Barrage Nerf

I don't know why, but for some reason I just had the old Nerf Bow and Arrow (TM) theme song get stuck in my head after downloading the new patch.

Sorry to be the bearer of bad news but:

Barrage only gets +5 health per use with a vamp string, not +5 per hit like it used to So suddenly I have to think of something else for my BM farming build I was just getting to work right before the update... I'm thinking it's yet another reason why Poison Arrow is superior

Aww that sucks. Zealous still gets one for every hit though right? Otherwise its practically useless...

it still works with empathy =( i was doing that new UW thing with my ranger and got hit 100+dmg with empathy on =\

I guess it still works with Live Vicariously and Vigorous Spirit?

I still want to try my fun pressure build with Live Vicariously monks :P.

Don't know, only have a handful of Monk skills unlocked on my Ranger and don't have enough spare plat to throw away a couple at testing skill combos... but doesn't sound good. I wonder if it's the same even for Dual Shot

Kinda upsets me that Anet doesn't list ALL the changes made in the game when they update, especially when skills and their effects get adjusted. I was really looking forward to capping Barrage, but if it only counts as 1 hit even when it "hits" 5 or 6 enemies, it's kinda silly.

Uhhhh, what are you talking about? I'm getting +5 per hit with barrage. Right now.

Per enemy that it strikes?

Yeah, definitely a huge cloud of +5's above my head, one per enemy.

barrage gtw

Quote: Originally Posted by unienaule

its on the internet...IT MUST BE TRUE!

Well considering ANet released about 4 more builds since I posted this, I suppose it's entirely possible that they've changed it back. It was definitely only giving +5 per Barrage and not per hit on the 19th.

Suddenly those shortbows I found the other day are looking pretty tasty again

Live Vicariously DOES work with Barrage (as in you get it per arrow, not per salvo) as i use it for my R/Mo ELC(and other places) farming build :P

predatory season works ok to you know

Glad to hear some of my favorite combos are still working... that gave me a scare when I was only getting +5 per salvo that one day

So is the +5 per barrage with the vamp string stil in effect? If so i would call that a bug, as you don't gain health per attack but per arrow shot from the bow. GAH, this has got me scared...

dont worry, false alarm You definately get healer per arrow.

Please close, mods?

Just remember that Barrage only hits each enemy with one arrow. If you are only facing one enemy, you might shoot a bunch of arrows, but only one will hit them. If you attack 5 enemies, you will get 5 hits (one per enemy), etc.