Deflect
Description
|
Potions with this Skill |
User Notes
+0.25% chance per point that a player attacking you will automatically fail before combat starts. This is a PvP-only skill, with very little usefulness. Attackers automatically gain the first attack which would make it useful, but for the buff length. 5 hours is longer than most players log off, and at the level you gain this buff most players don’t PvP. If they ever extend the duration of this buff to 12 or 24 hours, it would be worthy.
I have seen this buff be highly useful, or at least highly irritating, when the user is expecting to be bombarded with attacks, mostly during a bounty or de-lvl party. It also has strong potential as a deterrent in GvG.
--Mystiikos 22:26, 26 February 2008 (UTC)
While Deflect helps against particular attackers, harassment, and de-leveling, I don't think it actually helps against bounties. What happens is you end up spreading kills over more users, so that more people participate (since they see Deflect and think they have a chance at the reward even if they start late), and they take longer to finish. In other words, instead of ending the bounty as quickly as possible by pushing a bounty hunter to 10 kills quickly, you draw things out allowing for more contenders and making them take longer to get to the targetted amount.
--Kalokairi 19:09, 3 July 2009 (BST)
The most useful I've ever seen this skill used is when attempting to make large purchases from the marketplace. Players who have a lot of money on them are more likely to get hit and lose money, however, they can only be attacked once per hour. Using this skill will reduce the chance that you lose large amounts of gold by 25%.
--Resido 11:10, 1 December 2009 (PST)
| Skill Categories | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Offense Skills | Defense Skills | Special Skills | Potion Only Skills | |||||||
