Aegis Speculation

No, I get that..but people are talkin like Aegis is just an MDT macro lol.. I'm sure if you only had Aegis you wouldn't be in such dire straits are people are making it seem.

Wouldn't kind of typecast you for the rest of the fight though? I mean surely it's not a good idea to switch shields on the fly right?

Honestly I've been playing with the idea of /nin when I plan on using aegis for a week or so.

And to contribute, with all the hate reset/dispel/terror/stun/pet on top of palisade/reprisal/sentinel ochains shield block rate doesn't stand out very much. No more than aegis's 45% mdt. The biggest difference is asking for a devotion.

:) The Wyrm VW is fun.

The majority of mobs in the game use both physical and magical attacks. On average even mobs with highly damaging magical attacks still dish out far more melee attacks. So short of mobs that exclusively use magic to deal damage (which are few and far between), you can't make a generic claim that Ochain isn't that much better. Hell, it's been said already, if you have stuns at the ready it can bring the magic damage dealt down to a flat zero if possible.

That and I'm finding it a bit of a stretch to believe comments like


Essentially claiming that this content would otherwise be impossible without an Aegis, when in truth, even possessing neither shield, you should still be within acceptable means to kill whatever you're fighting.

They aren't vastly better than each other, but in the right circumstances one shield will dwarf the other. Claiming that either is useless is a clear demonstration of a lack of understanding of the job.


It's not an MDT macro, especially with the new JA and alleged increase to damage blocked, there's even situations Aegis can beat Ochain physically.


I do if I'm solo tanking in a lowman group prioritizing survival over my damage. Ideally you'd just pick one based on what you're fighting and stick with it. They aren't really as different as people make out (aside from Aegis in MDT scenarios of course).

Well said.

Ya, damn you Darka for not being on Odin now, I could use some competent tanks :P

I'm gonna fanboy one shield for the other depending if Im working on it or have it.