Im fully talented 3/3 in improved shield block as a prot warrior.
I’m only getting 2 stacks of shield block though when I use it.
Is this intended or is it a bug?
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Reading what a talent does should solve this issue.
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Yes, “Allows Shield block to block an additional attack” is this not successive? and the only benefit you gain is the added duration and NOT an additional “stack” of a guaranteed block?
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It’s right there in the description. It blocks “an additional attack”, that’s one more attack being blocked. It does not say “2 additional attacks” or “3 additional attacks”. More points only increases the duration of the stacks, which is useless for all content as they’ll be spent before they ever expire.
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Gotcha, will remember that unless explicitly stated, anything referring to a successive gain is NULL unless stated as number symbol. Thanks
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If you look at Shield Block, it states:
“Increases chance to block by 75% for 5 sec, but will only block 1 attack.”
Improved Shield Block states:
“Allows your Shield Block ability to block an additional attack and increases the duration by 0.5 second.”
The text changes with each point you add, to:
2/3 “Allows your Shield Block ability to block an additional attack and increases the duration by 1 second.”
3/3 “Allows your Shield Block ability to block an additional attack and increases the duration by 2 seconds.”
So, while adding a point into it will give an additional block, more than 1 point will only increase the duration.
It’s a bug. Was fixed in 1.6. Not sure why it’s broken in Classic.
Patch 1.6.1 (02-Aug-2005): Fixed a bug where Rank 2/3 of the talent was not granting an extra block for each of the talent points on improved shield block.
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you only want 1 point in it
Yeah, you only want one point in it because it’s bugged.
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No you only want 1 point in it because it is NOT bugged. Increasing the duration is just completely pointless unless a mob spends like 4 seconds between attacks.
What the 1.6.1 Path Notes actually state:
- [Improved Shield Block] - Fixed a bug where Rank 3 of the talent was not granting the extra block.
The bug they are referring to was the fact that 1/3 gave you 2 total blocks. 2/3 gave you 1 total block, 3/3 gave you 1 total block. The verbiage used in the patch notes is referring that each level is not getting the extra block - referring to 2 total, not additive throughout the talent tree.
TLDR: Imp Shield Block always was intended to max at 2 blocks, whether you ran rank 1, 2, or 3.
100% this is a bug. I had this working correctly on my warrior blocking 4 total atacks. I heard some friends talking about stance dancing and I though that sounded better. so I switched. I didnt like it as much and decided I wanted to return to protection. After switching (and blizzard hotfixing the game) now rank 3/3 only grats 2 stacks and it is broken again. I think they accidentally broke it during the recent patch and I hope they fix this soon.
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Its always been only two attacks. You remember wrong.
Lol imagine tanking with a shield