What does "ignored" keyword do to armor?

Without Remorse · Post by **Without Remorse** » Thu Feb 03, 2005 5:59 am

Armor Strength: The armor value (0..200) associated with the item. Some items (Shields) have the "Ignored" keyword, meaning that the item's Armor Strength will be ignored when calculating armor.

Does this mean that a shield doesn't contribute to a character's defense if it's equipped? I don't really understand what it means.

Tom Hatfield · Post by **Tom Hatfield** » Fri Feb 04, 2005 3:41 am

As I understand it, shields have a chance of outright deflecting a blow, but they don't count towards armor when calculating damage on a successful blow. Maybe Paul will give us more insight.

ZnOOZer · Post by **ZnOOZer** » Fri Feb 04, 2005 2:15 pm

Maybe they block some attacks when you have them in your right hand but not in your left?

ZnOOZer · Post by **ZnOOZer** » Sun Feb 13, 2005 10:28 pm

Anyone know?

beowuuf · Post by **beowuuf** » Sun Feb 13, 2005 11:06 pm

The thing to do would be to create a dungeon with a creature or shooter doing constant damage, and you try the shield in various positions to see the varience

Not me, i'm going to bed : )

beowuuf · Post by **beowuuf** » Fri Feb 18, 2005 8:31 am

rain wrote:For example, shields in my old application have an "ignored" flag, which i mis-interpreted, it is actually "gives armor while holding". This allows shields to be held in hands and give armor whereas holding a helmet does not.

good news then, holding that shield in your left hand does do something! bad news...stop walking around holding the plate of darc unless you want to hit critters on the head with it
whcih i think you should be able to do, come on, it must be really heavy with sharp edges

ZnOOZer · Post by **ZnOOZer** » Sat Feb 19, 2005 7:33 pm

LOL

, sounds very sensibel to me

And thanks for the info