User blog comment:Lord Loss/Discussion of the Week: Gunlances/@comment-5167887-20130201153610/@comment-5167887-20130202110730

I prefer Lance shielding abilities (Oh god, the counterattack!) over the simply block-and-shoot gameplay of GL. (Though the autoguard bug is f*ckin awesome in P3rd)

But overall I don't like to guard against attacks, I prefer evasive maneuvers. :3