Comments on: Which Came First? The Aegis or the Shield?

By: Philip

Philip — Fri, 22 May 2009 19:16:29 +0000

Of course here’s a pair of problems to add… and not ones we’ll see the answers for soon.
So if you have DA up and you PW:S and then you get another Crit to Refresh DA, which one does it come from it first?
And what about the shield from the Legendary Healing Mace Bubble, same rules?

By: Thedoc

Thedoc — Fri, 22 May 2009 17:20:01 +0000

Made me smile, thanks

As has already been said even by Matticus himself, not all that scientific, but fun all the same.

Probably want to do this in a duel environment with a fast casing opponent so that the different shields don’t dissipate on the same hit. I’d say test duelling with a rogue or a hunter might be a good way to do it… lots of hits quickly but no single hit that is likely to kill both shields at the same time.

I would hope that the game mechanics would use the shield that expires first… err… first, if you see what I mean

By: Lychordia

Lychordia — Fri, 22 May 2009 15:07:34 +0000

You made my Friday. What a riot! I always learn so much from your posts. This was just eye candy for a working day that I wish would go by faster.

Now if I could just get my reaction times faster.

By: Valkure

Valkure — Fri, 22 May 2009 14:03:34 +0000

Great props to Matticus for the entertainment value of us, watching him die repeatedly, in such an unscientific series of tests

By: radiophonic

radiophonic — Fri, 22 May 2009 14:00:50 +0000

I don’t believe that being one-shot by Ulduar trash does this experiment justice. I think rather, it would be more effective to have someone or something hit you that does less damage in order to see which bubble pops first. My guess is that PW:S would break before DA and that DA is always considered a secondary shield regardless of whether or not PW:S was cast first.

By: Ayslin

Ayslin — Fri, 22 May 2009 13:30:33 +0000

I think it is awfully sweet that Matt is willing to give his life for the betterment of Disc Healers everywhere!

*hug*

By: Dysastria

Dysastria — Fri, 22 May 2009 13:03:23 +0000

So,if I understand this correctly:

A target has a 5K DA on him and you slap a 5K PWS on him,a 7k hit will consume DA plus 2K from PWS?

By: Crusader Jooles

Crusader Jooles — Fri, 22 May 2009 09:32:45 +0000

Your conclusion makes perfect sense to me. How upset would you be if you had an aegis with 1 second to run left and a shield with 30s and it used your PW:S first? If it doesn’t use the one that runs out first I think Blizz should fix it!

By: Sundotz

Sundotz — Fri, 22 May 2009 05:35:28 +0000

Ha Ha. Not knocking your work…
I actually did the same thing as you.

By: Matticus

Matticus — Fri, 22 May 2009 05:28:23 +0000

@Sundotz: Probably! I _did_ say it wasn’t scientifically valid. I’ll let someone else do the actual work :\.