Official Ranger Patch/fixe

[Feii]

Official Ranger patch/fixe since 1.0 to current 1.2...
(gonna try to update it after each patch, help is welcome )


December 3
-The motion skill speed of bow attack is 16% faster than before

December 10
-The autoattack skills and some skills to start automatically have regular attacks.
(However, sleep arrows / shackles and arrows to attack the skills will stop automatically.)
-The power of lv10 to 16 skills "shot 1 / lasso arrow 1 / rafale arrow 1" has been increased slightly.
-The Stigma "Backward Cut" can now used wearing a bow
-The motion skill speed in air has been increase too
-The passive skill "air increase range" is more narrow

December 17
-The skill "lessons Arrow" got his minimum damage raised a bit ( 150 to 300 )
-You can now move while using "slow arrow" skill
-after using a Ranger skill automatically attack will stop, back to start December 10 update to the previous settings were adjusted.

January 21
-Ranger's "Eye of Offensive" lv44 skill cast time reduced from 2 seconds to 0.5 seconds.
-Ranger's "Polymorph: Lycan" skill's buff duration increased from 1 minute to 2 minutes.
-Fixed an issue with the Ranger's "Eye of Offensive" lv44 skill not fading even after using up the 5 attacks that the skill allows.

Febrary 11
-All Ranger skills will now consume less mana.
-Ranger's 'Traps' and Spirit Master's 'Fire/Earth/Wind/Water Servants'(not the actual pets), are no longer affected by Fear/Sleep spells.

Febrary 18
-The effect of "shackles Arrow" cannot be removed with vanish potion anymore

Febrary 27
-The trap skill "Sandstorm" can now be used in air
-The Elyos "shock arrows" disapear to be "shackles Arrow" it's now the same skill for both race
-The skill "condor arrow" & "griffon arrow" are now exactly the same for both race
-The toggle skill "Firing stance" decrease now your speed even in air.
-The 1min buff skill are now instant cast and don't need to be in attack mode.

April 29
-The lv34 skill "Rapid shot" where you was always stunned if attack has been modified to the description, and you have now only a "chance" to become stunned if attacked.

source : http://aion.gamemeca.com/special/sec...ion/index.html

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You can notice that the Ranger is the most patched/fixed class after the Chanter, there is many good change like :
rapid shot finaly corrected after 6 month !!
but some bad change like :
the "firing stance" toggle in air or the auto attack patched and then not patched...

/discuss

[Wired]

Is this stuff on the china server now? or just Kor?

[Jazdevi]

Originally Posted by Wired

Is this stuff on the china server now? or just Kor?

Obviously Korea, but China will have these updates later.

[Atarsamain]

Originally Posted by Feii

January 21
-Ranger's "Polymorph: Lycan" skill's buff duration increased from 1 minute to 2 minutes

Febrary 27
-The 1min buff skill are now instant cast and don't need to be in attack mode.

1 is applied 2 is not yet applied on China OBT servers

yet ranger sux
hope with smaller latency it will be more playable

[Senary]

Can you drop Firing stance if you need to kite? That said, what's duration and recast time?

[Nello]

Really nice thread, sad to see how fixes get rarer and rarer with time tho...

[Vinan]

Originally Posted by Nello

Really nice thread, sad to see how fixes get rarer and rarer with time tho...

They come when needed and finished just be glad they did a good job.

[Gyli]

Interesting, yet good changes I'm glad Ranger as been patched up. Thank you for the list.

[Feii]

Originally Posted by Senary

Can you drop Firing stance if you need to kite? That said, what's duration and recast time?

Yes it's an instant toggle buff, but it's a stigma and it take a slot so ;/

[kadej]

Originally Posted by Feii

Yes it's an instant toggle buff, but it's a stigma and it take a slot so ;/

Feii when are you going to play again? I'm really interested in your opinions concerning the ranger's performance based on some of these patches. Some seem like really good fixes that the ranger needed and other's seem a little gimped. but since I don't play, I have no way of testing ...

[Feii]

Originally Posted by kadej

Feii when are you going to play again? I'm really interested in your opinions concerning the ranger's performance based on some of these patches. Some seem like really good fixes that the ranger needed and other's seem a little gimped. but since I don't play, I have no way of testing ...

The test serv will be restarted and my char deleted so, im gonna wait the next update to remade a ranger
to test the last patch/fixe...

[Spoilyou]

if the RAnger get boost a little , i am going back to play ranger.

nice job with the update appreciate you work

[Nello]

With the new patch hitting the korean test server, here are some of the changes the ranger had:

New Stigmas

Skill name: Gale Arrow/질풍 화살
Required Stigma: Retreating Slash Breath of Nature
Effect: Physical attack skill that can be used while moving.

Skill name: Wind Scamper/바람의 질주
Required Stigma: Slowing Trap/둔화의 덫
Effect: Your movement speed is increased by 18% for 1 minute.

Skill name: Explosive Arrow/폭발 화살
Required Stigma:Bow of Blessing/축복의 활 Eye of Offense/공격의 눈
Effect: Inflicts heavy physical damage.

Skill name: Hunter's Resolve/사냥꾼의 결의
Required Stigma: Arrow Deluge
Effect: Your next 2 attack skills within 10 seconds will score a critical hit, however your longe range firing distance will be reduced by 5m.

Skill name: Gust Arrow/광풍 화살
Required Stigma: Gale Arrow/질풍 화살 Wind Scamper/바람의 질주
Effect: High damage and critical probability physical attack.

Skill name: Frenzy Arrow/광포의 화살
Required Stigma: Explosive Arrow/폭발 화살 Hunter's Resolve/사냥꾼의 결의
Effect: Very high damage physical attack.

Changes that affects the class

-Jumping during a skill animation no longer allows that skill's combo chain to activate. (no more jump shot for rangers?)
- 1 handed swords and daggers have had their critical rate values lowered. 2 handed swords, poleaxes, staves and bows have had their critical rates increased.

(Taken from

[Patch Notes] v1.5 Update Test Server 02/07/09 - Hellbound - Aion Gaming Guild and Community

[Patch Notes] v1.5 Update Test Server 02/07/09 - Hellbound - Aion Gaming Guild and Community

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Well looks like ranger got some love, the new skills seems all quite nice.
No more jumpshot it would seem, I personally never used that but more expereinced pvpers say it makes a different so is this a nerf? I'm actually glad if it gets removed :/
More crit rate, yay!

[Babe]

The stigmas are actually pretty good.

They seem to solidify the role of the Ranger as a burst class.

[Boosh]

thanks for the information, much appreciated.