NOT WORKING - Weapon Enchant for Damage shield

Garrett_hardy_ESO · April 2014

So I have done A LOT of testing on this weapon. I could not make a justification without extensively testing and that is what I have been doing over the past two weeks and come to the conclusion that the enchant is not working as intended. IF it had a visual cue like the other enchants do it would probably be easier to tell it's not working. OR the reason it's not having a visual clue is because it's not working. I just assume it doesn't have a visual clue tied with it because it is still eating my enchantment charges! But I have logged the dmg recieved over long fights where mob does only 1 melee attack. During the fight I took 25 hits for 89 dmg, The weapon enchant was "Used" ( i use that loosely) 5 times during the fight, yet not of the damage was ever reduced. Could I please get this looked at. I really wanted to use this for my tanking build and I am sad to see it not working.

Garrett_hardy_ESO · April 2014

I can provide pictures of damage logs and the drop in enchant charges with no damage shield being applied. Especially when the damage shield is for 74 damage and there no reduction in damage taken at any point and I have tested against multiple types of mobs

Dinadan · April 2014

Dang, didn't know this enchant was bugged. Guess I'll just use a standard dps weapon. There does seem to be a visual indicator of the enchant though. You'll get a blue/purple sliver added to your health bar.

DanMan3395 · April 2014

Has this been addressed?

reagen_lionel · April 2014

Have you tested this with abilities that do a similar thing?
Like Obsidian Shield from Dragon Knights? or the morphed Thorn Armor?

Cause it could be about how the damage is calculated. You could still be taking the damage but instead of reducing the damage, the shield could be acting like a sort of temporary health pool. So you're still taking the full damage but the temp health (shield) is taking some of the damage.

Just something I thought to help thoroughly test this. cause it seems odd its still using charges. I've seen the visual queue of the weapon shield enchant myself (its comes around like a faded bubble effect, kind of like when you fast travel, just without the stars )

hasselhoffman · May 2014

Lvl 33 Enchanter here. I just created a Lvl7 Potency Glyph of Hardening and I can confirm that it is not working on my crafted dagger. Are you guys still having the same issue?

hasselhoffman · May 2014

The enchantment charge also goes down as well even though it is not functioning.

hasselhoffman · May 2014

Can we get this post tagged as [Bug] so it can be addressed? I'm pretty sure that crafters don't like wasting Kuta's.

Fairydragon3 · May 2014

before we go and do that, how about we make sure you are understanding it right. Damage shield will not be damaging health. It's really only applicable if you are fighting someone who uses shield abilities, but not as in the shield you use to block, it is referring to a damage shield placed on top of your health. This enchantment is meant for getting behind defense, not dealing damage

RangerChad · May 2014

Damage shields right now are more dangerous than helpful. The damage shield has no defense and it is just raw damage. If something hits you hard enough to 1 shot the shield you will often take direct health damage without your defense added to the calculations. That is what I have discovered so far. Also VR10 legendary damage shield isn't even a drop in the bucket for how hard things hit you at Vet Rank. So for now damage shields are not a viable tactic in the game and I refrain from using them until something is done to make them useful.

Zeeed · May 2014

Well i got legendary tanking sword with legendary shield enchant on it. And from what i see it oes give you small sield on top of hp pool that gets 1 shoted by mobs. So it does work its just so small that barely does anything. Guess RangerChad is right with no defence added from your gear to shield it makes this enchant crap then.. I was thinking about changing it to magic dmg + magika restore instead. But since vet dungeons are so easy i am not bothered...