Shield Bash Glancing Blows

[PsychoBlonde]

Here's a suggestion--all shield bash attacks get glancing blows. Add a bonus to glancing blow damage to Shield Mastery and Improved Shield Mastery. (and there should be a Greater Shield Mastery feat as well to bring it into line with the other weapon style feats).

It won't be a HUGE boost to damage, but it'd at least be something.

[Xgya]

Here's a suggestion--all shield bash attacks get glancing blows. Add a bonus to glancing blow damage to Shield Mastery and Improved Shield Mastery. (and there should be a Greater Shield Mastery feat as well to bring it into line with the other weapon style feats).

It won't be a HUGE boost to damage, but it'd at least be something.

It'll be worth a ton to sword-and-board Knights of the Chalice (the only damage proc I could remember that works on glancing blows)
Not that there's many of those around.

Given just how much help that specific build would need, FULL SUPPORT.

[Ballrus]

Here's a suggestion--all shield bash attacks get glancing blows. Add a bonus to glancing blow damage to Shield Mastery and Improved Shield Mastery. (and there should be a Greater Shield Mastery feat as well to bring it into line with the other weapon style feats).

It won't be a HUGE boost to damage, but it'd at least be something.

Would be nice...
If there' were not cooldown on auto shield bash...
And if could crit on gblows.

[PsychoBlonde]

Would be nice...
If there' were not cooldown on auto shield bash...
And if could crit on gblows.

I'd certainly support this.

One way they could fix the auto shield bash cooldown thing (supposedly animation based?) without fooking around with the animation timer would be to let the thing multi-attack the way the inquisitive crossbow does. So, basically re-code it so that once you hit that 1/second threshhold, whenever you bash you have an increasing percentage chance to hit TWICE, then THREE times (if you can get that high) etc. This would be independent of doublestrike the way inquisitive double-shooting is independent of doublestrike.

I think if they did that and also really upgraded the glancing blows on two handers (every attack does glancing blows, and you can get the % of damage up much higher, glancing blows can crit or do sneak attack maybe?) that'd make those styles functional again.

And then they need to implement a double-thrower build for axes, hammers, daggers, and (why not) darts, and, hey, you've got a broad spectrum of EFFECTIVE combat styles! Huzzah!

[Ballrus]

I'd certainly support this.

One way they could fix the auto shield bash cooldown thing (supposedly animation based?) without fooking around with the animation timer would be to let the thing multi-attack the way the inquisitive crossbow does. So, basically re-code it so that once you hit that 1/second threshhold, whenever you bash you have an increasing percentage chance to hit TWICE, then THREE times (if you can get that high) etc. This would be independent of doublestrike the way inquisitive double-shooting is independent of doublestrike.

I think if they did that and also really upgraded the glancing blows on two handers (every attack does glancing blows, and you can get the % of damage up much higher, glancing blows can crit or do sneak attack maybe?) that'd make those styles functional again.

And then they need to implement a double-thrower build for axes, hammers, daggers, and (why not) darts, and, hey, you've got a broad spectrum of EFFECTIVE combat styles! Huzzah!

Amem!

Edit. Or scale it with shield bash %: at 50% shield bash hit twice; at 80, hit three times!
Edit2: And i hope that the devs read this!^^^^