Celtic Heroes

Explosive arrow - another bow skill fires an explosive arrow that hits all enemies within it's range , aoe skill .

OMG we're turning into Green Arrow

Go go, rangers!

Is sharpen weapons gonna be buyable?

sharpen vs steady aim.

sharpen doesnt last as long or give as much dmg bonus - but it affects everyone and has nice cast time (at the moment at least). Of course, steady aim, in addtion to dmg, adds a lot attack bonus - which affects your dps by increasing your chance to hit... Both are great.

With improved barbed shot and all the other new and improved skills (flame arrow, recuperate, etc.) - we will have a tough time deciding which skills to use! We may see some nice variety in rangers.

Personally, i liked longshot and sharpshot together - but i am a dex ranger.

So many skills, so few points.....

i may finally bind my imperial dragon barbed shot ring. and use more skill point rings in lieu of my aggy dmg rings. so much to experiment with - can't wait.

of course, please be aware than many skills are still being tweaked. we see the skills change 2-3 times a week sometimes. so take it with a grain of salt....

Thanks for comparing Sharpen and Steady Akbar. Since Sharpen is a group buff, it makes sense that it would be a bit weaker than an individual buff like Steady. But in a group with plenty of DPS, I think Sharpen could be a very useful skill. Aggy may learn to hate this skill.

So, Barbed Shot was tweaked. Any other skill improvements? I have heard something about Camo being tweaked. True?

There are a Few new ranger skills and I figure I would give you guys a sneak peak at them although as with the rest ofthe information from beta this is still subject to change .

Sharpen weapons - a new group buff that adds pierce damage to all group members in range

Long shot - a new bow weapon skill that can only be used from a distance , when it hits the mob is rooted and it does damage .

Explosive arrow - another bow skill fires an explosive arrow that hits all enemies within it's range , aoe skill .

You better max sharpen weapons for us pierce people

another point to remember - many 150+ people have a damage stat near 1k. steady or sharpen may add 50 dmg (depending on various factors) - so we are talking about a 5% (maybe 10%) change in damage. as we get better stuff (dragonlord, bone, etc) - we are going to be talking about a less than 5% increase in dmg. At that point, one has to consider whether the points are better spend in something else:

for example: is it better to have a 50 pt increase to your shots for a minute (or whatever) - or having a skill like barbed that does an initial hit at your auto dmg and 3 decent dot dmg which is far greater than the 50.

on the other hand, using sharpen weps on a bunch or rapid fire rangers and rogues would provide, over the course of the spell, quite a bit of dmg. say 50 pts given to 6 other toons - that is 350 extra points of dmg each time they all attack. Maybe you get 10-20 attacks in - that becomes 3500-7000 extra damage on a boss.

Can you get that much extra damage on the boss using another skill? i don't know, but it is the type of thing i am thinking about

Rangers have become like mages in some respect. We have definite damage skills (like mages do) and definite group support/enhancement skills (also like mages). While most rangers will share some skills, a group of rangers that have coordinated to have different skills would be quite formidable.

As for Camo skill updates: i will let you discover that one for yourself! hehe

hello extra awesome skill

Will sharpen weapons and steady be useable together? As in casting them both for even more damage?

yes, you can use both of them. Throw in poison weapon and you have quite the dmg buff

Explosive arrow - another bow skill fires an explosive arrow that hits all enemies within it's range , aoe skill .

OMG we're turning into Green Arrow

Lmao thats funny