Tempest Rangers

[noinfo]

Could someone tell me since I can't check for myself at the moment

1. Is the tempest ac bonus working and if it is still typed as shield (and what bonuses are currently for each tier)

2. If it is still a shield bonus why is it? Especially since 1 min clickies are now 5 minutes.


While its not the "enhancement pass" which I am not holding my breath for anymore devs should be considering the following:

bonus for rangers dodge in general
toughness enhancements, seriously, FS get them and now Druids.

Melee haste boost.

[Zyerz]

Tempest works, and they increased the AC bonus for each PrE. You also get PR for using dual weapons. You dont get extra dodge with the PrE, but the prereqs for tempest grant you like 7% total dodge.

[noinfo]

Tempest works, and they increased the AC bonus for each PrE. You also get PR for using dual weapons. You dont get extra dodge with the PrE, but the prereqs for tempest grant you like 7% total dodge.

Do you have a break down of what you get at each level of tempest AC wise and PR wise? and is the PR from the actual Tempest itself? Also is the Ac bonus typed as shield still?

Thanks for the reply.

[Zyerz]

Do you have a break down of what you get at each level of tempest AC wise and PR wise? and is the PR from the actual Tempest itself? Also is the Ac bonus typed as shield still?

Thanks for the reply.

I'm not in the game right now. I "think" it still is shield bonus.

Tier 1: 2 AC

Tier 2: 4 AC, PR and reduces penatly.

Tier 3: 6 AC, (PR too I believe) and grants the bonuses shown on live as well.


Going off of memory here, I'll check it once I log in.

[Aerendil]

I'm not in the game right now. I "think" it still is shield bonus.

Tier 1: 2 AC

Tier 2: 4 AC, PR and reduces penatly.

Tier 3: 6 AC, (PR too I believe) and grants the bonuses shown on live as well.


Going off of memory here, I'll check it once I log in.

Going off memory too, since my Ranger was wiped on Llama, it was something like:

Tier 1 = +2 AC, +3 PRR, +10% to swing offhand weapon (up to 90%)
Tier 2 = +4 AC, +5 PRR, +20% to swing offhand weapon (up to 100%), -1 to offhand attack penalty
Tier 3 = +6 AC, +10 PRR, 5% double strike, -2 to offhand attack penalty

Not cumulative, of course, so tier 3 grants 6 ac and 10 PRR total, not 12 ac and 18 PRR

*edit* - also keep in mind Two-Weapon Defense, one of the Tempest 3 pre-req feat options, also grants +1 AC and +5 PRR. So if you go that route, you have +7 AC and +15 PRR total.

[noinfo]

I'm not in the game right now. I "think" it still is shield bonus.

Tier 1: 2 AC

Tier 2: 4 AC, PR and reduces penatly.

Tier 3: 6 AC, (PR too I believe) and grants the bonuses shown on live as well.


Going off of memory here, I'll check it once I log in.

Thanks again, if its still shield then it needs to be changed to allow stacking. Low level clickie items should not give similar advantages to PRE

[Faent]

It's still a shield bonus. They insist on giving almost all of the (now absurdly pathetic) AC bonus granted by Tempest III to anyone who can UMD a shield wand (which, frankly, any good Tempest already can easily do). As far as I know, no DEV has ever responded to a half a million calls to change this. So good luck with that campaign.

[noinfo]

It's still a shield bonus. They insist on giving almost all of the (now absurdly pathetic) AC bonus granted by Tempest III to anyone who can UMD a shield wand (which, frankly, any good Tempest already can easily do). As far as I know, no DEV has ever responded to a half a million calls to change this. So good luck with that campaign.

Its not even shield wands now, its the base clickie (which did need an upgrade) that now gives 5 min of shield bonus that blocks MM on top of it.

[Faent]

Its not even shield wands now, its the base clickie (which did need an upgrade) that now gives 5 min of shield bonus that blocks MM on top of it.

Yes, that's worse. Disgusting even. I realized this after my post, but didn't bother revising (since any good Tempest III will be able to UMD Shield wands anyway), and those still last longer than the clickies. But you're totally correct to point out that almost all of the AC benefit of Tempest III can now be acquired by a toon that lacks UMD. I'm used to Turbine enjoying playing jokes on rangers at this point, so I"m not surprised.