Bloodletter "nerf"

[Grendel]

have you guys noticed ever since the most recent patch that Bloodletter has been much more unreliable to land on Great Buffalo and Uraeus?

Something our archers noticed just wanted to see if anyone else noticed something similar.

[God]

I rarely ever get the effect to go off on NM's. Maybe Dedore but i'm using a more powerful WS.

[Dargoth_Draconia]

I simply don't use it that much on NMs, only every now and then. Depends on what NMs I am fighting and if I need to Incap the mob. Mossy horn and Dodore I stick with Wide Volley for the most part fully buffed and in BR WV2 hits the main mob inbetween 900 up to around 1400 and the other mobs take about 300-600 damage. On single NMs and depending on party set up I use Shrieker, Concussive Blow 2, Bloodletter, Foeseeker, Barrage, or one of the other many abilities I have on my bar.

But who knows about the nerf, I hardly see my WS abilities proc on NM anyways, just because they are higher level and more resistant to such things assuming there are resist rolls by the mob.

[JunkPunch]

Same as the other players, I use bloodletter very sparingly against NM's. Though on farming mobs I have seen the proc rate go up.

[God]

yay BushidoBrown!

[Grendel]

we used to use bloodletter very often on most of the NMs, and they would stick pretty reliably on Buffalo and Uraeus. Now they stick maybe a max of 2-3 times a fight. But good to know on that wide volley!

btw which buffs did you use to get that damage Dargoth?

[JayvirDeforte]

Are you kidding? I can hit nearly EVERY time with Bloodletter on Great Buffalo. Maybe it's just that I have a higher accuracy and I don't use crap arrows like some. But Bloodletter's 200-some damage upfront with the 500 damage dealt after the buff wears off is really nice.

[Isaaru]

From my experience, the reliability of landing an effect of ANY weapon skill now on NM's seems to be based on damage of the weapon skill itself. I've had a lot more success with the Bloodletter effect being landed on Uraeus when I stack it with Raging Strike II.

[Grendel]

Are you kidding? I can hit nearly EVERY time with Bloodletter on Great Buffalo. Maybe it's just that I have a higher accuracy and I don't use crap arrows like some. But Bloodletter's 200-some damage upfront with the 500 damage dealt after the buff wears off is really nice.

Our archer's invest in good arrows (as far as i'm told, i'm not an archer so I can't really comment on that), but thats why I made the thread since we noticed a drastic difference ever since the recent patch. Bloodletter is still really easy to land on Dodore, Mosshorn, Goblin, etc but we're noticing a difference on higher defense mobs. I don't think they're having any trouble hitting with bloodletter its landing the 500 damage debuff.

[JayvirDeforte]

And I meant the debuff as well. Nearly every time I hit with Bloodletter, the debuff lands if it isn't already on