Yakatizma's Shield of Crafting  

 

What does this look like equiped? Because we all know, that the really important question...

i would love this shield, any priest class that says otherwise is fooling themselves, as a cleric though, i do not play the role in CHain of first cleric, therefor i rarely get agro in Ntov, the first cleric rarely get's agro. when she does, she DAs and passes on next CHeal chance.

when we are fighting non nameds, the shaman get's agro more than we do.

this should go to the shaman. they get the privelidge of gettting agro and dying more than anyone else.

I'm a 59 druid. And I'd love this shield, naturally. Who wouldn't? But while I appreciate the sentiment of the anonymous poster that a druid could use these to evacuate...the fact is, when I'm on a raid, I will never have evac loaded. Or rarely. I have occasionally loaded an evac ONLY if every group in the raid had an evaccer in it. If we are able to evac the entire raid, then it might be useful. But generally, there is no evacing in a raid situation. In experience groups, sure. But on raids, we have a cleric camped out and ready to rez in emergencies.

However, while I would LOVE this shield, I would default it to a cleric first. Now that they do some meleeing, and also are responsible for the majority of healing in a raid, they will get attacked more than I will. If the clerics pass (which would be unbelievable), I would then suggest the shamans roll on it. With their slows and malo lines, they will also take a lot of hits and need it more. With the new healing spell for Druids, Tunare's Renewal (2900 heal), I will occasionally get aggro also, but not to the extent of the clerics and shamans. If I'm getting aggro, then it's a fluke. Any druid worth their salt in a raid knows to wait until the MT has aggro before they let loose with DD's. And by the time the clerics are OOM, my little 2900 heal should not be able to compete with the damage done to the mob by the wizards and meleer's.

So, even though I would like to have this item for the mana and resists, the AC makes it much more viable for the Shaman and Cleric classes in my guild IMHO. For soloing, this would be very uber. But I must consider the good of my guildmates first. This is a raid item that could make other encounters easier. Which means more successful raids for all. Which means more loot in the end. And we druids will get our share.

I mean, it really would be nice if they doubled or tripled shields def bonus (dont flame, keep reading). It would also make more sense. I mean think about it. A meleer with 2 swords or a 2hder is making himself excruciatingly open to all attacks. He gets massive damage and REALLY pisses off the mob, but he is putting his life on the line. In the game though, the loss of ac/stats is almost nothing compared to the damage bonus the meleer would obtain.

Also, it would give caster classes more of a reason to use a shield. I mean come on! who uses a frikkin book or bowl for gods sake, whatcha gonna do, teach the mob or feed it maybe? I mean, casters by definition wear cloth-based stuff. It might seem to fit better that they just stand there and blow the **** out of mobs in the face of danger, but how realistic is it really. Wouldnt it make more sense for them to crouch behind a shield, praying to finish their incantation before a beast rips out their heart?

It would give a benefit to pallies, 1hd sk's (wyrmy/shield :P), shamen, clerics, druids, etc. basically all but rogues, monks, and warriors. Well...those classes OBVIOUSLY give up a ton of defensive power in the way they go all out. In practice, a warrior gives up that power to keep the group alive, but he also deals a nice bit of damage while he's at it. Monks...i mean come on, what do you expect, you attack something really hard really fast while half naked...wtf do u expect to happen when they turn around lol. a sheilded monk would be somewhat of an oximoron (oh god i think i mutilated that word lol). And rogues...they are supposed to be all sneaky and stuff. They dont need a shield when they are effectively invisible, although i bet the high lvl dragons are wondering wtf is stickin somethin sharp up their asses.

This really seems to be common sense imho. if something hits you REALLY hard on your helmet, its definately not gonna feel good and it could kill you. If they hit your shield really hard then you might fly back a few yards, but otherwise your straight. In diablo II for example (awe shuddup), a shield can block up to 75% of all physical attacks. Meaning with one of 2 or 3 shields (or like 50 for pallies), you can effectively avoid damage 3/4 of the time! Most barbs go 2hded with ub3r weapons trying for the 1-3 hit kill, and the rest usually choose sword/shield instead of duel weapons.

