Multi-Shot and Rapid Fire

Ranged took a pretty severe hit this release but these skills were nerfed especially hard:

• The damage from Rapid Fire is so low now that I'm questioning its value.
• Multi-Shot, which was recently made pretty OK, is now again completely useless and a total waste of arrows.

@Chris, can you please take a look?

 

this is especially interesting considering that multi-shot was presented as an updated, more meaningful skill one or two months back. Im curious to know why the second thoughts

 

@Chris stated weapons received a 15% increase in base damage.
But!! bow tool tip still reads 7-21, and not a single increase can be felt in damage.
With max stats and pots, i could get a 5 stacked rapid shot to crit for around 100. Now a 5 stack with the same extreme stats only crits for 70

I wonder how low my damage would be if i didn't have 11% crit damage modifier on my bow!

Its funny that with 200 str and 150/160 dex i can not do any damage with a bow, but with 100 str and 150 int stone arrow / death touch crits me for 350.

 

I can't tell the difference in rapid shot, but multi shot is bad. I feel like the base damage has increased tho (using powered shots), but I'm not tracking numbers, so I can't say for sure.

 

i've lost about 50 damage off my max crit with a charged attack and 5 stack powershot

 

I was using Multi-Shot after they made the skill comparable to others.
And here i stay with a useless Multi-Shot, again!

 

I find it very hard now on my archer, I really hate it this release .... Archer is the only style I play, I don't want to be a tank, or a mage, or mixed, I WANT TO BE A PURE ARCHER, but that is becoming less and less possible, unless I kill things lower then me, and what's the fun in that? Was thinking of adding a pet to help, but it drains too much of my focus, so that's not viable. Woe is me I have been playing less since this release, not a good sign, not having fun with my archer at all.

 

Multishot and rapid shot! booooooooo

 

Yeah, it was actually ok for a while.

 

Yeah multishot is garbage. A good way to waste 12 arrows though.

 

@Chris, Multi-Shot is working much better in build 598. Thanks.

 

1/2 the battle is won!
rapid shot is stranded behind enemy lines!