I just gave it the ultimate test. I went out into the desert on a level 8 character with 28ac and no buffs. What I saw pretty much proved a theory I had about it. It seems to work well against monsters of your level or below. A cr8 firebrand gnoll missed me half a dozen times, but a cr10 eternal hunter never missed. Anyway, if anyone would like to do some more testing that would be great, but basically it seems like it will probably have some use depending on the level of quest you're running in comparison to the level of your character.
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06-12-2008, 05:19 PM #1Founder
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Deflect Arrows
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06-12-2008, 05:23 PM #2
Just remember with these tests... CR does not equal monster level. A CR 8 Firebrand Gnoll is indeed an 8 Hit Dice critter, but a CR 10 Eternal Hunter is a 15 Hit Dice critter.
Although, there are other things in DDO which are CR related and not HD related, like weapon wear and monster caster level.Server - Thelanis
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06-12-2008, 05:24 PM #3Community Member
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I don't think this feat does anything at all... anyone prove me wrong? Personally, I haven't noticed any difference.
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06-12-2008, 05:30 PM #4Founder
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I'd sure like to know for sure if it works or not. Not getting hit by some of these evil desert arrows was definitely something I had in mind when I took the feat. It would be an expensive process with several feat swap outs, but pretty sure I could be sitting on cleave and whirlwind at level 9 without it. lol
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06-12-2008, 05:32 PM #5Community Member
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It seems to me a feat best used for a high AC monk, if the feat deflects 1 arrow per number of seconds. The high AC would prevent most arrows from hitting, and the occasional one that gets past AC would be deflected.....at least that's how I hope it'll work.
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06-12-2008, 05:39 PM #6Founder
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06-18-2008, 07:13 AM #7Founder
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Can we have a dev?
After reading enough conflicting posts regarding how or if arrow deflection works to make my head spin I think we need a dev to address it. I have done testing in the C hills, and have never seen anything in the log about deflecting an arrow. Yet, other people have posted in the test risia forums that they have seen a message about deflection. I do not really like respec'ing much, but lets get a defintive yes or know from a dev on if this works and if so how are we to track how well its working?
Aside from that if it does work, then how about an animation of a blurred hand knocking the arrow away at super speed (done like a spell effect so that it does not interupt your current fight animation).
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