happy to hear someone that really played a scout to 6l ... so u'r a lemming like me ... full bow mos5 dex3 fe3 is the only way to go ...
about 45 or 50 bow, i agree, dmg is basically the same. this is the spec i've run mostly from 4l2 to 6l0 (w/out considering the 10/15 times i've respec something different for try lol). Bistravoda is still running 45bow 50shield with mob3.
why i've respec and i find 50bow the only viable spec? because i've realized that even if u have 50shield and mob5, your chance to block against dual wielders will always be " S.H.I.T " so where i can put points on something useful (ra's and skill)?
melee? no thx
stealth? no need
only bow left ... ok!

Fortyseven wrote:... melee damage, don't roll a scout. My 2 cents!

MELEE and SCOUT are 2 words that can't stay togheter ... before try a Scout on Emain, is impossible to understand ...

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fresh real EMAIN rvr EXEMPLE with 35bow

yesterday i was adding on a ranger/bard duo before another duo hib come from behind and mezz me (lol, what a lucky i am ...)
bard i was shooting survived at 2% ...
looking log, i've crit for 470 ... then 1 normal shot + 1 rapid fire or 2 rapid fire ... with incredible low dmg, and no crit at all ...

.. bard survived.

if we try today, that i'am back at my spec, i'am 100% sure bard will die ... crit will be FOR SURE something from 750 to 800+ (with this variance), then prolly no need lot more arrows, maybe 3 rapid fire (considering the crits of fe3).

i was going to die anyway, when ranger come back, no doubt on it, but at least i got my rp's and my kill.

really worth gimp bow dmg for being just more hard to kill on melee?
being more hard to kill on melee not mean Scout can win, Scout will die anyway, no chance with this block rate ... and this dps

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i'd like try a scout a real live working server (the one with no buff bots)
with no block malus against dual wields and self buffs like hunters and rangers (dmg add, speed shout etc)

or ... just a scout on a real old settings + old ra's working server ... with purge on 30 minute timer ...

... i'am pretty sure, scouts will be no more " lemmings " like here ...

but well, this is Uthgard, not live, just a not - definied patch NEVER EXISTED on real daoc, full of unbalance, wrong ra's, wrong settings ...

that's why all play rangers, thanes, reavers etc for 1on1 and think to be good killing low rr guys and sub-par chars ...

... anyway, this is another story .

/vanish from this topic, nothing more to say
realac0

Fortyseven wrote:Also, you do NOT want stealthers evading the opening critshot.

Assassins can evade crit shot? I don't think this has ever happened to me... Only when I screwed up my timing and accidentally opened with normal shot or rapid fire..

Outphaze wrote:

Fortyseven wrote:Also, you do NOT want stealthers evading the opening critshot.

Assassins can evade crit shot? I don't think this has ever happened to me... Only when I screwed up my timing and accidentally opened with normal shot or rapid fire..

I won't say that I'm sure until I've found someone to test it on. Could well be caused by missing the hotkey or by someone leaving stealth to run as I release the shot.

You can not miss a crit shot on a stealthed target, but if you hit rapid fire to early e.g. the crit shot will be aborted and the normal shot can get evaded.

Shouldnt the scout have at least a 300 range bonus compared with the other bow classes? If i remember right this bonus must be implemented in the uth patch version. But anyway would be still gimp in times of all the mentioned disadvantageses this class got on uthgard. What a bummer!

Scout has 100 locs more range than ranger and 200 more than hunter

So we got 2 totally different opinions here. What to go now?

Go explore!

On it But respecs are expensive and only got 300 gold

But atm i like my spec. Think just need some more rr.

36 Stealth
37 Bow
39 Thrust
42 shield

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