Eclipse Crest Great Shield bug... I think

[LarvaLounge]

I farmed myself one of these today and it has some weird behavior. It's got some unlisted passive effects where it raises your Immunity, Robustness and Focus by 50... and I'm guessing that's where the strangeness comes from.

Anyway, whenever I switch to the shield from another offhand (my shortbow, in this case) I get all these Status Effect bars showing up on my screen. It's like it gives me about 20% buildup of a whole bunch of different Status Effects.

It's not causing any damage... and I assume the buildup is probably offset by the added resistance.... BUT, It's annoying enough that I may not use the shield, just because of all the crap it puts on my screen whenever I switch to it.

[AntiPantsSage]

I am experiencing this issue as well, its odd that pulling out a shield would cause your status values to change...

[LarvaLounge]

I think it might be an artifact of some funky mechanics. I've seen it happen in other folks' youtube videos, caused by other items, I believe.

It's almost like, rather than adding to the maximum amount of status build up I can take before an effect kicks in, it is subtracting from the minimum I can have.... Like my current buildup is zero (or any number really), and then switching to the shield causes my 'minimum' to drop by -50... but my current build up is still zero (and immediately starts dropping to -50), so it suddenly shows up on screen as if it increased my build up, even though it really hasn't.

That's just a theory, anyway.

[NightUndead]

This is a behavior to avoid people switching back and forth from items that provides said bonuses to items without it.

You're not getting punished for equipping the shield. Whenever your max is increased your current amount is increased by the same amount. E.g. if you gain 50 rot resistance, you also gain 50 current rot buildup.

You don't immediately gain an advantage by gaining more resistance, instead over the long term you gain more time before the status is applied.

I find it hard to properly explain without creating a huge wall of text. I can suggest looking into how status buildup works in this game.