15 Nov 2006 at 17:02 - 6
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Originally Posted by Darkpower Alchemist
I have a thread talking about ranger secondaries and their usefulness. R/Rt, IMO has some decent abilities, but my personal pet project was the barrage/Splintered Weapon scenario that was previously mentioned.
The thought of repreping the spell is its only real downfall. However, with Expertise at 9, the cost isn't too much,I will put a build pic up so you can see how I play the R/Rt.
The thread he refers to also shows that Splinter Weapon only affects 1 arrow of barrage, no matter how many targets it hits. The points spent in Channeling for this could probably have been put to better use since he would do more damage pulling off an extra barrage shot than stopping to cast a weapon spell. Also, since Splinter Shot is a weapon spell, expertise does not effect it.
If you want to maximize your dps with Barrage, use a vampiric flatbow with favorable winds. If you don't want to use FW, then just use a vampiric longbow.