Arcane Archer and Artificer?

[Nic]

I leveled a Half-Elf up to Artificer 8, and bought the Arcane Archer and Imbue Force Arrows enhancements. When I applied the Imbue Force, it didn't affect my crossbow bolts. The description says, "Imbues all missiles that you fire with arcane force..." (emphasis mine)

Is the Arcane Archer "Imbue" line intended to be arrows only as the title suggests, or should it apply to bolts, etc. as the description text states? If it's intended to be arrows only, could somebody please clarify that?

tl;dr: AA enh doesn't work with arti - bug or WAI?

[Symar-FangofLloth]

Arrows only is WAI.

[altrocks]

Arrows only is WAI.

^ This ^

Should check the description a bit more closely next time. AA with a repeater would be OP to say the least, especially with Artificer Endless Fusilade and the changes to ranged enhancements for x-bows.

http://ddowiki.com/page/Arcane_Archer_enhancements

[wax_on_wax_off]

Didn't force and/or force burst imbue work on bolts when no other imbue did?

Has this since changed?

[TreknaQudane]

Didn't force and/or force burst imbue work on bolts when no other imbue did?

Has this since changed?

Very Early on when Arcane Archer only had Force it would work on all ranged weaponry... when they finished up the PrE however they restricted it to Arrows only. .. Slayer Bolts with a Repeater ... One can dream.

Interesting Side Note:

Artificers at Spell Level 5 get the ability to cast Slayer Arrow which works on Arrows and Bolts and would ideally function just like the AA Imbue.. Too bad we don't have it.

[altrocks]

Very Early on when Arcane Archer only had Force it would work on all ranged weaponry... when they finished up the PrE however they restricted it to Arrows only. .. Slayer Bolts with a Repeater ... One can dream.

Interesting Side Note:

Artificers at Spell Level 5 get the ability to cast Slayer Arrow which works on Arrows and Bolts and would ideally function just like the AA Imbue.. Too bad we don't have it.

Can you imagine the Forum Rage from melees if they put that in? I'd actually TR my AA into artificer for that ability. The Endless Fusilade ability is done PREFECTLY for usefulness against Bosses AND trash! 6 seconds is perfect with a 30 second cooldown. Actually makes it more useful than Manyshot, IMO, which I currently only use on very large groups that can't be instakilled and bosses because of the length of the ability and the extreme length of the cooldown. If they changed Manyshot to be more like Endless Fusilade, I would send the Devs a delicious cookie basket!

Also, Artificer is OP. Even taking in to account the 1000% EXP scaling last week, I got mine to level 10 with nothing more than random loot drops and some Korthos gear, all the way through completing Von 1 & 2 (on normal, but still). I had no stat items, no skill boost items, nothing. I had minimal difficulty doing this. Adding in slayer bolts at spell level 5 would be insanely OP.