fluffi wrote on Aug 17
th, 2011 at 3:15pm:
What about crossbows. With the changes to point blank, arties getting rapid reload for free, wouldn't a great crossbow in their hands is mega. Add in resist energy at level 1, blur wands, etc and you have something that can level up really quickly...
wait a min.. thats what everyone currently does since the f2p easy button came out... my bad...
I'll get me coat.
I just leveled one up to 6. so far using the cannon and a +1acid touch repeating crossbow i am kicking ass. i will probably get weaker as i go up but so far low level i am a complete monster.
repeating cross bow +1 acid damage +1d6 endless flaming arrows +1d2 force damage all 3X bolts = I'm one shooting everything.
sp is irrelevant so far. buffs and the rest is for healing.
also
Quote:NEW:Artificer Battle Engineer I (Artificer Prestige Enhancement)
Cost: 4 action points
Action Points Spent Prerequisite: 16
Available to Artificer class level 6
Requires: Artificer Crossbow Damage I, Artificer Crossbow Attack I, Artificer Damage Boost II, One of: Point Blank Shot, Weapon Focus: Bludgeoning, Piercing, Slashing, Ranged, or Thrown Weapons, Power Attack
A workshop is not for you - you prefer to provide logistical and technological support on the front lines. You gain 10 hit points, reduce arcane spell failure from armor by 10%, and have +2 to both confirm critical hits and critical damage (before multipliers). Any weapon you wield in your main hand gains +2 to its enhancement bonus (which stacks with the Enchant Weapon spell), and you gain the ability to enchant your crossbow to instantly reload itself, allowing you to lay down incredible amounts of fire for a short period of time.
Action Boost: Endless Fusillade
You may activate this ability to enchant your crossbow to instantly reload itself for six seconds.
5 uses per rest. same cool-down as action boosts so you can us it the same time as damage boost. takes about 2 seconds to start with a little animation of you smacking your crossbow. and it really does eliminate the reload animation, it is just a constant bombardment of bolts. i will need to test it later but I'm guessing a great cross bow would be best to use with this.
It is the new manyshot.