Devs... Simple Answer for Simple Question

[barecm]

Last posted 9/6/08 by Eladrin:

"We've got an additional sub-enhancement coming that will allow the Arcane Archer to imbue their arrow with a Magic Missile effect, granting additional force damage. More are planned in the future, including things like 'Fireball arrow'."

Fireball arrow (or the like) ... in or out for mod 9?

Don't need a huge explanation, just let us know if it is "in" or "out".

Thx
Ranged Combat (aka: that 'other' combat)

[Memnir]

I think they said that the only ranger PrE going up in Mod 9 is Tempest - and the Arcane Archer and the Deepwood Sniper are going to be left out in the cold till Mod 10 (at the earliest).

If true, and I strongly think that it is, I guess we know which versions of Rangers the Devs prefer..

[Borror0]

Arcane Archer is not planned for Module 9.

[KuRRuPT]

Hope they make you be pure class in order for you to use it...

[Borror0]

Hope they make you be pure class in order for you to use it...

Why?

[Aesop]

Why?

I wonder the same question. I wonder why people are so geared towards cookie cutter builds. why people insist that only pure classes deserve anything. why they believe that multiclassing is evil. its a strange notion to me.

Aesop

[barecm]

Sigh... Oh well. I just wonder why they are making improvements to enhancements for something that really doesn't need any more help (tempest ranger) and ignore something that desperately needs help (ranged combat). But then again, maybe I am not so surprised since Turbine has long since punted on ranged combat.

Just make the statement already Turbine... you hate ranged combat and will continue to leave it under developed in favor of everything else. At least then I will stop keeping my hopes up for anything related to ranged combat.

[Borror0]

Just make the statement already Turbine... you hate ranged combat and will continue to leave it under developed in favor of everything else.

Ranged combat is far from easy to fix. I have yet to read even one suggestion on how to fix it on these forums.

So far, all I have read either made it less pathetic or overpowered.

[Zenako]

I wonder the same question. I wonder why people are so geared towards cookie cutter builds. why people insist that only pure classes deserve anything. why they believe that multiclassing is evil. its a strange notion to me.

Aesop

Not that MC is evil, but it is the root of almost ALL of the "broken builds" that abuse the rules to achieve godlike levels of bonuses. Splash levels almost ALL give you a disproportionate share of the perks and bonuses in the first few levels of the splash.

This is not a DDO thing, but really a D&D 3.5 thing...

[Borror0]

why they believe that multiclassing is evil.

I think that they believe "Traps are a rogue's job" and that a rogue splash does not qualify you as a rogue.

[negative]

Why should you be pure class for AA when in all honestly, it should require you to MC before you can get it. Rangers aren't Arcane! I'm glad they threw us a bone though and let pure rangers pick it up.

I am pretty sure Eladrin did say that AA would atleast get their +5 arrows at level 18 (20 Elf) though in Mod 9. I will be extremely disapointed if that is not the case.