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Support => Complaint Department => Topic started by: rtrentc on July 24, 2007, 03:51:44 am

Title: Crafting shields seems to be broken.
Post by: rtrentc on July 24, 2007, 03:51:44 am
After talking to some people here and there I finally deduced what I thought was my problem in making a simple shield. It seems that the two components one needs is the iron shield handle and the round shield according to the catalog of shields, not the iron buckler shape and iron shield handle. So I rounded up enough iron to make 11 steel stocks and made the small round iron shield shape. But that and the iron handle still won't combine. At this point I am totally without any thoughts as to what to do next but quit trying to make shields.

I have no problems whatsoever making swords and daggers of various kinds. And the text from the book of blades does match the process of making the blades. But when I follow the instructions in the catalog of shields I get absolutely no where.
Title: Re: Crafting shields seems to be broken.
Post by: Aiken on September 30, 2007, 01:53:04 am
Did you try a steel handle?
Title: Re: Crafting shields seems to be broken.
Post by: Caarrie on September 30, 2007, 02:10:38 am
not all parts of shield making work and not all parts of a shield you can make will make a shield atm. but there are several shields that can be made if you have the skills to do so.
Title: Re: Crafting shields seems to be broken.
Post by: Earl_Listbard on September 30, 2007, 02:12:32 am
Why bother crafting shields?.....


... wait, are sheilds useable yet? :D
Title: Re: Crafting shields seems to be broken.
Post by: theirah on September 30, 2007, 03:58:57 am
no
Title: Re: Crafting shields seems to be broken.
Post by: Ver on September 30, 2007, 08:20:30 am
Of course, I continue to consider it ridiculous that shields still don't do anything even with all the art, while plate mail and helmets are fully implemented. It makes me wonder whether or not they plan to have shields work completely differently, or something. If that's the case, it definitely won't be like how most MMORPGs to date do shields (just adding more defense, like armor).
Title: Re: Crafting shields seems to be broken.
Post by: Earl_Listbard on September 30, 2007, 08:34:38 am
Of course, I continue to consider it ridiculous that shields still don't do anything even with all the art, while plate mail and helmets are fully implemented. It makes me wonder whether or not they plan to have shields work completely differently, or something. If that's the case, it definitely won't be like how most MMORPGs to date do shields (just adding more defense, like armor).

Well, in the mmorpg's I play there is also block chance...  which is not evading, but has the same effect all damage is completely blocked out, depending on the shield depends on the block chance... That might be in consideration, also how much damage a shield sustains after blocking... Shields should be able to be destroyed in combat if they take enough of a beating...
Title: Re: Crafting shields seems to be broken.
Post by: Erisnas on October 01, 2007, 03:43:57 am
Looking at some of the shields they would probably have other bonuses.  Such as the spike shield would deal extra damage, or you could use your shield as a blunt weapon.
Title: Re: Crafting shields seems to be broken.
Post by: Earl_Listbard on October 01, 2007, 04:17:39 am
I'd like to see battle skills one day come to PS, this may be wishful thinking but a feat like.... shield bash?


Does damage by slaming the shield into your opponet? Spike shield does extra damage or something? xD

Again, probaly wishful thinking on my part.
Title: Re: Crafting shields seems to be broken.
Post by: Ver on October 01, 2007, 05:44:09 am
Quote
I'd like to see battle skills one day come to PS, this may be wishful thinking but a feat like.... shield bash?

I assume there's at least two d20/D&D fans in the room? :)
Title: Re: Crafting shields seems to be broken.
Post by: Earl_Listbard on October 01, 2007, 05:58:53 am
D20.... ahhh how that brings back memories of times before I came to planeshift... yes I was a nerd even before I came here... My roleplaying forum days... A long story connects me from there to here... But thats not the point. Yes I know D20, but isn't that mostly for written RP?
Title: Re: Crafting shields seems to be broken.
Post by: Ver on October 01, 2007, 06:05:37 am
It combined quite wonderfully with 3D real-time combat in the form of Neverwinter Nights.

Wouldn't that be incredible if PS combat could be tweaked to capture the flow and feeling of NWN battles?
Title: Re: Crafting shields seems to be broken.
Post by: Earl_Listbard on October 01, 2007, 06:35:25 am
Not all of us have had the privillage of playing NWN... including me :P

Could you elaborate? Like give an example perhaps?....
Title: Re: Crafting shields seems to be broken.
Post by: neko kyouran on October 01, 2007, 06:48:14 am
and provide an explanation how that has to do with crafting shields too, or else i get to prune a thread for  :offtopic: ness
Title: Re: Crafting shields seems to be broken.
Post by: Aiken on October 01, 2007, 11:40:19 am
Of course, I continue to consider it ridiculous that shields still don't do anything even with all the art

I hope you are not saying I wasted my time turning 14 steel stock into something that Trasok will only give me 60 trias for.
Title: Re: Crafting shields seems to be broken.
Post by: Marqsaynt on October 01, 2007, 12:10:02 pm
Wasted is such a negative word, more like...

- Learned the long way that shields aren't just yet implemented.

- Planned ahead for a skill and crafted something that could be quite handy at some undetermined time in the future.

- Contributed to the crafting system in some small way.


...on second thought, wasted works, let's just stick with wasted. :P
Title: Re: Crafting shields seems to be broken.
Post by: Xillix Queen of Fools on October 01, 2007, 03:30:34 pm
Shield DO work, they always have.

If they do not work as well as you would like . . .

Blame Xordan!

;)

I will point tomt here about the crafting.
Title: Re: Crafting shields seems to be broken.
Post by: Caarrie on October 01, 2007, 03:38:07 pm
Shield DO work, they always have.

If they do not work as well as you would like . . .

Blame Xordan!

;)

I will point tomt here about the crafting.

then what is this bug about?
http://www.hydlaa.com/bugtracker/bug.php?op=show&bugid=32&pos=0
Title: Re: Crafting shields seems to be broken.
Post by: Xillix Queen of Fools on October 01, 2007, 03:46:13 pm
the shield skill is another issue entirely, Xordan, bake me cookies why you are at it.