Updates ruin the game every month. Every time a new EQ is loaded into the game bugs happen and screw things up. This month the block/parry timing is the issue. Fighting in alliance wars with bugs is a huge pain and risky for alliances trying to gain tiers and better rewards. Sure we will be "compensated" with some rewards that will sit in the overflow stache until they expire, but thats all the creators will do for about 3 weeks until they "fix" it before the next update 10 days later...