3913: Reopen 3273: Thorny Shield and Damage Shield don't stack

Reported by ★ Lise at Mon, 13 Mar 2017 05:36:40 UTC
gamemechanic bug
confirmed
26 votes

Description

Thorny Shield is a style that procs a Damage Shield that lasts for 30 seconds.

Valewalkers possess a baseline Damage Shield buff that last 10 minutes.

The Damage Shield coming from the style overwrites the ones coming from the low level buffs as they possess a lower DPS value. This is an issue since it forces the player to rebuff himself every time he uses that style.

At higher level I suspect the Damage Shield coming from the style does nothing since the baseline Damage Shield has a higher value. This would also be an issue since it would then make the style less effective than its supposed to be.

Reproduction Steps

Use Thorny Shield (which is a style on the Parry chain) while having the baseline Damage Shield buff active. Observe the result.

Intended Behavior

Both Damage Shields should stack.

Evidence

Post about Valewalkers dating from December 2003, saying that both Damage Shield stack (ctrl+f "Thorny Shield"):
http://216.53.203.122/viewtopic.php?p=21504#21504

Another one, dating from November 2014:
http://www.postcount.net/forum/showthread.php?125567-my-VW-solo-temp&p=2053806&viewfull=1#post2053806

No patch notes stating that Thorny Shield's Damage Shield behavior changed could be found (Google search: site:http://camelotherald.wikia.com/wiki/ "thorny shield").

Status

issue has been confirmed
votes (priority): 26
16 players say this report is valid, 0 disagree

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