WTH Weaponskill Damage

[xbobx]

Before the level cap increase, at 75 with ebow, and Kab arrows I was doing 2-2.5k sidewinders on IT mobs everytime.

I took my new 90 ranger with vision bow, half decent gear into Abyessa with RR,SA,GH on and I cannot break 2k with sidewinder, ref. or Arching.

Ok, what am I doing wrong, how can you do less dmg with higher dmg weapons, better gear, and buffs.

[Nynja]

Those "IT" mobs you're referring to were probably colibris, who are incredibly squishy and take extra piercing damage.

[xbobx]

My ranger puppet in abyessa and outside does twice as much dmg with its WS as my ranger can do. Has ranger fallen that much?

[Karbuncle]

I don't know much about RNG, But i think Arching Arrow is the only Critical hit Ranged WS?

Yah, I'm sorry i can't help much, I don't know the best Atmas for RNG, I would have guessed VV/GH/something but yah, shows how much i know about RNG.

Go shoot some Colibri in Abyssea-Mis and tell me if those seem like familiar numbers.

[noodles355]

Im pretty confident the Dead Aim ranged crit boost isnt working on WS (not that it matters for slugwinder)

[Martinius]

Im pretty confident the Dead Aim ranged crit boost isnt working on WS (not that it matters for slugwinder)

hmm... my jishnu's seem right w/ inside vs. outside, but if it's broken across the board, then i'm not getting the bonus in either situation.

[Saelae]

Im pretty confident the Dead Aim ranged crit boost isnt working on WS (not that it matters for slugwinder)

It's not, at least on Arching Arrow. The testing I did before I submitted the bug report was under very controlled conditions (capped r.att, capped fSTR2, no True Shot) Arching Arrow crits did exactly 1.25x damage of a normal hit, just as they would have before the update.

[noodles355]

Thanks for the confirmation Saelae. Now we need either: A moderator or SE rep to read this and forward on the problem, or more people to submit a bug report.

[Fyreus]

I really thought i was seeing things when my jishnu's should have been atleast doing the same amount of normal mob ranged crit damage x3 or better. Maybe i don't get the math on ranger but some things look weird.