Just got a toon to Monster Island, went to try the Qularr OM, okay, no problem, wait, WT<bleep>?

Since when have the bug swarms ignored block?

I admit, normally I'm not blocking at all facing qularr, I just blow them all up with something, but this time I was blocking (bit young, and charged swarm lord stuff stings a bit), and everything was being blocked -except- the bug swarm...which was doing 600+ each hit.

Died and tried a few more times, checking my combat log...sure enough, everything else is showing block reductions, except the bug swarms.

Have they always been this way, or is this something new?

Swarms has always ignored block. Thats what makes them so dangerous.

Ah, like I said, my other characters never bothered with that, and just blew them and the big bugs around them up.

Oh well, learn something new every day I guess.

its not a glitch, but it is damned annoying-not alot you can do except for target the swarms/swarmlords first or un away, I guess this is another reason not to be melee lol.

Actually, it might be a glitch, but don't bet on them fixing it on any timescale that's useful to you.

Well, i think you can target them, and take them out in like one hit, or do a simple AOE. Even the baddies need some balance against us.