https://www.ddo.com/forums/showthread.php/150534-Official-Known-Issues

Why is that list so big? I mean, some of the easier things to fix should be fixed already and taken off the list. Why aren't we seeing overnight patches saying they fixed this-or-that?

Everything under "Enhancements" and "Feats" just pisses me off. There are builds out there suffering or not even being made because of that garbage. Things like missing a crit multiplier or your abilities not scaling with the correct amount of spellpower...

How can we get them on that harder? At least the Enhancements and Feats part of that list because those are the most infuriating, at least if any of them affect you.

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Asheras wrote on Jan 19^th, 2016 at 3:47pm:

This has been fixed since U28.1. I have a thrower build and confirmed it. In fact, I was very excited about that fix.

That's their known issues list, Ash. We all know the actual issues list is 10 times longer.

Asheras wrote on Jan 19^th, 2016 at 4:00pm:

12 ranger/7 bard/1 arti. I can't remember the exact AP allotment, but it's something like this: 38 AP in DWS, 18 in Swashbuckler, 13 in Warchanter (mostly for PRR), at least 4 in Spellsinger (for extended bard songs), and the rest in the Drow racial tree for more dexterity and a little bit of extra hit/damage with shuriken.

Asheras wrote on Jan 20^th, 2016 at 12:44pm:

Well, sadly, the Swashbuckler critical multiplier doesn't get applied to thrown weapons. I had originally thought a thrower mostly focusing on bard would be fun, and it might be. However, the 20% doubleshot from DWS was too good to go to tier 5 in Swashbuckler. With one epic past life from Primal (3% doubleshot), I have 51% doubleshot with ship buffs and I don't yet have the Dynamistic Quiver.

I went 7 bard because I wanted Displacement as a spell. And I was going 6 bard for sure for the 6th level core. I thought about 12 ranger/6 bard/2 arti so I could equip rune arms to get the fire/acid/etc damage from the rune arm. You can get the AA primary imbues working with thrown weapons by activating it, changing to a bow, then back to your throwing weapon (or logging out with a bow equipped, then it's just activate and switch to the thrown weapon). It's useful when you need acid damage for trolls or something like that, but for me it was a pain to have to constantly do that on every log in and after every rest.

I chose to be Drow for the free shuriken proficiency and Shuriken Expertise feats. This left me room for a toughness feat to compensate for the slightly lower starting Constitution and allowed me to take Empower Healing Spell.

I'm working on filling the Primal sphere karma again for another epic reincarnation, then I'm planning to TR after that. I've been trying to decide whether to 12 monk/6 ranger/2 rogue or stick with ranger/bard. If I go monk, then I get to try that out and I get to do things like use Celestia in my off-hand at high levels to get its effects applied to my thrown weapon. (This also works for weapons with tendon slice, not that that's worth anything now that it's been fixed. For the time it was broken, that was HELLA fun, though.) I know the Ninja Spy 3rd level core gives an extra chance to throw another shuriken based on your dexterity. However, with monk levels, you can't be centered and use non-shuriken throwing weapons. This is a serious limitation, especially at low levels where it's important to use hammers against skeletons.

I've even thought about going pure ranger and getting the AA capstone (20% doubleshot), plus Strikes Like Lightning. The problem for me is that I won't have trap skills, which I like having.

And of course with bard levels and Swashbuckling, you can't use anything in your off-hand. I am still considering going 2 artificer for the rune arm and giving up Displacement, which would require me to reset my Swashbuckler enhancements at high level when I'm ready to get the doubleshot from Dashing Scoundrel. Also, if I put more AP into Warchanter, I could get another 6% doubleshot from there. It would be interesting to know whether Northwind would proc off vorpal hits with thrown weapons. Maybe I'll try that out later.

Asheras wrote on Jan 20^th, 2016 at 1:57pm:

You're welcome. I haven't done a lot of work getting a variety of weapons. So, I have a ML 27 Solar hammer of Improved Disruption, a tier 2 TF shuriken with a Meteoric Star Ruby slotted, a Dagan's Mallet, a Snowstar, a Shadowstar, and a few others (such as a Ghost Touch Flametouched Iron Returning Throwing Hammer of Undead Bane). I don't have a smiting hammer and my Dagan's Mallet is the only thing I have right now that can bypass the DR of Archons. I'm probably going to make a TF shuriken with a Ruby of Good slotted.

The Snowstar outperforms even green steel bows (and this character has 3 ranger past lives and an array of green steel bows) and was my primary weapon until I got my TF shuriken at level 22. If I recall correctly, the Snowstar had a crit range of 11-20 and a x3 multiplier. It might have been 13-20. What I do remember is that the crit profile and crit damage are basically insane. With the rate of fire that you get from Shuriken Expertise and doubleshot, it's a really powerful weapon and that's what puts it over green steel bows. Shadowstar is a good weapon until you can use Snowstar. Also, Shadowstar is slightly improved over what it used to be. They added a red augment and I think the damage is slightly better than it used to be.

I tried out North Winds. It does work on thrown weapons, but the cost to get it is just too high. However, I did drop my enhancements from the Drow tree, reduced my AP spend in Swashbuckler by 2 (gave up +1 dex there), and invested more into Warchanter to get Reckless Chant, which brings my doubleshot up to 57% with guild buffs. It drops my dexterity by 3, which costs +2 attack, damage, and reflex saves. However, I think the extra 6% doubleshot is worth the cost. If you want to freeze enemies like North Winds, I would say to use the Frozen Tunic instead - especially since North Winds has an 18 second cooldown (with 6 AP invested), whereas the Frozen Tunic has at worst a 1 second cooldown (and I don't think it even has that).