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dbmoreland
02-28-2006, 01:22 AM
One of the "stealth" changes that few people seem to have noticed is that they changed the reuse timer on the Steady Aim / Take Aim / Focus Fire line of Combat Arts from 4 min down to 90 seconds, the same as the Hidden Shot / Hidden Fire / Stealthy Fire line of Combat Arts. So now just before you click on Hidden Shot to pull that mob, don't forget to Steady Aim first. It will significantly increase the damage of your bow's ranged auto attack. And for those Rangers that are level 40+ for those really tough mobs, once every 5 min you can use the Feral Instinct / Brutal Instinct line to up your DPS even more. Cast Feral Instinct first, then Stealth, then Take Aim and finally let go with Hidden Fire. At level 56, using this combination, I upped my bow DPS 154% during the pull. This has made soloing up arrow yellows not only possible but even fairly reliable.<div></div>

Bayler_x
02-28-2006, 01:25 AM
Thanks for the tip.  I hadn't noticed!<div></div>

Fennir
02-28-2006, 01:26 AM
This wasn't a stealth change.  It was changed in LU#16 and was included in the patch notes.<div></div>

Fennir
02-28-2006, 01:27 AM
Good tip, though.  Our haste/DPS buffs are definitely a lot more useful now.Maybe when they fix us they'll make them a little more worthwhile by lowering the recasts/durations.<div></div>