but unlikely 20-25%.

That is, in combination with the %block roll, not alone.

Peace,

-Boem-

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Boem wrote:

It cant be a high modifier, because it would be broken.

15% is around the max value they could put on a jewel, maybe but unlikely 20-25%.

That is, in combination with the %block roll, not alone.

Peace,

-Boem-

I see you are saying 1% block and 15% increased defenses from a shield would be considered "1" prefix\affix.

I was thinking about them rolling separately and specifically giving increased defenses a higher value to let it shine on its own.