The Best Defense - was it changed at some point?

[yorname]

wiki says it upgrades as a weapon (damage, PEN, etc) instead of shield, and I saw an old post here saying the same thing, but currently it's the same as Magran's Blessing for me, and I can't find a changelog about it, was it changed at some time so it wouldn't be everyone's go-to shield?

[Elric Galad]

No, it doesn't upgrade, so the shields quickly become subpar. But you can use my mod that add weapon-like quality progression to Magran's Blessing and Best Defense and rebalance the damages/PEN accordingly (my mod files are split, so you can pick just that component if you need) :

Deadfire Balance Polishing Mod at Pillars of Eternity 2: Deadfire Nexus - Mods and Community (nexusmods.com)

 

Note that this part was developped by @Noqnand he has his own mod that only add weapon-like quality progression without tweaking damages /PEN.

Shield Bash Quality Fix at Pillars of Eternity 2: Deadfire Nexus - Mods and Community (nexusmods.com)

Edited May 28, 2022 by Elric Galad