02-06-2005, 12:49 PM
Thecla,Feb 5 2005, 09:08 PM Wrote:Try multi-shot some more then and see what you think! One of it's best uses is exactly to deal heavy damage to a single target. If there's only one target, all three missiles hit that target (Edit: checking it again, I'm not so sure that this is what really happens, but MS does deal out a lot of damage against a single target, whatever the mechanism). It does more damage than arcane shot (maybe you have to its lvl up a bit, I'm not sure), and it's on a completely separate timer. IMO Multi-shot is one of the very best ranged attacks a hunter has. Volley, on the other hand, is pretty useless.
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Only one missile per target with up to three missiles with the Multi-Shot skill. The extra damage you are seeing is from the skill itself.
Multi-Shot (Rank 1)
Fires several missiles, hitting 3 targets.
No damage bonus on this one, but you do get normal damage to all 3 targets.
Multi-Shot (Rank 2)
Fires several missiles, hitting 3 targets for an additional 40 damage.
I did not look at this real close, but I think that the damage bonus is to each of the 3 shots.
Multi-Shot (Rank 3)
Fires several missiles, hitting 3 targets for an additional 80 damage.
Multi-Shot (Rank 4)
Fires several missiles, hitting 3 targets for an additional 120 damage.
The damage bonus on the higher ranks is nice. This is particularly ture when there are several close spaced mobs that havew had their aggro locked down already by tanks. I suspect that many plyers are not looking too close at the skill descriptions after the first rank to notice that they have a damage bonus on them. Also for many players, the first times of using the skill probably gave them a not too pleasant experience as they likely ended up pulling the aggro of two mobs onto themselves when their pet had only gained an aggro lock on mob in the group. That type of experince will have many players swearing of a skill and not playing around with it more later to see where and how it should be used.
Even though it does not put all three shots onto a single mob, it does give a nice damage boost (weapon damage+bonus) in fight using a instant fire weapon skill.