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Force armor = Protection?


Danieleriz

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euh no, protection is for tanks

not for silly bubble poppers

 

bubble is a defensive skill, like evry class has them .. if i would follow u, then undying rage for mara's is a defensive skill that also should give me protection

 

 

so ... no

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the bubble counts as a heal

the bubble is not a def cd, like undying rage is one.

 

the sorc/sage does not have any def cd's

 

bubble is a shield, just like other classes have shields

hence its a defensive cd

 

adding this to protection is just silly

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How many times have I seen: I bubble someone at the start of huttball, he runs through a fire -> 2.5k heal

Where else should that have come from?

 

Probably from the Sage/Sorc self heal skill most use the moment their shield is down and they have some damage. That is the biggest source for the 2.5k heal medal.

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Did you even read my post?

I can bubble any class, like a juggernaut or a sniper and I recieve the 2.5k heal medal

Apologies, I misread the 'I bubble' someone, point taken.

For some reason I read it as 'bubble someone' without the I. Meaning you saw them gain the medal when they walked through fire.

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I've never noticed because I'm always taunting or guarding but what about Wither/Slow time? That reduces DMG output from targets. That's the same as Taunt as far as I'm concerned.

 

Isn't Wither from the Assassin tanking tree? Or am I mistaken?

 

Anyhow, if the case is true, then that is a good point. That should count towards protection, and a bubble shield should not (as it should count for healing).

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Force armour/static shield used to give Prot points in beta(and I think for a bit after launch) but healers got sooooo much medals for it that they changed it to a heal. It wasn't fair for healers to get 4 medals for prot 4 medals for heals 4-5 medals for damage and 3-4 medals for defence and offence each. So they changed it
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Isn't Wither from the Assassin tanking tree? Or am I mistaken?

 

Anyhow, if the case is true, then that is a good point. That should count towards protection, and a bubble shield should not (as it should count for healing).

 

It is the top tier skill in the tanking tree yes. I'm at work now but if I recall correctly the tooltip says it reduces the damage of the affected target, similar to the taunt wording

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When the game launched the bubble "absorb" didn't count toward anything in PvP.

 

It was later changed to tally as a heal, because heal spec sage/sorc were gimped for earning healing medals.

(1.4 If I remember correctly)

 

It is a defensive CD because it "absorbs" ~ it's the only defensive CD that can be applied to a friendly target. But it's also much weaker than the defensive CDs of other ACs.

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It is a defensive CD because it "absorbs" ~ it's the only defensive CD that can be applied to a friendly target. But it's also much weaker than the defensive CDs of other ACs.

 

There also other CD which have most of the time a defensive use, but that can help an ally : Obfuscate for exemple.

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