Old Knight Greatshield hidden passive?
I was fooling around on dark souls 2 last night and I read the description of the Old Knight Greatshield which states:
An undated ancient greatshield
Wielded by a warrior from a time so ancient that there exists no record of his endeavors. Has extremely low durability.
Sometimes, just as a thing falls to pieces, it unleashes its last flash of great power...
I noticed the part where it says "Sometimes, just as a thing falls to pieces, it unleashes its last flash of great power..." and that made me wonder if there was some sort of passive when you break the shield. I went out and took it down to zero durability about 5 times with no result. So is there actually a hidden passive for it, or is From just yanking my chain?
Best Answer
The Old Knight series of equipment all have this description, but it has been (as of 2014/08/13) determined that there is actually no hidden effect. From what I can interpret, the description is actually a reference to the surprising quality of these weapons. They look broken-down with the blue-green color indicating possible corrosion and yet they tend to have some of the better stats in the game, the only downside being their relatively low durability (probably an indication of how broken down they are).
So the description of "just as a thing falls to pieces, it unleashes its flash of great power" is actually a reference to its current state being the "flash of great power".
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