I have had to stop training xbow in Elders because I always get hit and even die when training LX. Anyone know why?

are you still retreating? That would do it.

Also, you can use tactical maneuvers while you're aiming to gain balance and penalize your opponent. That would help too.

Uh, are you relying on a parry stick? If so, item in right hand = stick no work. By design.

>Uh, are you relying on a parry stick? If so, item in right hand = stick no work. By design.

This actually changed a bit in 3.0, unintentionally I think, but rednames have said they'll let it slide. You can be holding a non-weapon in your right hand and still use a parry stick.

It might still fail if you're holding a ranged weapon, however. I haven't gotten around to checking.

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>Forgive my snark, but welcome to the life of a warrior mage.

100 per cent shield stance, 40 parry and rest evasion. I suspect the parry is the problem. I`ll try changing my stance and testing it. I use an arm worn tower shield with 1100 plus shield ranks.

I changed my stances and tested without parry, it went smoothly. thanks for the help.