General Discussion - Soo...uhh, is anyone going to actually use Meat Shield?... - Forum

Hunger on offensive minions like SRS, Phantasms and the like. Shield on my zombies/skel if I don't build sizzle-boomers. Problem with shield is that they protect you, they don't move in front of enemies to take the hits for you. They just attack whatever gets close enough to hit you. Just hope it's not something that'll one shot you. But Hunger, now, coupled with deathmark... insane... Patch Notes 3.15: Fixed a bug where players believed the game was playable. This has been corrected and made retroactive. Patch Notes 3.19: Fixed a bug where players adapted to 3.15. This bug cannot be corrected, so we have implemented a 90% reduction in item access as a punishment.	Posted by BlaqWolf#1151 on Aug 24, 2019, 2:53:28 PM Quote this Post
" DemigodParadox wrote: The problem with this gem is it will be very hard to justify using. Meatshield minions are almost never in a 6 link. So for a 4 link, any meatshield-type minion has to have empower lvl 3+ and their own gem. Minion Life Support Gem is mandatory for high level play if you want real meatshields, even for zombies. That leaves only one slot left for the last gem. That puts this gem up against resistance gem, speed gem, aoe gems, damage conversion gems, damage gems so the minion has relevant damage, etc. This new gem would have to be better then ALL of those to be worth using. If it is better than all of those other gems then i don't see the reason to have made a new gem since it's effectively replacing things like speed or resists. If they just wanted power creep they coulda just stuck the new effect on the old gems. Minion Speed -> Aggressive added Minion Life -> Meatshield added Sure the raw power of your minions may go down, but it makes no difference if your defensive minions aren't protecting you anyway. The change to the AI is an intangible that you will only really understand by playing the gem. Maybe it won't be worth it or maybe it will become absolutely required depending on how good the defensive AI is. Also you can get Minion life on an elder helm giving you a 5 link for the late game. None of that even includes the chance to taunt and damage reduction that will be part of the gem. Depending on what the numbers on those 2 traits are this gem could be absolutely broken. That all being said, at this point, it could also be absolute trash based on the numbers and implementation details. Last edited by beaniac#7060 on Aug 24, 2019, 2:55:55 PM	Posted by beaniac#7060 on Aug 24, 2019, 2:54:07 PM Quote this Post
" Aynix wrote: " Demonoz wrote: Dude people are really sleeping hard on the utility Bladestorm offers us now. One of the best new melee skills they added this patch and no one seems to get it for some reason. Its not Cyclone so why would anynone play it? Guess you missed the "Utility" part... And yeah your right most people are sheep and refuse to try anything on their own. Thus why half the threads on these forums get laughed at by players who dont follow the crowd... There is a fine line between Consideration and Hesitation. The former is Wisdom, the latter is Fear.	Posted by Demonoz#1375 on Aug 24, 2019, 3:09:29 PM Quote this Post
I'm pretty interested in trying out all of the minion gems, it's too bad one of them wasn't "don't stand in the fire you moron" AI, maybe meatshield will have passive reduction of over time dmg lol.	Posted by KalAthar#4365 on Aug 24, 2019, 5:33:52 PM Quote this Post
" KalAthar wrote: I'm pretty interested in trying out all of the minion gems, it's too bad one of them wasn't "don't stand in the fire you moron" AI, maybe meatshield will have passive reduction of over time dmg lol. Hey man, if even players in every single MMO cant understant "dont stand in the fire, it wont heal you, you moron", dont expect Zombies to understand...	Posted by Aynix#7757 on Aug 25, 2019, 4:24:44 AM On Probation Quote this Post