Boss 0 Report post Posted October 29, 2013 Hey,I'm a player from a long long time ago. Decided to jump back in for a little bit.I noticed axes now have shield strip ratings? What is that about? Can someone explain that to me.Thanks in advance. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kubano 0 Report post Posted October 30, 2013 Easy. Axes now have the abillity to destroy your enemy shield. Before only hammers could do it, and now the battle axe class is worth to use :) a bit more Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Boss 0 Report post Posted October 30, 2013 Thanks. Axes just destroy shields though, not armors? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Boss 0 Report post Posted October 30, 2013 Or the better question is when does an axe have an advantage over a BH or BBH, other than the stat point investment? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alkaholik 0 Report post Posted October 30, 2013 Sometimes you will face enemies carrying a pa30 shield and you will definetely need an axe to strip that shield, coz if boxed the 1st thing the guy is gonna click is the shield, in fights a pa30 shield (or ma30) can decide between Life and Death :lol: i've seen many BAXE users since this change, makes me really happy, btw you're posting on the neme2 forums :P Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ulez 0 Report post Posted October 31, 2013 It looks like a battle axe only reduces a tower shield endurance 2 per hit, and it begins stripping around 300 endu. To strip a tower shield, a battle axe takes a very very very very long time. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Micron88 0 Report post Posted October 31, 2013 So war axes take even longer? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Juno_NH 0 Report post Posted October 31, 2013 in nem 2 the values were something like sword did 1 end dmg, hammer did 2, axe did 10, when concerning shields. perhaps 10 was too high at the time, many hp axes were available and shields couldn't be +3 easily. however now hitting with axe is harder since good hp one is rare, so imagine you must hit 30 times to break wood (the lowest shield), but you wont hit with every swing, so 40-50 swings to break wood with the old endurance modifier, meaning a mage using PA wood could be para'd 2 or 3 times and lose his wood shield 1 on 1. That sounds roughly fair, seeing as a high PA wood can reduce damage so drastically that eking 1 on 1 is not possible when attacking with physical damage. a +3 tower is easy to make, and has over 1.2k endurance. by current values you will never destroy that shield before user has opportunity to escape, which is why very few people are using axes. (600 hits required currently, at 50dex and dk set+ tower dr, actual swings required will be over 9000) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MilkCow 0 Report post Posted November 1, 2013 (edited) Baxes need more end... Edited November 1, 2013 by MilkCow Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
