No poison for archery?

Or is it just not in yet?

 

didn't think there was ever poison for Archery. have not seen the patch notes yet but I don't think there would be as archery dps is already higher then some.

 

They said they are adding poison to archery.

 

Chris said poisons for archery will be in r56 during a livestream or last telethon. @Xee. Also, melee weapons like blades/polearms do better damage than bow and already use poisons.

 

I just read through the release notes. Not a mention of poison for ranged. I assume it's a no-go.

 

There is not much for combat changes in the notes - traditionally they either dont go to QA or go to QA very late and close to prod.

 

Ah I did not know that. I do know blades and the likes with poisons do more dmg. I thought the reason range classes did less was do to being at a distance where its safer. Guess we will see. If that holds true I may have to look at bows for backup, it would be nasty. IMO I would rather see them add different arrow types (fire, electric, frozen etc.) Or a matter of bow gems affecting what a bow does.

 

I meant without poison Xee. I can do some sick damage with polearms wearing my archer gear, which have almost 600 less points than archery.
Diverting the conversation - fire arrow has longer range than long bows. Not sure why this has been overlooked as well.

 

Can you use poison and Ignite Weapon at the same time?

 

Nope

 

My question about poison arrows got ignored during livestream, so no idea what is happening with poisons.

 

I asked Chris and he said it is still coming. He teased that it wouldn't work on Linux though.

 

Oh good, let’s hope so.

 

Chris mentioned that he fully intends to have poison arrows in this patch - just hasnt hit QA yet. It will be lesser effect than sword or spear but ranged makes up for that.

 

I hope we get it on QA so I can give it a go.

 

Its on QA now! This is potentially very game changing....

 

Ok, what are the drawbacks (because I know that we can't have candy without a turd too)?

 

nothing really.. ignite works as well. It just hits once per skill, so 1 poison per rapid shot, not each shot.

 

What happens with Multi Shot?

 

havent tested, but it should apply to multiple targets I assume....