Talk:Anniversary Shield "Curtain"

Restrict to PvE

This one should be restricted to PvE only. Gives Me too strong of an edge. Steve1 (talk) 17:59, 22 April 2020 (UTC)

I agree with this sentiment. Soldier198 (talk) 18:12, 22 April 2020 (UTC)

For real? Made the talk page before the actual content of the page? Justice (talk) 18:20, 22 April 2020 (UTC)

For real? Any useful edits today?

People can check out the stats in-game ... Steve1 (talk) 18:28, 22 April 2020 (UTC)

Good to see you correcting your own mistakes for a change. Justice (talk) 18:32, 22 April 2020 (UTC)

Agreed, needs PvP omission.67.0.37.40 19:39, 22 April 2020 (UTC)

Unfortunate to see that you seem to be unchanged.

I'll let you have the last word, so you can feel like you won. Toodles, Steve1 (talk) 20:27, 22 April 2020 (UTC)

no, you havn't changed but I will be the bigger man and let you have the last word. I so clever. Justice (talk) 20:34, 22 April 2020 (UTC)

Yep, this does need to be limited to PvE; even in a near-dead game. --Ulterion1338 (talk) 03:33, 24 April 2020 (UTC)

Is that even possible to restrict a weapon to PvE-only ?--Ruine Eternelle 11:00, 24 April 2020 (UTC)

Possible yes. How much effort it were? No clue. There are PvE-only skills, so the idea wouldn't be entirely new. Steve1 (talk) 11:27, 24 April 2020 (UTC)

I do think it has to. Considering that the weapons won't be available outside the anniversary period, I think it gives too much edge to players who are new to the game or just didn't get to aqcuire the shield in time. That, or they have to distribute all of them to new bosses in one way or another, so they can at least be farmed Jorre22225 (talk) 15:54, 25 April 2020 (UTC)

bug

Has this actually been confirmed? Steve1 (talk) 11:47, 24 April 2020 (UTC)

Need me to lend you a shield handle? Justice (talk) 19:26, 24 April 2020 (UTC)

If you've got one lying around, yeah. I'd hop on - how can I reach you? Steve1 (talk) 19:55, 24 April 2020 (UTC)

Nevermind I got one and tested it just now so it ok. Justice (talk) 20:06, 24 April 2020 (UTC)

Oh dangit, I truly hope they fix that, otherwise this shield's functionality is seriously downplayed :( Jorre22225 (talk) 18:25, 25 April 2020 (UTC)

That's a way to balance it--Ruine Eternelle 19:15, 25 April 2020 (UTC)

Dangit; Marc beat me to it. It's ANet's way to balance the shield with the 8 martial dual-req weapons. Steve1 (talk) 19:42, 25 April 2020 (UTC)

You guys are giving them wayyy too much credit. Justice (talk) 19:45, 25 April 2020 (UTC)

Maybe it's a bug. Or it may be intended. Has anyone checked if the other weapons have a similar issue?--Ruine Eternelle 20:44, 25 April 2020 (UTC)

I just upgraded the ranger sword with both a poisonous sword hilt and a sword pommel of defense. Both worked. I believe it's just the shield that is affected. --RoyHarmon (talk) 19:16, 26 April 2020 (UTC)

Hopefully they'll fix it someday so that it's actually functional. If this bug's intended, then they (Anet) should clarify it... somehow. --Ulterion1338 (talk) 00:42, 29 April 2020 (UTC)

A full 16 AR shield on a Mesmer that you get to take to PvP as well- this is much more than functional. - Infinite - talk 00:53, 29 April 2020 (UTC)

(Reset indent) Sure, but +30-50 Health is nothing to scoff at. It's definitely totally playable as is, and will be even more broken in PvP if/when they fix it. Aqua (talk) 01:56, 29 April 2020 (UTC)

Stealthy PvP Nerf

When you spend your two annversary weakends securing 8 anniversary shields for each of your PvE mesmers, even reviving an old PvE mesmer that has been dormant and stripped of all armor, spending 1000 plat in armor and weapons to bring it up to speed, running it through EotN so he and other chars could do the required missions. Nice present ANET, you just waisted 6 days of my life with your stupid anniversary. Oh, and did I mention you also nerfed my Soul Reaper dagger bar? Why do you give us candies and then take them back? I hope you never have kids! MindMaze (talk) 06:19, 4 May 2020 (UTC)

The shield is actually more powerful in PvE now (the same patch that attempted to nerf its armor in PvP also fixed a bug that didn't let it use Shield Handles). Aqua (talk) 06:34, 4 May 2020 (UTC)

Well, I mean, it was needed. Allowing Mesmer and no other class to get a 16 armor buff using their primary profession was unfair. [ Tyloric ] [ Talk ] 02:16, 5 May 2020 (UTC)

Why do you need 9 different mesmers in PvP? Zaishen quests? Also yes the dark aura spam was funny, but it was also incredibly broken. It had to be toned down a lot. We could have nerfed dark aura instead maybe? Sadly nobody mentioned the idea to the dev team when it was the moment. -- Ruine Eternelle 07:40, 5 May 2020 (UTC)