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    Shots getting blocked?

    After some months of break I came back to the game this week and noticed smth weird in ICC. On Lady Deathwhisper and on Sarufang some of my shots got blocked. Never seen that before so ofc I am curious why is that happening. It might be that my recount is outdated but doubt that is the cause.



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    I see blocks alot while fighting prot wars in pvp. Not sure when it started but Shots can get blocked

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    The only thing that comes to my mind is that your character was shooting a tank while mind controlled on Lady.

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    it happens, all NPCs have a chance to block a static number(increases with their level) on a fairly low%. dont worry though the number for raid bosses right now is like 44 or so.
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  5. #5
    Recount didn't show blocked strikes before r1118, although they did exist. Working as intended I'd say.


    From the official Recount Patch Notes:

    r1118 | elsia | 2010-02-05 05:23:18 +0000 (Fri, 05 Feb 2010) | 2 lines
    Changed paths:
    M /trunk/Tracker.lua

    - Annotate hits in the offensive details which also have a partial block associated with then. It will now look like this: Hit (Blocked)

  6. #6
    Dont stand in front of Bosses, solved. Yes it happens, no it doesn't happen from the side or back.

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    I see now. Ty for responses.

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    I was leveling my 40 hunter yesterday.. and the oddest thing happened to me. My Arcane Shot was blocked. Isn't it magical damage? How can magical damage get blocked?
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  9. #9
    Shots can get blocked unless shot from behind or to someone under a stun/fear/horror etc effect, but usually any effect that comes with it endures (eg. MS of Aimed).

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    Quote Originally Posted by Zykothepsycho View Post
    I was leveling my 40 hunter yesterday.. and the oddest thing happened to me. My Arcane Shot was blocked. Isn't it magical damage? How can magical damage get blocked?
    the damage from the strike is arcane, its still not a "spell" though, thus it follows the rules of a normal shot. Its the same thing with Chim / Explosive shot.
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    All hunter shots exist as ranged physical attacks and are subject to mitigation. The damage some deal however is elemental or magical. Was done way back when to make Huntards rolling on spell power gear funny.

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  12. #12
    As far as I can remember, shots have always been blockable.

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    All hunter shots exist as ranged physical attacks and are subject to mitigation. The damage some deal however is elemental or magical. Was done way back when to make Huntards rolling on spell power gear funny.
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