There’s no point to guarding with swords in 98% of situations. Two uses for it that I can think of: mitigating fall damage and avoiding instant death from the vaporizing death-wall from Hasapiko while in a Well of Radiance. [b]That’s it.[/b] Sword guarding should be able to tank a little more than a handful of Hive boomer shots if you basically become immobilized while you do it. The only time it’s sensible to guard is if you’re a Titan using Stronghold gauntlets. Otherwise you might as well just dodge. We need a noticeable increase to the damage resistance, we’re using heavy ammo weapons that put us in the line of fire, not toy daggers. If we [b]can[/b] guard, we should be [u]encouraged[/u] to do so, otherwise what’s the point of being able to guard to begin with?