agentbinky

Well, I checked into the dueling thing by switching between a two-handed rifle and a vibroblade. You do get the defense bonus, but the reason you might not notice it at first is because if you equip and unequip a weapon, you don't see a defense change. This is because you get the dueling bonus when you are unarmed. I've continued testing the force powers, though, and they still do nothing. bink

What? This is ridiculous. I've already started over once because I wasted slots on force powers that don't work. I just made a rebuild that uses dueling. Now these are half useless as well? How could something as obvious as this been allowed to slip through? bink

Just so you know, the Force Aura/Shield/Armor tree of force powers does nothing. No increase to defense rating on the stat screen, no mention of a defense bonus in the combat statistics breakdown. It isn't an "invisible" bonus, either; enemies who achieve the minimum necessary roll to hit your character's listed defense roll (which does not display any force benefit) do so without difficulty. The defense bonuses you're supposed to get from Burst of Speed/Knight Speed/Master Speed don't apply either. Anyone else notice this? bink