[Omnimorph]

Well i know for certain that on live the dmg shield does work because it's the method i used for PLing people (runing self + sitting down with a dmg shield) was able to PL people to 50 in like a few hours there.

Also i remember chain casting rune on myself in solb whilst a light blue mob beat on me for skill ups... saying that, that's how it works on live now, i have no clue what it was like back in classic...