Where abouts can I find development changes?

[Crookshanks]

Does anyone know where about I can find information about future changes to DAOC? The tank vnboards seem to coverered in "rumours" that the shield is about to receive a substantial nerf regarding blocking arrows (someones claiming a heavy tank with a large shield, 50 in shield, master of blocking 4 will block about 40% of arrows if 3 archers are attacking at the same time, here --> http://vnboards.ign.com/Realm_of_Albion/b22184/82450708/?21 ). Its probably a lot of vnboard exaggeration - however whenever I think of the words "shield" and "nerf" in the same sentance I break out in a cold sweat

At least I hope its a load of rhubarb

Presumably there's a board somewhere with this information on? (I couldn't see it on the vnboards - but then again I'm not very familiar with it so may well have missed something).

 

[IainC]

All the patch notes and hotfix info is available on the Camelot Herald which is Mythic's official site.
Regarding the 'shield nerf', Mythic have introduced a cap to the maximum blocking chance, however they have said that it is very high and not many characters are likely to reach it - think high RR Scouts with 50+11 shield, MoB4-5 and capped Dex. Most shield tanks won't notice a difference.

 

[Darzil]

There has been some testing each way, I've seen nothing conclusive.

Theoretically I think the cap for a large shield will be about 98%.

If it's like the evade caps, it'll just mean if you would previously, on a particular blocking chance, have a 100% chance, it'll only be a 98% chance instead.

Depending on the cap, though, it could be bad news for small / medium shield users.

Darzil

 

[Crookshanks]

Ah 98%! No worries I can live with that
Thanks for the info - I was aiming for moblock 5 (already got 50+10+rr shield and inconnu so reasonable amount of dex) but I'm using a large shield anyway and 98% sounds pretty reasonable!

I don't know how dex is formulated in blocking chance anyway.

moblock 5 is 23%
50+10+(say rr4L4 - the minimum for mob5) is 32%

So 55% for a very heavily defensive minded tank. Conclusion? Dex must make a huge difference if you can get to 100%