Blazing Arrow question

Zolaren - Sanctuary
Zolaren - Sanctuary Posts: 35 Arc User
edited February 2009 in Archer
Just got the Blazing Arrow skill, and had a question regarding it (and similiar skills).

It says in the description it adds fire damage to 'normal arrows' ... what exactly does 'normal' mean? I'm guessing it's refering to just a plain ordinary shot ... so if use Aimed Shot or Quick Shot (or any other active skills I learn), there's no fire damage added to them.

Is that correct?
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  • Xxmimiruexx - Heavens Tear
    Xxmimiruexx - Heavens Tear Posts: 16 Arc User
    edited October 2008
    pretty much, and the fire dmg isnt a whole lot till WAY WAY WAY later lvls 25% of 300 on a dmg that isnt even constant isnt even worth it
  • Nevermore - Heavens Tear
    Nevermore - Heavens Tear Posts: 438 Arc User
    edited October 2008
    Dunno about the poster above me but I find the blazing arrow skill very useful exspecially against mobs that are weak against fire. I maxed it and do not regret it.

    Other than that, normal arrows are normal shot arrow, as in arrows shot without using a skill like Quick Shot.
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  • Zolaren - Sanctuary
    Zolaren - Sanctuary Posts: 35 Arc User
    edited October 2008
    Have to admit it seemed pretty useless at first ... but just have to stop thinking like a wizard ;) Don't need to spam skills - there's nothing wrong with an Archer's plain attack.

    Before I was doing Aimed/Quick combo, which pretty much killed the mob I was attacking. Now I've switched to just doing a Quick shot, then let the normal attack (+Blazing Arrow) finish them off. Yes, I use a bit more ammo and take a bit more damage ... but not that bad. And while before I was buring through my MP pretty quick, now it's really not a problem.

    So I guess it depends on how you use your skills ... I kind of like being able to cast one spell and get a bonus to my attacks for the next 10 minutes!
  • Shikyura - Sanctuary
    Shikyura - Sanctuary Posts: 143 Arc User
    edited October 2008
    the buff is like SRO if you evecr played it.....it adds elemental damage on TOP of your physical attack.....so whatever skill you use....it adds the fire damage on top
  • Xxmimiruexx - Heavens Tear
    Xxmimiruexx - Heavens Tear Posts: 16 Arc User
    edited October 2008
    well any extra dmg is good dmg im just saying its not a top priority skill, not like bow mastry or range skills
  • Zolaren - Sanctuary
    Zolaren - Sanctuary Posts: 35 Arc User
    edited October 2008
    Well, with two saying it doesn't stack and one saying it does, I thought I'd do a little test ...

    I did it against a Metal creature, so that the Fire bonus would be even more evident, and the result is that yes it stacks with your skills ... but it doesn't do as much damage as you might expect.

    I found (even with a normal attack) that it only increased my damage by about 12% ... this when it should be applying 19% fire damage - and against metal creature so actually double that. Not sure why that is ... but the description says it's 19% of weapon damage, so I'm assuming there's lot of things (my level, arrows, rings ...) increasing my damage that don't get included.

    Another interesting fact - it affects Take Aim fully (same increase as a normal attack), but only get about half the affect with Quick Shot or Frost Arrow. Presumably because TA does a percentage increase while QS and FA add a fixed amount. (Lightning Strike also got a big increase, although I'd expect it to be the same deal as QA/FA ... but hard to evaluate since it does metal damage, which would've been reduced)

    So I'd have to agree with Xxmimiruexx - it's OK, but not a high priority skill.
  • Nevermore - Heavens Tear
    Nevermore - Heavens Tear Posts: 438 Arc User
    edited October 2008
    I'm a damage dealer, so anything that adds damage is insanely high on my priority list. Think about it.
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  • Zolaren - Sanctuary
    Zolaren - Sanctuary Posts: 35 Arc User
    edited October 2008
    Nevermore - Heavens Tear wrote: »
    I'm a damage dealer, so anything that adds damage is insanely high on my priority list. Think about it.

    I have - but at skill level 3, I'm getting about a 6% increase in damage (12% vs metal would translate into 6% vs most creatures). So I expect bringing it up another level might give me an additional 1% damage ... which is still nice to have, I'm not knocking it.

    I just think other skills are going to be more useful (like Winged Blessing and Frost Arrow, which may let me get one more attack in before the mob reaches me ... Knockback Arrow, Aim Low, Stunning Shot - don't have them yet, but they should give me a free attack or two ... Bow Mastery sounds good, though no idea yet how much it adds ...)

