Is this new???

[mya]

You know, I recall a time where you had to type shoot for your PC to use fired weapons. This automatic fired weapons thing is a huge imbalance in my view. The game has only grown in auto-damage stuff that aren't block-able meele attacks.
The arrow missile scroll makes all the sense. Auto-fired ranged combat was a huge power expansion to every fired weapons class, which coincidentally includes only melee classes.
And what else makes sense. Shield blocking arrows. A shield is one of the best combat items to block arrows. Yet only some warriors can block arrows with a shield? Come on, arrows should automatically check the shield block skill.

 

 

[Ambroas]

On 10/13/2016 at 0:00 PM, Anume said:

 If you walk, as compared to teleport to get near, archer and bard are the two fastest classes to get there, the bard maybe slightly faster but then a lot less defensive and offensive once the boss mob is reached. So, if you include killing the boss mob, I'd say archer = bard = fastest two classes here.

 

I'm just curious, didn't play mine long but why do you say that about bard?  I'd think a warrior with their extra attacks or a necro with pets would be faster than a bard but I'm usually wrong about these kinds of things.  Bard would have less attacks per round, same fired weapons.  Song damage would be the only thing I could think of.

[f0xx]

4 hours ago, Ambroas said:

Look at archer and tell me the reasons you'd choose it.

I will choose it because:

1) I can fire twice faster than normal (both in combat and out of combat)

2) I can fire more accurate when blind.

3) I can put pets to sleep.

4) I can put aggro mobs to sleep (which makes exploring and gathering wares SO much easier)

5) I can hit vulns with my arrows.

6) I can poison enemies with my arrows.

7) I can plague enemies with my arrows.

8.) My arrows have a chance to penetrate missile shield

9) Unlike beastmaster, my ranger path cannot be so easily "dispatched"

10) I can "dispel" gladiators' stance.

 

[edit] Btw your out of range return fire suggestion is good and I agree with it. The missile scroll - it's a good idea to actually make it reduce the damage from archer arrows and not partially block them - that will give them more consistency. But I think 25% damage reduction is far too little.

[Zavero]

There is a song that would help the bards get through I believe.

[Anume]

bards can calm

[Aulian]

See my other post lol