Active defenses as modifiers

[RyanW]

Originally Posted by Anthony

You do not need two die rolls for any of those things.

I forget that sarcasm doesn't carry well through text.

My point was that:

GURPS RAW:

You have to figure all of those modifiers, add them to your defense, and roll the dice after every successful attack

Active Defense as a modifier to attack rolls:

You have to figure all of those modifiers, add them to your defense, divide by three, and subtract them from the attack roll, for every single attack

Saving a couple of seconds rolling dice after successful attacks by adding an extra math step to every attack, regardless of result, doesn't seem productive. It also messes with a lot of interesting options (Telegraphic Attack gives a +4 to attack in exchange for a -0.67 to attack?).