Disagree. I am sorry, but the number of reductions is not what is impeding guilds from defending correctly. I only wear frigg's shield with an usakoring and sacred wings when attacking a castle, and I tank for a good amount of time due to my high HP, rather than my reductions, as I do not wear many. The reductions we currently have been for awhile and saying that no guild can successfully defend because of them is all untrue. Influence defended entire WoEs without the emperium being broken with the same reductions we have now. Reductions help bring balance to one hit pvp situations. Lets see what it would be like with reduced reductions when facing a sonic blowing assassin cross with a soul link (2 hit KO anyone?) or a champion who has an aloevera provoke and 300 str.
Observe an entire WoE and ask yourself. How many of those breaks came due to the abuse of heavily used reductions? Like none? Assassin Cross has low ASPD when wearing pure reductions. Am I not able to kill someone due to reductions? Answer is yes, stalkers. High HP & OP reduction to their weapon, but what about the rest? My clown dies fine to asura strike and other classes because I am forced to wear 3 kiels to spam my skills. I want distinct examples where our shields/headgears have caused someone to be unkillable. The root of most reduction QQing is from the Stalker Soaring Bird.