Suggestion Alternative to Ranger skill: Barrage

[Hiiggiins]

Barrage isn't very useful in fights and it is just an extreme waste of arrows. Now that Rangers don't have arrowstorm, they don't have a whole lot of medium-close quarter combat skills, especially if the server is lagging. I was thinking that instead of Barrage shooting arrows all around the player, it only shoots out arrows where the player's cursor is in a cone-like pattern, similar to Ashe's Volley skill in LoL, but it doesn't slow the target unless Ice Arrow is used. Or possible a whole new skill that gets implemented. leftovers5 agreed with me when I brought up this suggestion. Also, if this skill is considered 'OP', maybe a warmup that is able to be canceled if silenced? Let me know what you guys think

 

[leftovers5]

People might argue that it would be another firewave, but if you set the velocity of the areas to a lower one (like that of barrages') it wouldn't be as bad as you think.

 

[mikehk]

barrage is meant for when you're surrounded by mobs/players. also, in lore the ranger is one who stays away from any melee combat whatsoever, usually providing arial support (with arrows)

 

[cschris54321]

So you want the arrows to not be all around you, but concentrated in front of you? NO. Sorry, bad idea.

 

[Orangedude345]

Rangers need an active skill that can actually be used in combat effectively. Barrage is completely useless and kick only silences for two seconds now. I still don't understand why rangers don't get the nerfed version of arrowstorm. Also ranger damage got taken down from like 180 max like it says on the wiki down to like 135 or something.

 

[leftovers5]

It's pathetic how boring ranger is in combat. No matter how you play ranger, the only thing you can do is shoot arrows (be them elemental or otherwise) - I've been advocating for ACTIVE ranger skills since Dragon. Our only active skill was even taken away. I don't like all of the "passives," there's not enough diversity.

 

[Kwong050]

So you want the arrows to not be all around you, but concentrated in front of you? NO. Sorry, bad idea.

Please tell us how this is not good.

This would be a skill for the rangers because you would be able to provide dmg to group of people but not be able to focus the dmg on one player.

 

[Aburido_burrito]

It's pathetic how boring ranger is in combat. No matter how you play ranger, the only thing you can do is shoot arrows (be them elemental or otherwise) - I've been advocating for ACTIVE ranger skills since Dragon. Our only active skill was even taken away. I don't like all of the "passives," there's not enough diversity.

No matter what you can shoot arrows any other way, unless you want to melee with your axe.

 

[leftovers5]

No matter what you can shoot arrows any other way, unless you want to melee with your axe.

What exactly is the point you're trying to make here?

 

[Aburido_burrito]

What exactly is the point you're trying to make here?

That the point of ranger is to shoot arrow's, which your clearly not happy with.

 

[leftovers5]

That the point of ranger is to shoot arrow's, which your clearly not happy with.

This suggestion is proposing a skill to shoot arrows.

 

[Aburido_burrito]

This suggestion is proposing a skill to shoot arrows.

In your first post you said you were tired of doing what the entire point of the class is.

 

[leftovers5]

In your first post you said you were tired of doing what the entire point of the class is.

People might argue that it would be another firewave, but if you set the velocity of the areas to a lower one (like that of barrages') it wouldn't be as bad as you think.

What are you talking about? Care to add some actual input for once to this serious thread?

The point of ranger is, yes, to shoot arrows - but that's so monotonous and there's no skill in "skill" usage (like every other class mind you), there is only skill in aiming the bow.

 

[Aburido_burrito]

It's pathetic how boring ranger is in combat. No matter how you play ranger, the only thing you can do is shoot arrows (be them elemental or otherwise) - I've been advocating for ACTIVE ranger skills since Dragon. Our only active skill was even taken away. I don't like all of the "passives," there's not enough diversity.

Do I need to spell it out..?

 

[leftovers5]

Do I need to spell it out..?

I'm inquiring for active ranger skills here that could AUGMENT the class, which remains to be very monotonous as it stands.

 

[Aburido_burrito]

I'm inquiring for active ranger skills here that could AUGMENT the class, which remains to be very monotonous as it stands.

Then don't complain that you shoot arrows when that's the point.

 

[leftovers5]

Then don't complain that you shoot arrows when that's the point.

It's not complaining, if I was complaining I would have taken it to the offtopic section or something - obviously ranger is built around shooting arrows, but Herocraft, built towards becoming/being an MMO, is going in a direction that innovation and skill enhancement.

 

[Rumblestikk]

Double Strafe, The ranger quickly fires two arrows from his bow, the first arrow doing 100% damage and the 2nd doing 50%. 20 sec CD.

 

[Falker57]

Strafing reminded me of a skill that does this
It moves the ranger to one side. Like its a controlled confuse that just moves you t0 one side. I think its like some adc in league of legends. (Vayne? *I think*)

 

[Kwong050]

Barrage isn't very useful in fights and it is just an extreme waste of arrows. Now that Rangers don't have arrowstorm, they don't have a whole lot of medium-close quarter combat skills, especially if the server is lagging. I was thinking that instead of Barrage shooting arrows all around the player, it only shoots out arrows where the player's cursor is in a cone-like pattern, similar to Ashe's Volley skill in LoL, but it doesn't slow the target unless Ice Arrow is used. Or possible a whole new skill that gets implemented. leftovers5 agreed with me when I brought up this suggestion. Also, if this skill is considered 'OP', maybe a warmup that is able to be canceled if silenced? Let me know what you guys think

lol what if it was a miss fortune ulti