[Closed] Interaction between sleep/freeze and shields

[Rhyfe]

Normally, being attacked while slept/frozen immediately causes a player to wake up. However, players can continue to attack a slept/frozen player with a shield on, and the player will remain in that state, as long as no actual damage is taken by the player.

[Tobias]

That is intended; you do not take any actual damage. The client should show an "Absorb" message every time you are hit, in order to indicate that the damage you received was absorbed by your shield and did not go through.

As a result, using Mana Shield in PvP can be dangerous. Emerald Shield too, but it doesn't carry any adverse effect (beyond taking you out of combat for a longer time), such as draining your mana as it absorbs damage. You should be wary of your surrounding when you use that spell.