Board Thread:Suggestions forum/@comment-25841881-20150424232033/@comment-25841881-20150425150613

It would still effect NPCs, NPCs can have slowness and weakness as an effect. If anything, it would make it easier for PVE players. It would make combat reliant on blocking as a skill, and since NPCs can't block, it would give players an advantage. I see how it would disadvantage players by having the visual effects, but that is countered by the blocking. It could also have a feature that increased the chance of negative status effects upon NPCs, which would also be partially done with Orcs and other units that use mixed armor.