One Hand & Shield - Defensive Posture - not working.

defilade__ESO · October 2014

I use Defensive Stance, the morph from Defensive Posture, and it's simply is not working properly.

The ability is supposed to last for 30 seconds and reflect the first direct spell or projectile, but time and again it does squat.

For example, I'll activate the buff, and I'll get sniped, or Ambushed, and as I'm defending and healing I'll look at my buffs and the stupid Defensive Stance buff is still up.

Ambush or Snipe are easy, they are one attack, all by their lonesome. It's not like I'm being barraged from multiple players, and i think I should have reflected Snipe or Ambush. I'll cast Defensive Stance, and 10, 15, or 20 seconds into the buff.... WHAM - I'll get hit by Ambush or Snipe, and the stupid buff is still up.

Obviously:

1) If the buff is still active and counting down to 30 sec, and -

2) I took one massive singular hit of damage, then-

3) the stupid skill did not reflect anything.

Every once in a while I will cast Defensive Stance just before a Templar casts Sun fire and I'll see it reflected, but it NEVER reflects Snipe or Ambush. Every time I get slammed by snipe and Ambush the stupid Defensive Stance buff is still up.

defilade__ESO · October 2014

The way this skill should work is if a nightblade Snipes or Ambushes me during the 30 second window, then he is stunned for three seconds. Instead, these players Snipe or Ambush me, and not only does their initial attack not get reflected back, they do not get stunned.

So instead of a stunned nightblade standing next to me from his reflected Ambush or Poison Arrow, he successfully attacks me and does all his follow up attacks while I'm the one stunned, and my stupid Defensive Stance skill buff is still counting down.

aco5712 · October 2014

1. defensive posture and its other morphs work on spells (ie. snipe/bow is not a spell)

2. it works on projectiles (ie. ambush is not a projectile)

3. it works fine and is not broken

kewl · October 2014

Defensive Posture - Reflects next spell projectile back at attacker when activated. Increases Block mitigation by 5% and reduces Block cost by 5% when slotted.

Defensive Stance - Reflects next spell projectile back at attacker and stuns them for 2 seconds when activated. Increases Block mitigation by 8% and reduces Block cost by 8% when slotted.

Absorb Magic - Absorbs next spell projectile and grants Health gain equal to 100% of spell's damage when activated. Increases Block mitigation by 8% and reduces Block cost by 8% when slotted.

The key here is spell projectile.

If you are looking to mitigate Snipe or Ambush damage, I'd suggest blocking. You can use many skills while blocking. So you can block and counter in rapid succession. Takes some practice, but once you get it down, NBs become easier to defend against.

defilade__ESO · October 2014

So snipe is not a spell or a projectile, well what is it then? I suppose Venom Arrow is not a projectile or spell either.

This kind of limits projectiles to light and heavy bow attacks. and spells to a very few actual targeted class skill spells. It also makes my skill not all that useful in PvP as I thought.

I'll have to play around with it some more, because the utility of this skil just decreased a lot, from where I thought it would be.

Thanks guys for the replies, very informative.

TheBull · October 2014

Spell is the key word OP. Snipe is technically a feat. All stamina attacks are feats.

Fafnisbane · October 2014

Keep in mind, light and heavy attacks from staves count as spells, so your buff might easily be reflecting that too, in which case it's done.

defilade__ESO · October 2014

Yup, the skill has only been useful in reflecting a spell about 5% of the time, nowhere near as useful as the DK skill Reflective Scale. Too many times I'll be getting hit from quite a few ranged attacks, and the buff is still up, it's very disappointing from what I was hoping for.

Xsorus · October 2014

Reflective Scale isn't that useful for Lethal arrow either..You'll reflect the arrow back to the sniper sure..but it don't hit him cause he's stealthed (he'll dodge it)

But anyway Defensive Stance as always worked that way...Its not designed around fighting bow users..since you'll *** on them anyway.

One Hand &amp; Shield - Defensive Posture - not working.

One Hand & Shield - Defensive Posture - not working.