dbmav Posted December 19, 2011 Share Posted December 19, 2011 Wanted to confirm an ability feature with my fellow vanguards. The guard ability has three benefits. The last being 50% damage transferred from "guarded" to the vanguard. But the damage must be coming from a "player" which I am assuming is only valid in pvp.Can anyone confirm please? Also was having a bug with "guard" deactivating off of a friendly target. Then when trying to reapply the buff, message received is "player is already guarded". Anyone else get this bug and find a quick work around that does not involve relogging or loading into new zone? Thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChronicD Posted December 19, 2011 Share Posted December 19, 2011 Yes, the damage transfer only works in pvp. I too have had the guard ability randomly stop working on occasion, but that was when I was using it on my companion. Dismissing the companion and resummoning fixed it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chomag Posted December 19, 2011 Share Posted December 19, 2011 It works only in pvp because raid bosses who require 2 tanks to ping-pong the boss, would be pretty nasty if the off-tank would receive heavy damage while he's not supposed to in that phase. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbmav Posted December 19, 2011 Author Share Posted December 19, 2011 Thank you. With the second point, I can't very well dismiss my irl brother. Lol. But I appreciate the quick fix idea for the companion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bentye Posted December 27, 2011 Share Posted December 27, 2011 The guard ability removes itself whenever you do anything involving a zone change of any type, even Taking one of the elevators out of the space port. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bliapis Posted December 28, 2011 Share Posted December 28, 2011 You cant ping-pong aggro between tanks with Guard, simply because if i do Guard on a tank, he cant guard me back. Also if he put guard on another member, i cant put guard on him. Are you sure guard damage transfer doesnt work always, regardless? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StupacGT Posted December 28, 2011 Share Posted December 28, 2011 Guard damage works in PvE I believe. I have absorbed damage from a healer in flashpoints and I have absorbed from my companion while questing. The key is that at any point you can either have guard on someone or being guarded by someone. You cannot "double guard". You can have an off-tank guard a main tank and be a sacrificial lamb (helping minimize crit damage) but you then have two people the healer(s) will have to heal (unless you just let the off-tank die in which case they have successfully played the role of a sacrificial healer). That could be a successful strategy in PvE if you have undergeared tanks and have an abundance of DPS available. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aaoogaa Posted December 29, 2011 Share Posted December 29, 2011 Guard damage works in PvE I believe. I have absorbed damage from a healer in flashpoints and I have absorbed from my companion while questing. The key is that at any point you can either have guard on someone or being guarded by someone. You cannot "double guard". You can have an off-tank guard a main tank and be a sacrificial lamb (helping minimize crit damage) but you then have two people the healer(s) will have to heal (unless you just let the off-tank die in which case they have successfully played the role of a sacrificial healer). That could be a successful strategy in PvE if you have undergeared tanks and have an abundance of DPS available. You beleive...if you have not tested it then please do not encourage misinformation. Guard damage transfer does not work in PVE...tested and confirmed it is PVP specific. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Downertool Posted December 29, 2011 Share Posted December 29, 2011 If I Guard my companion and engage in some open world PvP, will the enemy player and/or companion cause the 50% damage transfer, or is it only if Guard is placed on another player? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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