How come Reflective scales reflects snipe but defensive stance doesnt?

Kronosphere

when getting hit by snipe/lethal shot/focused aim it bounces of scales, and hits the caster/attacker. however when using defensive posture/stance it does not. is this intended?

Curragraigue

Yes Scales says reflects projectiles so both physical and magical whereas defensive posture says magical attacks. Is it fair that only one class can reflect both with one skill is another question.

kijima

Reflective Scales isn't anywhere near where it used to be, suggesting that one class has a skill that reflects both is fine and all, but not to mention the nerf it's already had is something else.

Plus, don't all classes have specific class only skills. NB's can vanish into thin air, Sorc's can bolt (actually, sorcs can do anything right now) and Templars... Poor old Templars are the red headed step child at them moment, but they did have radiant destruction that was an opener AND a closer and would stay on you even through walls.

Curragraigue

kijima wrote: »

Reflective Scales isn't anywhere near where it used to be, suggesting that one class has a skill that reflects both is fine and all, but not to mention the nerf it's already had is something else.

Plus, don't all classes have specific class only skills. NB's can vanish into thin air, Sorc's can bolt (actually, sorcs can do anything right now) and Templars... Poor old Templars are the red headed step child at them moment, but they did have radiant destruction that was an opener AND a closer and would stay on you even through walls.

I wasn't suggesting I was stating that they do have a skill that reflects both which is what the OP wanted to know. Has the skill had a nerf, yes. Did it need a nerf, yes. Is it still a great skill to use in PvP, definitely.

I personally would take even the nerfed version of reflect over NBs cloak and Sorc's bolt any day.

Xsorus

Kronosphere wrote: »

when getting hit by snipe/lethal shot/focused aim it bounces of scales, and hits the caster/attacker. however when using defensive posture/stance it does not. is this intended?

If you're asking why that ability specifically doesn't? Because the tooltip says only magical attacks

If you're asking why don't they change the ability so it does? Because its bloody 30 seconds in duration.

noobfury

Curragraigue wrote: »

Yes Scales says reflects projectiles so both physical and magical whereas defensive posture says magical attacks. Is it fair that only one class can reflect both with one skill is another question.

This is correct , defensive posture only reflects spell projectiles but can be kept up for 30 seconds and is nice to use with the stun morph , uses stamina and reduces the cost of blocking by I think 8% while slotted.

Keep in mind scales has to be recast after four hits or four seconds which ever comes first so it does require a bit of magicka to spam but works with physical projectiles as well as spells.

Snit

Does Crushing Shock count for three hits against RS, or one?

Farsh

Snit wrote: »

Does Crushing Shock count for three hits against RS, or one?

It used to count as 3 but was changed and now it only counts as 1 hit

Kronosphere

ah yup coolio makes sense

Vis

kijima wrote: »

Plus, don't all classes have specific class only skills. NB's can vanish into thin air, Sorc's can bolt (actually, sorcs can do anything right now)...

Sorcs can reflect snipes, channel executions, vanish over and over again? Or were your just being another hyperbole extremist?