Beam alignment and Area of effect block damage

2 questions :fight:
1.In older version Beam struggles would cause beams to clash wherever they clashed. In the new version will the beams align when they clash so that the loser in the power struggle will get a direct beam hit?
2.Will it be able to block area of effect damage in the new version? such as an impact from a huge kame or so? (not blocking the direct beam head but the impact damage)

1.) Yes as it is already in the open beta

2.) That is in the 1.2 version already and most probably in the older versions to. You take very little damage from the blast radius if you are facing the explosion point and are blocking.