Shield Throw Heavy Shield Node Doesn't Work

[prophet_zero]

After extensive testing on a target dummy, it doesn’t appear that the added physical damage from the node actually applies.

I also don’t believe forgeborn is working either, though it’s harder to tell. Neither one increases tooltip dps, whereas a ring with +thrown attack damage does.

If I were to hazard a guess, I believe the problem lies in the coding to keep the skill point damage sources from having the multiplier of the skill applied.

[Llama8]

Known issue.

Heavy Shield and Forgeborn skill passives for Shield Throw do nothing

The Forgeborn and Heavy Shield passives of the shield throw skill are both listed as increasing the fire and physical damage, respectively, of the skill shield throw. Putting points in either doesn’t affect the tooltip. This prompted me to test if they worked and so I stripped down a naked character to test on the dummy. I put points into shield barrage to make the cost of the skill zero and spammable so i could quickly test but otherwise assigned no points and wore no gear. The damage range of…

Though apparently the linked says it was fixed in March, so, hopefully fixed for 0.8.2?

[prophet_zero]

Thanks. Perhaps fixed internally means they’ve fixed it but not yet implemented it in live.

[prophet_zero]

And I’m bad at reading comprehension. You’re right.