RANGER
The ranger will see a variety of changes during this update. Of particular note, we are reducing Grace of the Land’s damage bonus and reworking it so that it’s compatible with all Celestial Avatar abilities and affects ten allies around the druid. We hope this improves the value of a single druid in large-group scenarios.
Many pet attacks have had usability and movement enhancements in an effort to improve general damage against moving targets. The greatsword has had a couple of improvements for better damage and pet synergy. Finally, a few underused (and even some meta) utility skills have undergone general quality-of-life improvements.
[Weapons]
- Maul: This skill now grants an Attack of Opportunity to the ranger’s pet, causing its next attack to deal 50% more damage.
- Hilt Bash: This skill should now land more consistently when used at max range. This skill no longer grants a damage bonus to pets, but it will now refresh the greatsword’s Maul skill when striking an enemy.
- Throw Torch: The physical damage of this skill has been increased by 33%.
[Utilities]
- Sharpening Stone: The number of stacks that this skill applies has been increased from 6 to 10.
- Muddy Terrain: Immobilize duration applied by this skill has been increased from 2 seconds to 3 seconds.
- Signet of the Wild: Fixed a bug that caused the ranger to be unblockable.
- Lightning Reflexes: The recharge of this skill has been reduced from 40 seconds to 30 seconds in PvP only.
- Spike Trap: The recharge of this skill has been reduced from 45 seconds to 30 seconds in PvP only.
[Traits]
- Sharpened Edges: The chance to bleed a target on critical hit has been reduced from 66% to 33%.
- Soften the Fall: Immobilize duration applied by this trait has been increased from 2 seconds to 3 seconds.
- Grace of the Land: Damage per stack of this trait has been reduced from 3 to 2. The number of targets affected by this trait has been increased from 5 to 10.
- Natural Convergence: This skill will now provide Grace of the Land on every pulse when that trait is equipped.
[Pets]
Avian Pets:
- Updated on-land nonbasic attacks so that they more consistently hit enemies and can be executed from farther distances.
Canine Pets:
- Updated on-land basic attacks to more reliably hit enemies, with their executable attack range being increased from 130 to 240.
- Crippling Leap: Increased the attack range of this skill from 130 to 180. Also increased the reliability of this skill by increasing the movement speed and duration. This skill will now be affected by quickness.
- Brutal Charge: Reduced the warmup casting time by 0.5 seconds. This skill will now be affected by quickness.
Smokescale:
- Updated on-land basic attacks to move slightly toward the target when executing attacks on land. Increased the range at which the creature will attack from 130 to 200.
- Takedown: Updated this attack to have a slight movement toward the target. Reduced aftercast by 0.25 seconds. Increased the range at which the creature will attack from 130 to 240.
Wyvern Pets:
- Updated on-land basic attacks to move farther toward the target on each swing. Greatly increased the attack speed of this skill from 3.3 seconds to 2.2 seconds. Increased the range at which the creature will attack from 130 to 200.
- Tail Lash: Updated this attack to move farther toward the target when executing. Reduced the attack of this skill from 3.6 seconds to 1.2 seconds. Increased the range at which the creature will attack from 130 to 200.
- Wing Buffet: Reduced the initial casting time of this skill by 0.5 seconds. Increased the attack radius from 240 to 360.
Drake Pets:
- Updated on-land basic attacks to move farther toward the target when executing on land.
- Chomp: Updated this attack to move farther toward the target when executing on land.
- Tail Swipe: Increased the radius of this attack from 225 to 280. Greatly increased the attack speed of this skill.
Feline Pets:
- Updated on-land basic attacks to move farther toward the target when executing on land.
- Bite: Updated this attack to move farther toward the target on land and have a faster recovery once the skill has been executed.
- Maul: Updated this attack to move farther toward the target on land and have a faster recovery once the skill has been executed.
Moa Pets:
- Updated on-land basic attacks to move farther toward the target when executing on land.
Pig Pets:
- Updated on-land basic attacks to move farther toward the target when executing on land. Increased the attack range from 130 to 200.
- Maul: Updated this attack to move toward the target when used on land. Reduced the start-up and aftercast by around 0.5 seconds each.
- Brutal Charge: Reduced the start-up of this skill by 0.5 seconds. Reduced the aftercast by 0.5 seconds.
Bear (Ursine) Pets:
- Updated on-land basic attacks to move farther toward the target when executing on land.
PET PRECISION & DPS TESTS -OUTDATED-
Will update once Path of Fire releases.
Will update once Path of Fire releases.
(edited by Wondrouswall.7169)
