after this latest patch while holding block i take insane amounts of damage… i am full plate armor with legendary shield and pre patch i took no dmg or barely any while blocking … now i am being 2 shot while holding down block.
it has basically rendered my character unplayable 
i have also found a few other people experiencing this bug
here is a video
i take small amount of damage when not blocking then i get bent over when blocking
What rings are you wearing? There is a ring that causes you to take and deal damage when you block
it is the snake ring that is bugged… but there is no way i should be taking THAT much damage from one ring, that is insane. On top of that i get a plague debuff
I just want to say that your character is really cool.
And regarding the topic, yes, I’ve noticed the same with block
Yeah, shield use has been hit real hard. I’ll have to test blocking versus not blocking and see if there’s a difference, but it sure seems close atm. Pretty sure it’s just a bug somewhere.
When the curse buff stacks up, it seems will suffer a lot of damage
I can Confirm this. I have a Shield build and now its paper. Any small random mob can almost one shot me When i block. I have heal when i block and that also does not work. They will need to look at the ring called Snake Ring. They need to let us know if this is intended or if its a bug. The chance to heal when taken damage is also not working on my build anymore.
Yep. That’s cool, though. I oughta take a break from this game anyway, and go do … like, RL stuff, like mow the lawn, and, work on my car, and … other grownup crap.
I’ve put in nearly as much time in this game as I’ve put in at work in the last week, and that’s probably not healthy. LOL
I’ll be back after the patch that fixes blocking.
I appreciate this post. I use a shield on one of my characters, and it helps me know to expect this.
Well it’s fixed now 