Ok, if you've read this whole thing i pity you. peace bizitch!

I'd agree with Kothall on most points except the healing. Shaman are better secondary healers because Nature's touch = 987 or so HP's for 400 mana and Torpor's = 1200 hp's for 200 mana with only .5 sec more casting time. I'll agree that the snare/slow of torpor's can be a pain but if a druid can cast NT 5 times on a full bar of mana (just for an example) that's just under 5k of heals. A shaman with the same mana pool could cast Torpor 10 times for a total of 12k hp's healed. I'd call that a lil bit more healing power. ;)

Back to the point: Nice shield. =)

Any guild that loots this shield will always give it to a cleric. Clerics make your raid period. Sure pallys can rez but when was the last time you were happy at high 50's with a none 98% rez.. noone. Everyraid needs a cleric, your clerics die, hope ur pallys are awake. You lose both no rezing ability... raids over port the fux out. Druids don't need the shield, Clerics and shammys have better buffs then them anyway. Give the shield to ur cleric.

My 2cp

Gonna talk... so shhhh :

First off, this IS the BEST shield in the GAME, and speaking I cant use it. Now for everyone complaining. Im sure that the magority of the complainers are Druids because you are used to getting the 'Preist Items.' This item would be increadably hard to get in the first place... Now look at what you have over the poor 'Real Priests.'

Druids have many restrictions on weapons, but you can use Flachions/Scimitars, so you have more options than them, you also have Ports, which they dont, and better DD spells including your last 2, which totally outdo their best DDs. While you do spend a lot of time buffing and healing, you can very easily Kite things, and you can also Nuke when you get bored. These races spend their whole time Buffing and Healing, if they arnt buffing and healing they are trying to save themselfs from insanity but arnt really helping the group too much... hehe.... In the end, also, Clerics have less HP than you, although Shamans do usually have more and have pets...
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its better then every single epic cooombined. This shield should be called masters shield. now time for RE:wow. /em faints and wishes he had it and would give everything on him for it iincluding weapon. now time for another post. its called if it wasnt no drop. if it wasnt no drop it would be worth around 650k, yeah thats sounds about right. This is the most amazing item in the intire game. and thats the end of my post

First, I think the 75 AC is important for a cleric, at least. You are correct that it is only a negligible improvement in survivability, BUT it is a significant improvement in channeling.

Second, as for druids -- well, druid simply is conceived as a fairly fragile class. You get dots and snare and sow, you don't get a ton of AC/HP. There's nothing so terribly unfair or whatever.

I will never understand why people think that flames are ever read in a logical sense...

facts are facts but these forums are meant for information of the nature of the game not complaints of counter complaints.

I believe that Verant did a very good job in creating this shield it would be considered a metal shield perhaps a tower shield and thus the olde druids could not use it

in fact druids could not use anything that was not wooden or leather strangely though metal comes from the earth they walk on.

very interesting how the ac is extremely high

the name strikes a bell as well shield of crafting
seems like this would be good for trade skills even perhaps a hint on what clerics/shamans use to up trade skills even though verant said that for wis casters wis is primary they never tell the whole truth cuz they are less than trusting
or something...

anyways thats my two cents
Tynk Mindrifter 55 enc

Nice ac and resists :)

*picks up his jaw that just fell to the floor* ... Wow... that's all I can say

Plain and simple here folks. I don't think there's anyone out there who couldn't use the stats and AC on this puppy. Figure it out.... Yeah, would be nice if Druids were included in that the fact that the other two classes here are considered priest classes, but hey... why not throw everyone on here? My main is a druid, but I'd love this on any of the classes I play even *gasp* "dare I say it?"


a MONK!.