Maintenance for the week of April 22:
• [COMPLETE] PC/Mac: NA and EU megaservers for patch maintenance – April 22, 4:00AM EDT (08:00 UTC) - 9:00AM EDT (13:00 UTC)
• Xbox: NA and EU megaservers for patch maintenance – April 24, 6:00AM EDT (10:00 UTC) - 12:00PM EDT (16:00 UTC)
• PlayStation®: NA and EU megaservers for patch maintenance – April 24, 6:00AM EDT (10:00 UTC) - 12:00PM EDT (16:00 UTC)
The maintenance is complete, and the PTS is now back online and patch U42 is available.
Suggested Passive change for 1h and Shield
With the upcoming changes to weapon enchantments, which from what I can tell was mainly aimed at dual wield and not 1h and shield, I think there is an easy way to give the lost effectiveness back to tanks. Prior to this change I am pretty sure no one was saying tanks were broken so I see this as a welcome way to fix dual wield while not nerfing tanks.
Change to Sword and Board Passive
Current
Rank 1: Increases your Weapon Damage by 3% and the amount of damage you can block by 10%
Rank 2: Increases your Weapon Damage by 5% and the amount of damage you can block by 20%
New
Rank 1: Increases the effectiveness of weapon enchantments by 50% and the amount of damage you can block by 10%
Rank 2: Increases the effectiveness of weapon enchantments by 100% and the amount of damage you can block by 20%
This removes an arguably useless passive and replaces it with a useful one that addresses the nerf brought about by the recent change.