Petition For Turbine To Fix , Modify Or Boost Ranged.

[bfmurf201]

Please fellow players accross all servers who feel the same just sign, maybe a sentence to why , this is not a debate thread so please respect it

[wolfy42]

I'd like to see ranged improved more so signed....although this has been done many many times before so I doubt it will matter.

It has at least gotten better in the last year or so

[Faerbaste]

Please fellow players accross all servers who feel the same just sign, maybe a sentence to why , this is not a debate thread so please respect it

If this is not a debate, why did you post it on a discussion forum? Surely the suggestions forum would be a better place?

[bfmurf201]

The purpose was to get the message accross on all parts of the forums , your just another troll looking to correct someone aren't you . hey check the spelling while your at it ?

[Big_Russ]

I could swear that devs have made the comment before that they are looking into making ranged attacks more useful.

I really am indifferent. Most ranged players are annoying enough as it is.

/not signed

[zztophat]

The purpose was to get the message accross on all parts of the forums , your just another troll looking to correct someone aren't you . hey check the spelling while your at it ?

No, that's me.

It's spelled "across" and "you're"

[Nezichiend]

Im pretty sure a dev said that petitions are almost useless feedback because it doesn't tell them why.

[TheDearLeader]

The purpose was to get the message accross on all parts of the forums , your just another troll looking to correct someone aren't you . hey check the spelling while your at it ?

No, that's me.

It's spelled "across" and "you're"

Also, your punctuation does not require a space after the last word of a sentence. Furthermore, at the beginning of a new sentence, capitalization is necessary.

That established, Ranged combat does need a boost. They know this. Hence why they've said before that it'll get a look-over. Like useless spells will. Undetermined time in the future, and all that jazz.

I like what you're trying to do, keep it fresh, show some support for an alternative combat style, but I don't think this'll be the thread that changes things. I'd love to be proven wrong.

[Big_Russ]

Pretty brutal start to this petition.

[bfmurf201]

Well first off how many of you actually have a ranged character ? Let me guess everyone whom posted to this thread ! Ive had numerouse players in my guild that after trying ranged dont feel that its worth anything . Almost to the point that if archers were takin completly out of the game , All that would be missed is a barkskin every now and then

[zztophat]

I agree that ranged should be better, I would very much like to make a longbow user. But it's been said a million times.

They devs have stated that they are going to take a look at ranged combat in the future.

All the petitions in the world are not going to speed that up.

[articwarrior]

Well first off how many of you actually have a ranged character ? Let me guess everyone whom posted to this thread ! Ive had numerouse players in my guild that after trying ranged dont feel that its worth anything . Almost to the point that if archers were takin completly out of the game , All that would be missed is a barkskin every now and then

barkskin is rarely needed now because no one builds tank chars anymore, it is only used for cosmetic purposes. ranged does NOT need a boost, slayer gives 500 DMV at lvl 18 on vorpal rolls if you're not talking about an AA then why build one? Throw weapons would be more useful

[cpito]

/not signed

All the fixing, modifying, boosting, tweaking or twinking in the world will not teach a player how to properly play an archer.

[Faerbaste]

This is turning into a debate and the OP specifically said that he did not want a debate on this matter.

PS What was wrong with my spelling?

[Faerbaste]

No, that's me.

It's spelled "across" and "you're"

+1 Very Good, lol

[Natulyre]

First of all "Petitions" help nothing, If you want to convince devs to look at ranged combat, provide actual feedback/statistics/questions etc...

I do have a ranged character (She's an Arcane Archer) and personally I am against the buffing of this playstyle as It would end up being overbuffed then nerfed to the ground or it would simply be modified enough or in a wrong way that it would lose all it's flavor.

I personally play my ranged character as a medium Dps, Ranged support, You have the ability to proc weapon effects at long distances, through enemies so it works against groups of enemies too and you can use Manyshots to disable half a group of monster in a few seconds every two minutes.

Even if your weapon effects do not proc or they make their saves, they'll take adequate damage and the slaying arrow (As an arcane archer), will let you take that support-bow while dealing decent damage. Take advantage of your abilities. I Carry 20 bows with me all the time, One for every situation, It helps me deals with all kind of enemies.

I'm quite in love with the current status of ranged combat, I feel it is underestimated and if you're only looking to do damage equal to the melees at long distance, you're expecting way too much.

If I'd like anything changed about ranged combat, It would have to be, Threat reducing abilities, Diplomacy can only do so much. Enhancement, Feats, Arrows or buffs, anything would make me quite happy. That would make the playstyle much less hated by some clerics, Hopping around with a bunch of monsters around you isn't something that will get you a lot of love.

Well that was just my personal opinion, I think rangers are quite strong already but requires more than just "auto attack I want high damage standing still" to be useful to a party. If you just want to play a "ranged auto attack melee with high damage that doesn't get hit as much" maybe you simply want reach weapons or maybe you have some sort of "OMG b0w cmb@t is s00 l33t p3w p3w p3w!!!11!one!" feeling like a few new players I've met had before they realised how their gamebreaking fantasy wouldn't come to life.


OP - Even though you wanted a "petition", These are just useless and is a bad habit from many online users.

[Xeraphim]

Im pretty sure a dev said that petitions are almost useless feedback because it doesn't tell them why.

How about this for a reason: We are mocked and ridiculed by portions of the community, shunned and otherwise disrespected by the majority of the rest, and only understood by a few when we choose to play an Archer.

Need a reason to boost Ranged DPS?

Arraetrikos. Nythirios. Horoth. Suulomades. Epic content.

Plenty of reasons there. There is no difference between ranged and melee in what is now the majority of the endgame content, and both are judged equally on a basis of DPS, regardless how it comes.

[AltheaSteelrain]

ranged combat is fine as it is, no need to increase its damage as long as you play smart and learn when to put away the bow.

The only fix I want is the missing arrows during lag.

[phalaeo]

Well first off how many of you actually have a ranged character ? Let me guess everyone whom posted to this thread ! Ive had numerouse players in my guild that after trying ranged dont feel that its worth anything . Almost to the point that if archers were takin completly out of the game , All that would be missed is a barkskin every now and then

Ranger does not equal Archer.

[FengXian]

/signed

it's not about boosting it but just fixing stuff that doesn't work...

First of all, what about making the ranger capstone increase your attack speed by 25% instead of 10-14% as it is now? That's a major flaw, and it's been around for a while...

Secondly, it looks like once you got capstone and haste, all ranged alacrity items become useless...either fix it if it's a bug or make it possible to get at least another 10% alacrity out of equipping one of those items...we don't need all of them to stack with each other, but at least to stack with haste and with the capstone, so that there's a point in farming them.

And do blast effects on ranged weapons work now?