    Blazing Arrow is still nice to have, I just don't see it being at the top of my list when SP's are in short supply ...
  • Nevermore - Heavens Tear
    Nevermore - Heavens Tear Posts: 438 Arc User
    edited October 2008
    Zolaren - Sanctuary wrote: »
    I have - but at skill level 3, I'm getting about a 6% increase in damage (12% vs metal would translate into 6% vs most creatures). So I expect bringing it up another level might give me an additional 1% damage ... which is still nice to have, I'm not knocking it.

    I just think other skills are going to be more useful (like Winged Blessing and Frost Arrow, which may let me get one more attack in before the mob reaches me ... Knockback Arrow, Aim Low, Stunning Shot - don't have them yet, but they should give me a free attack or two ... Bow Mastery sounds good, though no idea yet how much it adds ...)

    Blazing Arrow is still nice to have, I just don't see it being at the top of my list when SP's are in short supply ...

    SP's in short supply? I don't know never happened to me, I currently have 1,550,341 unused spirit. Keeps building up o_O
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  • Zolaren - Sanctuary
    Zolaren - Sanctuary Posts: 35 Arc User
    edited October 2008
    Nevermore - Heavens Tear wrote: »
    SP's in short supply? I don't know never happened to me, I currently have 1,550,341 unused spirit. Keeps building up o_O

    Well then, send some my way ;) I'm at level 18, and about 5000 SP's short of getting all my skills ...
  • Nevermore - Heavens Tear
    Nevermore - Heavens Tear Posts: 438 Arc User
    edited October 2008
    Lol I wish I could xD Seriously, I don't NEED all that spirit, chances are I'll never use all of it >.<
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  • shivvyy
    shivvyy Posts: 24 Arc User
    edited October 2008
    nevermore - Heavens Tear wrote: »
    sp's In Short Supply? I Don't Know Never Happened To Me, I Currently Have 1,550,341 Unused Spirit. Keeps Building Up O_o

    Max Some Skills Out! =)
  • Xxmimiruexx - Heavens Tear
    Xxmimiruexx - Heavens Tear Posts: 16 Arc User
    edited November 2008
    yea ull never run short of spirit, it just keeps going up while ur cash keeps going down, if i had the cash id probably max out all my skills at my lvl and still has excess but yea blazing arrow is nice but untill i have the extra cash to throw about my skills ill probably get bow mastry and the range skill first then probably frost arrow as i do use it as my main atk altho its probably gonna be thrown out at higher lvls since there are other skills to take its place which really means im wasting my money now but honstly its a good dmg skill for my lvl and i like it the slow down effect gives me time to hot off another arrow which is always nice, but to cap the topic yea get blazing arrow ... eventully ^_^
  • jamser
    jamser Posts: 10 Arc User
    edited February 2009
    The increased damage is before taking into account the mob/players defence/resistances. So the increased damage wont be the percentage that the skill says. At lvl 10 it will add 40% as fire damage to the BASE damage, this will then be reduced by the mobs defences. Still a very nice skill.
  • Chaotiic - Lost City
    Chaotiic - Lost City Posts: 498 Arc User
    edited February 2009
    Whoever said it works with skills is wrong.

    Level 2 PVE TW there is a boss which is immune to all damage except fire. When we used normal shots we did about 500 damage to that boss showing the fire add-on from blazing arrow. However whenever u used skills it jus said resist showing NO fire add on.

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  • Prewancker - Lost City
    Prewancker - Lost City Posts: 59 Arc User
    edited February 2009
    Maybe when used with skills, Blazing Arrow just adds regular damage instead of fire damage. I may be wrong but I'm partially convinced that my skills do more damage when I buff myself.
  • sillyfoo
    sillyfoo Posts: 286 Arc User
    edited February 2009
    Blazing arrow only adds to regular attacks. Look at skill description says fire damage added to regular arrows. You can try if you like. Hard to gauge damage with xbow since its damage range is so spread apart. Sling would be best for you to test it out if you want. Enjoy!
  • Caldaster - Lost City
    Caldaster - Lost City Posts: 184 Arc User
    edited February 2009
    aye aye to tht

    Blazing arrow does not stack upon skill damage. But still its a worth skill. At high lvls u will be just grinding a lot and usually on flying mobs and most come as metal mobs. So with a sling u can kill them with just normal(+blazing arrow) and knockback (maybe add a stun too).

    And about sp ..... 5M sp unused ... not coz i dont have skills to upgrade but coz they cost hell lotta money. b:victory
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