1.2 Bow Buffs: Skills, Bows, Passives (and Cleave)

Somehow can't find a recent thread to post this in, wherein SlixSC complains about Ranger, so here we go. From the latest/"Final" Diamond Newsletter:

"We are looking at improving bow users in a few ways in 1.2.0. We're buffing skills, the bows themselves and passives.

Spectral Throw and some of the things that support it will be slightly nerfed. In contrast some past great melee skills will see a little love. (Yes, that includes cleave)."

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unsane wrote:

Somehow can't find a recent thread to post this in, wherein SlixSC complains about Ranger

just open any thread here and ull see it. shots fired

2hand lightning strike new meta inc

I remember 1hr race when kripp has 600 something damage on LS Kreygasm

My guess is it will be a nerf to the scaling and not lower level ST. Looking forward to the buffs though.

Cleave's still probably not going to be race viable but I could be wrong. One handers will be the reason now.

Maybe if they change how the whetstone recipe works with 1 handers it'll be different, but until then.. expect casters/2hand users to continue dominating.

maybe ele cleave? O_o

I don't know what to say. I'm really happy about this obviously.

edit. fixed

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jstq wrote:

maybe ele cleave? O_o

Ha, if there was a recipe for ele damage than sure.

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SlixSC wrote:

In other words, great changes, but for me personally it's just too late.

Not like anything's going to change if our favourite villain tool still exists (it just got updated 3 days ago, not even a day after 1.1.5e broke it).

But what I want to know is whether they'll finally swap RoA and Split Arrow.

Split is still shit no matter how you dice it. You barely kill anything without a Quiver/Iron Ring and even if you did luck out and get those, congratulations - 3 monsters.