2013-04-07, 06:55 AM
ShinkuDragon Wrote:him asking makes sense, since usually GMS-only items don't get changed (like arcglaives requiring dex still and such, although i think that was changed later)
however, this affects not the actual item, but the tag "shield", so i'd assume that their potential is changed, like when we lost 12% mainstat VIP items long ago.
Disclaimer: I do not have a VIP shield. I tested by attempting to equip a 2h sword with my Kalkan (which is anviled to look like a 2nd UG Warrior Shield). So if VIP shields were changed in a way KMS shields weren't, my answer doesn't apply.
A more logical question would be whether UG shields in general can now get weapon potential, or were somehow forgotten. But, as you said, the change applies to the category "shield" and those items can't, technically, be left behind when something like that is done.