QUOTE(varst @ Jan 22 2012, 12:34)

True, but at least light shades can give some of their evades back.
This patch seems to evolve around light armor.
I've yet to enter fight so that's just some brainstorming over the changelog and my stats, but things look grim for my Heavy set...
My Evasion got shafted, from ~17% to not even 8. Not that I evaded stuff, but it was still decent.
140 % mana cost sounds just scary, and if I have to add Shadow Veil on top of the other buffs...
Gotta make use of the Spirit Stance changes and quick I guess.
And I do have Ethereal, and a (relatively) low burden/interference (39/81) for a Power user of my level lol.
Shade is not buffed per se (it's basically +15 % interference from what I read, since the grace value got canceled), but may be the only choice now...
New pieces should be better, you need 0 Burden or you'll lose too much evasion with the current 4/3 rate.
Well Exile on Hard, here I go!