Xaile
10-17-2006, 07:22 PM
<DIV>I apologize if this is something that has already been covered.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Today, my friend wanted to create a new character, and wanted me to make one with him. So, I decided that I would roll an Assassin, after seeing my brother play it a lot, it looked like fun. Upon reaching level 3, I think it was, I got the first ranged combat art...Double Blast. The description was as follows:</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Deals 4-7 Ranged Damage to target.</DIV> <DIV> <DIV>Deals 4-7 Ranged Damage to target.</DIV> <DIV>If weapon equipped in ranged.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>The last line confused me a bit. My primary alt, so to speak, is a swashbuckler, and his Frigid Throw combat art specifies that is has to be a throwing weapon in ranged. So, my curiousity arose when I saw it just said "weapon". So, I bought a cheap throwing dagger sheath, and some cheap throwing daggers, equipped them, and tested if Double Blast still worked... It did.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>(Amusingly, the animation showed me pulling on a nonexistant bow with a dagger in my hand rather than an arrow, then it showed an arrow fly towards the mob and then an arrow sticking out of the mob, then I continued to throw daggers normally.)</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Curious whether this were something weird, like a bug or something, that only applied to that combat art, I logged onto my brother's assassin to check all his combat arts. Faltering Blast, Assassin's Shot, and Spitting Viper all say "If weapon equipped in ranged." I didn't take the time to test all three of those, but it seems that all the Assassin's ranged combat arts can be performed with throwing weapons as well as bows.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Judging by the animation, though, I'm not 100% sure this is how it is supposed to be. On the other hand, it seems pretty odd that, if it were a bug or a mistake or something, it'd be on all of the Assassin's ranged combat arts.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Of course, even with the option to use throwing daggers, I've seen what my brother can do with a good longbow, and remain a bit doubtful that many Assassin's would use throwing daggers anyways.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Once again, I apologize if this is a topic that has been covered already. Thank you for your time and insight. =)</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Edit: After a little bit of extra research, I discovered that the Dirge's one ranged combat art requires a "ranged weapon", while the Troubadour's requires a bow.</DIV></DIV><p>Message Edited by Xaile on <span class=date_text>10-17-2006</span> <span class=time_text>08:42 AM</span>