Talk:Power Shot
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Why does this still hit for 25 at 15 while Power Attack hits for 40? Done25 19:31, 2 August 2007 (UTC)
- Because its a weak skill. —ǥȓɩηɔɧ〚₮/ḉ〛 04:17, 3 August 2007 (UTC)
- Needs buff, causes deep wound if target <50% hp, uber sauce then.
- Change the name to Weak Shot 00:56, 17 January 2008 (UTC)
- Bwahaha yeah good idea. Dark Morphon(contribs) 13:33, 23 January 2008 (UTC)
- Change the name to Weak Shot 00:56, 17 January 2008 (UTC)
- Needs buff, causes deep wound if target <50% hp, uber sauce then.
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[edit] Bug
'The actual firing time of this skill seems to be 1/2 of a second, rather than the full second stated in the skill description.' Who put that there? It fires at the same speed as Quick Shot and Needling Shot here... Perhaps the person who put it up there had an IAS? Anyhoo... I'll remove it... Saphatorael 17:44, 9 February 2008 (UTC)
- Actually, I just noticed today, when playing my pre-searing ranger, that power shot was firing significantly faster then I recalled, so much so that I came here to check. Perhaps someone can look into this?
Crystal Myr 05:04, 15 February 2008 (UTC)
- This skill got buffed lately, just like Penetrating Shot and some others. Dark Morphon(contribs) 14:27, 15 February 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Nerf
since when was it overpowered noone ever used it?
- /agree, no one except for starting rangers ever uses this skill.--
Raph Talky 22:30, 20 March 2008 (UTC)
- Indeed. The damage was not that high really. Maybe reverting the attack time back to normal bow attack time would have been better? Regardless I can still use this combo: pull shot, walk back a few paces, regular shot, dual shot, power shot, and have a dead boss in pre with a lvl 13. Could probably do it with a 12, just would have to drop some expertise. Its still a decent finishing skill in pre I guess. *shrug* Kelvin Greyheart 01:09, 21 March 2008 (UTC)
- They do not know what they want. At first they try to buff ranger bow damage - make "marksmen" builds viable. Now someone seems to have stringed together sundering attack, penetrating attack + powershot and whatever else (everything with activation time). And then it is suddenly too good? Seems they do not want Rangers to do lethal damage on their own. This is a bit contradicting their previous buffs. --Longasc 12:10, 21 March 2008 (UTC)
- Burning arrow takes up your elite slot, but is way cuter than this (maintainable burning, +14 dps for u and the bonus dmg spike)... Ninjas In The Sky 14:53, 21 March 2008 (UTC)
- Nobody is talking about Burning Arrow here (!) or if it is way cuter than this or that! --Longasc 20:11, 24 March 2008 (UTC)
- Anet seems to think that if you don't have all chapters, you are excluded from game balance. As far as elite bow attacks go, you have almost no options in PvP without Nightfall. In PvE, everyone runs barragers, but in PvP, barrage is not really good unless in alliance battles. Punishing Shot? High energy cost, bad damage. Poison Arrow-useless attribute, poison is easy to remove, bad DPS, no bonus damage. Melandru's Shot-recharge time is way too long for it to be useful for anything except energy management. Broad Head Arrow-useless against dodging or at long range. Crippling Shot-no damage bonus. Quick Shot-no damage bonus, useless energy sink. Burning Arrow-if you don't have Nightfall, too bad.
- Need I mention that Power Shot looks like a joke next to Hunter's Shot? Hunter's shot does 0-5 less damage(for half the energy, you won't miss the damage), recharges faster, and can inflict Bleeding for quite a while. And don't even mention Sundering Attack, that skill is now completely useless. Maybe I would use it if it was 5 energy. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 96.233.14.69 (talk • contribs) at 17:22, 28 March 2008 (UTC).
- Actually, it is very much possible to PvP with a ranger without Nightfall. Crippling Shot. — Galil
17:28, 28 March 2008 (UTC)
- The only positive thing this skill has left is that it has an activation time of one second, which is faster than most regular bow attacks. It still sucks and it was a ridicious nerf to begin with. At 10 energy this skill was fine as it was. SniperFox 10:35, 2 April 2008 (UTC)
- I agree. It could be 5e and still nobody would run it. -Auron 10:37, 2 April 2008 (UTC)
- It was a completely warranted nerf. haven't any of you been pwned by those absurdly IMBA Power shot spikes in HA? ~ ZamaneeJinn 04:57, 12 April 2008 (UTC)
- I've never seen a power shot spike in HA... maybe punishing shot, or glass arrows combined with forked arrow, or keen arrow...but never power shot. But to be honest, I'd say the activation is still half a second oO, prolly similar reason to how Dshot is actually 1/4 sec--WikiWu 11:45, 30 April 2008 (UTC)
- The real reason why sunder. + penet. + power shot have been nerfed all together is mentioned on the skill discusion page by Izzy himself ( if he didnt removed it yet ). This reason might have been qualified as egocentric. I am not into yelling at Izzy so I wont comment on it any further. What I find to be quite disturbing is rather how some other gimmicks are "allowed" to coninue for other professions. But we must keep in mind that they are aware of the difficulty to balance things with the GW1 design and that they attempt to adress this issue in GW2. Yseron - 86.64.70.44 12:03, 30 April 2008 (UTC)
- I've never seen a power shot spike in HA... maybe punishing shot, or glass arrows combined with forked arrow, or keen arrow...but never power shot. But to be honest, I'd say the activation is still half a second oO, prolly similar reason to how Dshot is actually 1/4 sec--WikiWu 11:45, 30 April 2008 (UTC)
