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Rangers, you've been heard! Upcoming in Game Update 44, ranged ammunition will be adjusted to have a minimum level that represents the start of that ammunition's tier! Ranged weapons will no longer scale down to a lower level unless the ammunition you've chosen to use is significantly lower than your presently equipped ranged weapon.

Ranged weapons users rejoice! You can now choose to display your equipped bow instead of your melee weapons! Much like being able to see helms and other head-worn items, that will be easily chosen within your "Persona" menu, in the "Options" sub-menu.

EncircledArmy

Where did you find that at?

EncircledArmy

NM, preview is up on EQ2 players. Looks good for us.

Chib

/e prepares to have auto-attack damage nerfed

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Less QQ.
More Pew Pew.

Lodor

COMBAT

• Ranged ammo has been adjusted to have a minimum level that represents the start of the tier. Ranged weapons will then no longer scale down to that level unless the ammo is significantly lower than the weapon. For example, all ferrite ammo is now level 70 to use. Level 80 ranged weapons will use level 80 for calculations now instead of scaling down to level 70. Overall damage of current level 80 items will stay the same.
• Normalized procs will now cap out at 5.33 second delay for calculations.
• Combat text will now display if you double attack, flurry, ranged double attack, etc.
• Melee hit rates should now be slightly better against orange con mobs.

Looks/sounds like they made it so you do not have better damage with this change if you read the line saying, "Overall damage of current level 80 items will stay the same. "

Elenire

Looking good here's some other stuff:

ITEMS

* Strength Imbued rings will now proc from ranged attacks.

# Ranger
-The hawk will no longer break stealth.
-The Focus Aim line now has a group component which buffs the groups melee weapon skills and weapon accuracy.
-Improved the damage on the offensive stance proc, melee based combat arts and faster reuse ranged attacks.

Dirge
The Cacophany of Blades line will now proc from ranged attacks

# Guardian
Call to Arms line now includes ranged skill.
# Templar
Redoubt line now includes ranged skill.
# Wizard
The Burning Radiance line will now proc from ranged attacks.


Looks look good stuff, dare I say it. I'm excited.

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Rangers Lead The Way.

Lodor

Also, reading through then otes again it sounds like they indirectly nerfed poison dps with that 5.33 delay proc change.

Iago

Huge nerf to poison damage. Currently 9 second delay bow has 75% proc rate on poisons. After this it will be 45%. Way to balance everything out so we were right back where we started.


Guess we will have to wait and see

Iago

Steadfast

We will have to wait and see, as it appears they are revamping our class again.

However, this really bothers me. They fixed proc rates 2 years ago. No one is getting any advantage off the way proc rates work now.

Everyone else is going to get 40% more out of any proc item than rangers.

Lodor

This update is an over-all nerf to rangers damage.

Bow damage did not go up with arrow change. It actually nerfed t7 bow damage also.

Procs are way down so poisons dps is down a good amount.

This so called "rangers have been heard" is more like rangers take this fake helping to really be wolf in sheeps clothing nerf.