Dusk Wrote:And passive speed doesn't bother you because you're not a jump shot whore like I am. I dislike being rooted to the ground when attacking. Jumping back and forth + speed + minimum range = running into things. B> jump-Hurricane
Edit: Also, to anyone else who was a Ranger/Sniper back in the day when everyone trained in Aqua, did anyone else hate having Haste in Aqua? I was at Squids/Gobies from level 80 to 108, and I know I right-clicked the hell out of that buff, because it threw off my jump-shoot timing. I'd be able to shoot like twice, jump, shoot again, and then miss the second shot.
O contrare, I try to find every way I can to incorporate jump-shooting into my game. Normally I can only jump-shoot over gaps because step-shooting is more efficient when clearing the bottom floor of skelegons, but with SI that all changes. When you get SI, Strafe is actually fast enough that you have absolutely no lag when you hit the ground. So when I get to the bottom floor, I'm just jump-shooting across the entire thing. Usually I don't even have to stop. But yes, I can control my jump-shooting even with my nearly maxed speed. To be fair, I have Hurricane to supplement it though.
And to your edit, no I never did. In fact, I was maxing thrust while I was at Gobies. There's nothing wrong with extra mobility, it really just means you can get around faster. There were so few instances where I needed to swim up and down while Strafing, which is probably the situation you're thinking of where speed would be most detrimental.
And question: why did all the Rangers use Inferno to lure the gobies? I never understood that. They're strong to fire, and Inferno isn't very strong to begin with. All I ever did was Strafe close to the goby houses and AR immediately. I don't think they got away any more than they would have if I had started with Inferno.
EDIT: I know this is somewhat unrelated, but I've actually been working on my jump-down-Strafe lately. I've found that if you hold forward and down and then try to jumpshoot, you can jump-down-Strafe perfectly every time. So I've been trying to use it on the last monster on a platform before I go down. It's pretty hard to use though because I usually end up firing too many or too few arrows with Hurricane before jumping down. It would be really useful for just about any other class though. Especially Marksman.