A fun twist for bard Heavy Shot

[Noelani]

Add the new action 'Draw'.

When Draw is used the action changes to Heavy Shot.

While in Draw, a %age chance of hit appears as a HUD UI element, it begins at 30% and rises over the course of 1 GCD to 100%.

The aiming gauge goes over 100%.

If the shot is held to 120%, the hit becomes Direct.

If the shot is held to 200%, the hit becomes Critical Direct.

When Heavy Shot is pressed, the arrow is released and the hit calculation is made with the current Aim %age.

The potency of Heavy shot is changed to around ~300 subject to balance.


The change in gameplay:

Bards would now have some choice in their basic arrow attack. If you shoot on the animation lock (0.5s+ping) then you can rapid fire low 30%ish hit chance shots, gambling that if they do all hit, you can have a dps gain.

On the other end of the scale, if you invest more time into aiming the shot, it can become a direct, then critical direct hit.

Bonus points for tying Refulgent into the same mechanic!

Anyways, it just seems like it could be a small, but potentially tactile-y satisfying way to add in a little more 'Archer' flavor to the job, picking your moment when to shoot!

[mallleable]

I feel like walking casts like what BRD has in PVP would be a simpler, less prone to latency jank solution. PVP BRD also has a mechanic where Powerful Shot does more damage the further you are from a target, but I'm not sure how well that would work in PVE.