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Old November 10th, 2010, 07:12 PM

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Default Which weapons ignore shields?

The manual says "Some weapons (e.g., morningstars, flails) ignore shields."

Are there any other weapons besides those two that ignore them?
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Old November 10th, 2010, 07:55 PM

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Default Re: Which weapons ignore shields?

I've heard that if you mod a weapon to not have a flysprite it ends up with both 100 prec and ignores shields.
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Old November 11th, 2010, 06:14 AM

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Default Re: Which weapons ignore shields?

If I understand my game mechanics right, AN melee weapons like dusk dagger ignores shield (gatecleaver ...etc).

for bow projectiles I believe piercer to be the only one that cannot be parried by shields.
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Old November 11th, 2010, 09:05 AM
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Default Re: Which weapons ignore shields?

The best place to look for this information is in Edi's database.

In the Weapons tab, you'll see a column called "flail". Weapons in that column behave according to the flail/morningstar mechanic you reference from the manual. Besides the two weapons you've listed, there are whips and a number of magical weapons that use the flail mechanic.

The mechanic for Armor Piercing and Armor Negating is different (but can also reduce the effectiveness of shields.)
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Old November 12th, 2010, 09:11 AM
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Default Re: Which weapons ignore shields?

Flail weapons no longer ignore shields, but they do get a bonus to attack against shielded opponents, IIRC +2 or +4
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