Damage Being Cut In Half

[Cael]

<DIV>So i was hunting last night, and I for some reason pulled up my persona window, and took note of a terrible thing.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Whenever I would begin combat, my damage would go from 844 (lvl 46) to 424 and remain there until the fight was over. This happened every time I went into combat, ranged, melee, buffed, unbuffed. The only thing I didnt turn off was my poison, which is a DD with no negative stats on it at all. I asked a fellow guild ranger and the same happened to him. I tried a different type of mob, but the same happened. Whatever it is, it its cutting my attack number approximately in half</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I noticed it on the drakes on the shores of LS. I then moved inward to the goblins in the cave with the exact same results. I even derobed to see if it was the imbueing on my armor somehow, but the same happened. I currently wield V'yrs Claw and the Serrated Bone Dirk, Imbued Cedar long bow and switch between wearing ebon chest and pants to a full set of augmented leather depending on the sit.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Anyway, that didnt seem at all right, so I asked an assassin in the guild and it wasnt happening to him, I asked a 58 guardian and nothing. I bugged it last night so we'll see if I have any response to it. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Just wondering if you guys have noticed anything similar or if im doing something way wrong.</DIV>

[Halade]

<DIV>That is pretty strange, can't say that I've noticed it.  Since we seem to be in the correct tier in terms of our DPS, i'm skeptical that there is actually a problem here.  Having grouped with an assassin, i've never done 1/2 of thier DPS.  It is more the case that i do about 1/2 more DPS than they do... and even out DPS wizzy's/warlocks.  It may just be a display issue, similar to the problem with shield factors.  It is being calculated and working properly, just not displayed correctly.  </DIV>

[Cael]

<P>Maybe so, and I hope that is the case. And I didnt parse, so i didnt actually measure it. But I didnt take note of it before, so I dont know if its actually affecting anything. I still SEEM to be doing the same dmg, but if this is a bug and we should be doing DOUBLE our current dmg, I would like to be doing it....but would also like to dodge the bat if thats the case. And I agree with you on our placement in the dps tier, this just seems really odd this...whatever it is</P> <P>I would like to know if you guys are seeing the same thing. This is the attack # in your persona window im talking about here, not parsed DPS</P>

[The_Wind]

This is actually a result of switching to using auto-bow combat.  your attack rating decreases nearly by half of what your melee rating is.   I've not seen it actually affect anything as far as hitting is concerned, so maybe thats just the actual number for it.*shrug* <div></div>