- It was a completely warranted nerf. haven't any of you been pwned by those absurdly IMBA Power shot spikes in HA? ~ ZamaneeJinn 04:57, 12 April 2008 (UTC)
- I agree. It could be 5e and still nobody would run it. -Auron 10:37, 2 April 2008 (UTC)
- The only positive thing this skill has left is that it has an activation time of one second, which is faster than most regular bow attacks. It still sucks and it was a ridicious nerf to begin with. At 10 energy this skill was fine as it was. SniperFox 10:35, 2 April 2008 (UTC)
- Actually, it is very much possible to PvP with a ranger without Nightfall. Crippling Shot. — Galil
- Nobody is talking about Burning Arrow here (!) or if it is way cuter than this or that! --Longasc 20:11, 24 March 2008 (UTC)
- Burning arrow takes up your elite slot, but is way cuter than this (maintainable burning, +14 dps for u and the bonus dmg spike)... Ninjas In The Sky 14:53, 21 March 2008 (UTC)
- They do not know what they want. At first they try to buff ranger bow damage - make "marksmen" builds viable. Now someone seems to have stringed together sundering attack, penetrating attack + powershot and whatever else (everything with activation time). And then it is suddenly too good? Seems they do not want Rangers to do lethal damage on their own. This is a bit contradicting their previous buffs. --Longasc 12:10, 21 March 2008 (UTC)
- Indeed. The damage was not that high really. Maybe reverting the attack time back to normal bow attack time would have been better? Regardless I can still use this combo: pull shot, walk back a few paces, regular shot, dual shot, power shot, and have a dead boss in pre with a lvl 13. Could probably do it with a 12, just would have to drop some expertise. Its still a decent finishing skill in pre I guess. *shrug* Kelvin Greyheart 01:09, 21 March 2008 (UTC)
This skill is overpowerd and does not need a buff. i won 3 random arenas matches with it in the skill bar. nubs.Oni 19:36, 30 April 2008 (UTC)
- the way i see it there are four possible resons as to why:1. you're lying,2. you got rlly lucky, 3. those people sucked hooribly, or 4.ur being annoyingly sarcastic--
Raph Talky 21:04, 30 April 2008 (UTC)
The reason I can comprehend why Izzy would nerf this is as a joke...This is honestly like nerfing firestorm or something. If ANYTHING it needed a buff. Maybe he just thought no one would care... *scratches head* Psychiatric Consultant 02:36, 3 May 2008 (UTC)
Now, now, don't b to hard on Izzy, after all, we know how overpowered it was and how much it was used in high-end PvP. *rolls eyes so far that they go into back of head* Izzy, I'm sorry, but u need to go see my friend, the Psychiatric Consultant. All of the GW community is concerned about your mental health and well being. JORLZ36181 17:59, 8 May 2008 (UTC)
Seriously now, This skill is 10 energy and nothing special, where Crossfire is 5 energy, a faster recharge, and THE SAME DMG. Plus there is a chance Crossfire won't be blocked. Why would anyone with a working frontal lobe use Power Shot? FleshAndFaith 21:33, 11 May 2008 (UTC)
- They wouldn't. -- Mini Me
21:34, 11 May 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Determined Shot
Has anyone else noticed this is pretty much an expensive version of Determined Shot without the recharge thing?
[edit] Forgotten Skill...
The thing that gets me is Power Shot... This skill is now obsoleite... Sundering/Penetrating Attacks are now 10/1/4 deal +22 and 10% Sundering... Power Shot is 10/1/6 and only deals +18... I think Power Shot needs a change... SabreWolf 02:48, 23 May 2008 (UTC)
- Yes, it needs a buff badly. Either increase the damage (doubt it), or reduce energy/recharge. Maybe make it 5 energy and 5 recharge? It would be used/useful then. 70.126.107.48 17:54, 4 June 2008 (UTC)
- Izzy already explained that in his opinion rangers are not devoted to do damages and that he wants to avoid the return of rangers spikes in pvp ( except with some builds he likes, involving other weapons and secondary professions ). So focus on something else. Yseron - 90.28.79.40 18:12, 4 June 2008 (UTC)
- Lol - izzy likes sway MRD
- @90.28--So let rangers have useless skills? That makes perfect sense >_> There isn't anything wrong with r-spike, anyways... 70.126.107.48 19:11, 11 June 2008 (UTC)
- Well if Izzy wants RANGERS to not be a super damaging class, I think that's rather stereotypical. I mean, every other class can be purely devoted to damage output if they want, except Monks because this game is a game based on stereotypes. But even so, why sould Dervish, Assassin, and Warrior be able to play support OR Pure damage, but Ranger can't? --Media Control 05:27, 7 July 2008 (UTC)
- Izzy already explained that in his opinion rangers are not devoted to do damages and that he wants to avoid the return of rangers spikes in pvp ( except with some builds he likes, involving other weapons and secondary professions ). So focus on something else. Yseron - 90.28.79.40 18:12, 4 June 2008 (UTC)
[edit] ???
WTF?! I used 2 use this skill like all the time, & it was gud. Then I quit for like 4 months & suddenly power shot is the worst skill ever!!! I remember back when it was only prophecies & it had something like +9-30dmg!!!!! Now it just sucks, needs a major buff Crimmastermind 03:34, 7 July 2008 (UTC)
read the above posts, they say the same thing. Also, even when only prophecies was out and this skill was "good", it still sucked more than alot of other ranger attacks. Why would you take this skill over other, better skills?--
Raph Talky 21:26, 7 July 2008 (UTC)
