Point blank passive?
" Thanks, that is actually very helpful. I know I am a scrub lowbie 25 character on HC, and this is my first char so I am going to assume my opinion doesn't necessarily mean much. However I took the passive simply because of what this guy said, I don't like being close to hit at all, and avoid being hit. If something is chasing me and about to melee me, I want to kill it asap. Therefore I took the passive because of that. Also to note, I play solo. |
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" You're welcome, but just FYI take what I said with a grain of salt. I'm hardly a pro at the game, and that was the first forum post I bothered to submit here. I just figured I may as well give people some reference since its hard to know how the distances relate to Point Blank without some point of reference. We used the Cold Snap spell as a ruler. Let us know how it works out for you, or if you feel it is effective or ineffective in practice. I've been using the PB support gem on some skills, but I am close to unlocking the passive and removing the supports. |
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it would be amazing if this skill worked with etherial knives.
As is, the best use for this at the moment I can see is lighting strike. |
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" This comes in very useful for a Rain of Arrows build where mobs are often if not on top of you, quite close. And when they are closing, what you want is to kill them fast, naturally. Is it worth the loss of damage at extreme range? Depends on your playstyle. I've found it beneficial so far. Last edited by t0lkien#7048 on Feb 13, 2014, 3:49:41 AM
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Running a level 95 Ranger. Tried many builds (incl. Voltax-Crit), but my current build works better, both in solo and in groups, and it uses Point Blank.
I find that doing less damage at very long range keeps me alive when critting those pesky off-screen reflect mobs. Solo: Ranged monsters do not hit me (Evasion/Ondars and Dodge), melee monsters run into a killing zone. So in a mixed group I kill the melee monsters first, then run up to the ranged monsters and kill them. Works well for me. In parties, I find that once parties consist of experienced 93+ players (or so), the whole dynamic changes. Everyone is on quicksilver all of the time and killing as fast as possible. If you know you have to do 100+ maps for another level, you want to do them as fast as possible. So I am in point blank range most of the time anyway, and might as well do the extra damage. Non-bosses die too fast to get more than one or two hits in, so the danger is almost nil. PB is a great passive. Dear Maligaro, I left my head in San Francisco, I lost my legs in Peru My liver and kidney are on holiday in Sydney And I am sending my Heart to you --- Love, Malachai Last edited by Flapdrol#5373 on Feb 13, 2014, 4:29:05 AM
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" You must be practically braindead to not think of PB + Chin Sol + RoA + Conc effect. Just stack +phys, %phys and hp and you have a cheap tanky build that melts stuff. |
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Why are you people so bad at this?
Spectral Throw & Slower Projectiles & Point Blank. Melt everything. (b) Personal abuse, foul language, inappropriate subject matter, obscene, harassing, threatening, hateful, or discriminatory or defamatory remarks of any nature ... are not permitted.
- PoE TOS. |
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PUNCTURE/TRAP............. 1 SHOT
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Nice necro...
IGN : @Morgoth
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this thread is nice! fun to see how it shifted from "nah that sucks" to "great passive, just take it"
friend of mine played a meele bow ranger, and we used to call him the shotgun because that's what he was...point blank plus a Chin Sol and u'll be like a close-combat Legolas |
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