04-10-2003, 01:57 PM
I think that bugs are only as serious as their impact on the game is large
The interaction between Pierce and certain other skills including Frozen Arrow and Lightning Fury is the dominant feature of public BNet play.
People make cow games and wait for the Amas
People leave cow games if no Amas turn up (quite often they do anyway)
If intended then a rebalance is needed, if unintended then a fix is needed
Compared to that then the Druid pierce bug described is insignificant. I have never even seen anyone exploit it. Druids using bows to melee with is also comparitively minor. The Buri is the main bow used and that is because it has 100% ias with a Shael which is very effective at speeding up this particular animation. It is very unusual for other bows to be used, particularly as druids do well with 3 categories of 2-handed weapons. And there are plenty of other strong druid weapons of similar rarity
The interaction between Pierce and certain other skills including Frozen Arrow and Lightning Fury is the dominant feature of public BNet play.
People make cow games and wait for the Amas
People leave cow games if no Amas turn up (quite often they do anyway)
If intended then a rebalance is needed, if unintended then a fix is needed
Compared to that then the Druid pierce bug described is insignificant. I have never even seen anyone exploit it. Druids using bows to melee with is also comparitively minor. The Buri is the main bow used and that is because it has 100% ias with a Shael which is very effective at speeding up this particular animation. It is very unusual for other bows to be used, particularly as druids do well with 3 categories of 2-handed weapons. And there are plenty of other strong druid weapons of similar rarity