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will they ever sort that damned ranged tree out

Posted: Wed Nov 09, 2005 1:50 pm
by dakhound
I've become quite a fan of ranged weaponry in the past few months and feel it has quite a potential, the problem is I've hit a brick wall in terms of levelling usefully

most of the time I'm leeching xp from larger group and doing no real damage myself. I'd roughly compare it to 1h melee in terms of damage but a hell of a lot more time consuming and a hell of alot more expensive

even the crafting is getting me down a little, If I put 20 all supreme Q120 2h swords on the market they sell within hours, if I put the same in rifles/launchers/autolauncher I dont sell any (and I put em on damn cheap too(shameless plug)). Its all simply because no-one is interested in ranged atm

I know I'm reviving dead topics here but looking at the long term future development plans I still see nothing at all planned for ranged.

I dont want it to be comparable to elemental while wearing heavy armour, just would like it to be something like 2h melee

and before anyone asks I made myself a nice max rang/speed supreme rifle and have also tested using supreme max damage ammo (what a waste)

Re: will they ever sort that damned ranged tree out

Posted: Wed Nov 09, 2005 2:23 pm
by sipanek
I just got started on ranged, figure that in a year or so i will be decent at it and at that time the patch to make it all worthwhile will come :)

Honestly though with outposts etc making PvP a more common occurence i think balancing stuff like this will go higher up on the devs todo lists.

Re: will they ever sort that damned ranged tree out

Posted: Wed Nov 09, 2005 2:42 pm
by xenofur
they said they had plans to make it a viable alternative to melee and magic, but that it would require a complete revamp. they also said that unless they have enough time to perform exactly that, a full revamp, they won't deal with the range tree.

Re: will they ever sort that damned ranged tree out

Posted: Wed Nov 09, 2005 3:02 pm
by drcole22
Its a shame they have not sorted this already.

Need a reason to use my launcher more often

Re: will they ever sort that damned ranged tree out

Posted: Wed Nov 09, 2005 3:28 pm
by ajsuk
Yes I also feel with the new PvP content range would prove to be very useful if only it was sorted out. ;)

Re: will they ever sort that damned ranged tree out

Posted: Wed Nov 09, 2005 3:31 pm
by kyesmith
Anwser is prob:
After outposts
Before ryzom ring
sarcastic and yet true :)

Re: will they ever sort that damned ranged tree out

Posted: Wed Nov 09, 2005 3:31 pm
by thewarcc
dakhound wrote: I dont want it to be comparable to elemental while wearing heavy armour, just would like it to be something like 2h melee
Find the secret formula (it's not all about damage) and I can assure you that you can do the same DMG as a 2h melee'er.

Re: will they ever sort that damned ranged tree out

Posted: Wed Nov 09, 2005 3:38 pm
by jarko
im only 131 ranged fighter and crafter, but i know 250 people who own AoDs by shooting them cause they stop the cast and do a good 400+ dmg/hit.
Imo the guns are now already worth training, and will be alot more in the future so dont think your doing somethung useless cause youll be very handy on massive PvP etc!

Bad Girl Nookie

Re: will they ever sort that damned ranged tree out

Posted: Wed Nov 09, 2005 3:59 pm
by amitst
I would love to level ranged except I am not willing to spend 564564 hours crafting ammunition when I can just buy a sword, cry havoc, and let loose the dogs of war.


i want to buy your gun, but i never saw any good guns on the market where do you sell them

WITH THIS MUCH WORK RANGED SHOULD DO MUCH MORE DAMAGE THAN MELEE

Re: will they ever sort that damned ranged tree out

Posted: Wed Nov 09, 2005 4:08 pm
by thewarcc
amitst wrote:I am not willing to spend 564564 hours crafting ammunition
Did you even know you craft rifle ammo with 20 a time?
Doesn't take that much time to craft 1000 bullets..