Pending Rebalance the Titan Shield.

[nub]

Hello, as the title says, the Titan Shield is currently pretty much useless for PvP, and it has the same issue for PvM, nowadays only a few people use it, it's a good shield for HL2(Not better than the Heaven's Shield+9), and it also evolves into the Insanity Shield(These being the only uses for PvM.).

The Titan Shield is known as a PvP item on most of the servers, but the current stats are mostly useless for PvP when it comes to comparing it with the lv 61 shields, or even the Three Emperors Shield.
What could be done?
Well, my suggestion is simple, adding an extra 5% skill damage resistance to the current stats ( 10%A.D. Res, 12% Str. Against D.H. , 5% Skill dmg. res).
What does this mean? This item will start to gain traction for open PvP lv 96 characters, no, it won't be better than the Three Emperor Shield+9, neither than the lv 61 shields, but at least it'll have a use, it'll be better than it is in the current state.
If my suggestion is not something to go forward with, I'd suggest at least rebalancing it in a way that makes the item usable.

Thank you!!​

 

[Exeragon105]

As we both spoke about it, I totally agree on the balancing. It would also make people use this shield more often. Right now, I honestly cannot think of many places where the Titan Shield is actually worth using besides maybe Ice Witch because of the amount of hitters there. But considering the shield itself is level 96, while most players farming Ice Witch are usually level 95 or below, the shield barely finds any real purpose even in that scenario.

The shield definitely needs some sort of rebalance, especially when you compare the upgrade costs. In total, upgrading a Titan Shield almost costs as much as making a Three Emperors Shield, while the efficiency and overall usefulness of the Three Emperors is way better in almost every PvP situation.

As you already mentioned, the Titan Shield is traditionally known as a PvP shield on most servers. Here, however, it kind of evolved into more of a PvM-oriented shield. That is not necessarily a bad concept by itself, but if the goal is to help players get more involved in open PvP scenarios, then the current Titan Shield is unfortunately pretty much a no-go.

Adding an extra 5% skill damage resistance would at least give the shield a proper identity again and make it a realistic alternative in certain situations without making it overpowered compared to level 61 shields or the Three Emperors Shield.

 

[nub]

In this very moment, lv 96 characters struggle even at World Bosses, lv 94 characters have a really big advantage over the lv 96 characters against lv 105 characters, because of the dmg difference based on level, I don't know how much was it, I forgot, but it's just a reminder, having a lv 96 character against 105's is mostly a downgrade compared to using lv 94 characters, and to be honest, what'd make lv 96 feel a bit nicer would be this shield at least (Not even the shield can save the lv 96 characters against 105s at WBs, but it'd be a nice item for lv 96 characters). Maybe in the end we need some balancing for lv 96 characters at WBs as well...

 

[Essence]

Hi,

Thank you for your suggestion. I will move it to Pending for now.

Warm wishes,
Essence.

 

[ItsDraxen]

I totally agree on balancing the titan shield, would be a good option for lv 90+ chars for opvp