Return of Reckoning

There are a bunch of factors required for 4k festering arrow.

>M2 is up
>I have to crit
>target can't have guard
>target can't have me detaunted
>target can't have %based dmg reduction abilities or renown up
>if there is a tank with a brain (knows the m2 animation) he can't taunt me during my 3 sec cast

Then there is reaction time, the opponent for instance a 3k healpot would negate it, healer m3, really any panic button. Outside healing, etc...

It's the most gimmicky **** in the game, if it was actually a threat healers would be just predetaunting SW's all the time but they don't. Festering arrow is a perfect example of a l2p issue if there ever was one, when is the last time you ever seen a SW running fester spec to insta gib people in 6v6 or any competitive play?

Love how heal potions is percieved as counter especially as 99/100 that die are pugs. Hint: they don't even use stat/armor potions

Or the target needs to be unguarded like it is hard to avoid them guarded bl softies that all predetaunt

8.2/10 quality post there

It is very boring type of game, 1 per minute to try to kill someone with one shot. In the rest of the time to be virtually useless as DPS below the rest of RDD. A more useful spec for eagle eye is using a shot with the tactics (1s cast), but in this case there is a huge problem with AP. Who decides on the 2 tactics AP, but there is a lack of basic stat - ballistics and weapon skills. Low level of Ballistics and weapon skill does not allow to use the spec at the moment.

A similar story with assault SW, AP level is not sufficient, that would push the target with any protection in the form of detaunt or guard.

Lets see some proof that SW have costlier abilities/rotations on avg compared to other rdps/dps thanks

BW have not problem with AP - all time
Sorc have not problem with AP - all time
Eng - have problem with AP, but have big bust damage with .ab ex patch (when use AP turrel tactic - have 20 AP every 2 s)
Magus - same as Eng
SH - Have AP problem when use plink - 1s tactics - 60AP for cast
SW - Same as SH

Well there are enough other Toons that can buff youre ap Regen

Daknallbomb wrote:Well there are enough other Toons that can buff youre ap Regen

Yeah, so I'm playing for the Skirm have no AP problem except AoE

Yeah I'm a fester spec and I've gotten 4k fester arrows, but as Jayclub said you have to have all of these conditionals in place for it to work. In a competitive 6v6 scenario, I'll only hit a cloth armored target for 1.5-2k max, with m2 up. I have a ton of problems with skirm AP. It's near impossible with shammy AP drain. The point of this post, though, is that Assault is much worse. I'm amazed at how quickly I lose AP in Assault stance.

lastalien wrote:It is very boring type of game, 1 per minute to try to kill someone with one shot. In the rest of the time to be virtually useless as DPS below the rest of RDD. A more useful spec for eagle eye is using a shot with the tactics (1s cast), but in this case there is a huge problem with AP. Who decides on the 2 tactics AP, but there is a lack of basic stat - ballistics and weapon skills. Low level of Ballistics and weapon skill does not allow to use the spec at the moment.

A similar story with assault SW, AP level is not sufficient, that would push the target with any protection in the form of detaunt or guard.

This is true need a spamming ability for scout spec to really work

The reason for adding ap cost to eagle eye 1 sec cast tactic and SH equivalent was that scout/bigshooting spec was wastly superior to skirm/quick shooting spec in the high gear enviroment of AOR. Now it the enviroment is different, and the roles are reversed. Imo the ap cost was a way too big nerf in the first place, after all it allready took up a tactic spot to make scout/ BS viable.