1.62E

[Lifesbane]

bolldar, its not level based, archers fumbled 4x as much as any other class in the game

and so what if you liked archers not being effective at all, is that fair to us? these fixes do 2 things: let us still be able to do SOMETHING against PBT (and more importantly stacked PBT) and allow us to get a faster shot off at reduced damage. this is only going to effect people with pbt on them...every single caster in the game (other then necro's i believe) has a self BT, against which nothing has changed. if anything this patch will help casters IMO because you self BT wont be overwritten by pbt, allowing you to more effectivly be guarded (i.e. theurg dies, or goes out of range and you being left without a BT)

and as far as nerfing stealth out of the game solving a lot of problems...can we get rid of nukes too? i have a problem with being nuked to death, and i dont much like melee either...lets just drop that too

[Bolldar Bloodaxe]

I never said they weren't effective, far from it, I think there biggest problem has been Assassin types not difficulty shooting.

As for the level based fumbling, it that isnt true then I cant see the fumbles being that bad cos like i said and i proved this to Noreen, it simply doesnt happen to me. Possibly that im a Briton rather than the usual run of the mill Saracen archer has something to do with it and i slipped through there programming

[Mchagen]

My scout was a briton.  I actually didn't mind the fumbles and the misses.  The only thing that really bothered me was see hidden.  I feared going out of apk, so I waited ten minutes just for camo.  

[Axecleaver]

1.62g:

Bolts across the board have had their cast times reduced to 2.5 seconds.

!!! That right there makes fire wizards look a whole lot sexier.

[Nari]

Honestly, all these changes smack of desperation on Mythic's part.

[Malison]

Holy fucking crap.  Non-bolt casters are so dead.   Just one of those takes off half your life, 2 are insta death.

[Caohmin]

Good news for bolt casters. I may have to start playing my wizards again. =)

"Honestly, all these changes smack of desperation on Mythic's part."

I wouldn't call it desperation but more like 'marketing.' Every time a release date of a competitor's game approaches, all existing mmorpgs start doing things to keep players and entice retired vets to come back.

[Zutroy]

Bolts are only really useful against casters. Against anyone using a shield the damage is automatically halved, even before the absorb and af are factored in. Should get someone to bolt axe while he's chanting af; I bet the damage doesn't go above 100.

[Malison]

That's nice.  

Now tell me again why I have to be picked on by every class in the game?

[Rosslyn]

I'm undecided as to whether it's because you suck, or rather because you swallow.  I'll let you know if I figure it out.

[Sodom]

I have evidence of both.

[Caohmin]

lol, ross!

[Malison]

/pharm