Mighty Strikes + Barrage?

[Narru]

Just a quick question. I can't test this because I don't have a Warrior past 60. Was wondering if you're a War/Rng, with Warrior past level 60 and ranger past level 30. If you activate Mighty Strikes and then fire off a Barrage (try on an weak con to avoid any accuracy issues) - that or a Sidewinder - do you get critical hits on all the shots?

Would be interesting to see if you can surpass the 3000 damage mark with this tactic. Also you can throw in Beserk, War Cry, and Aggressor for further boosts. I've heard people getting their max hits on a Boreal Hound, so might be worthwhile to try it on that as well

[Timoham]

I've discussed it at great length with a friend of mine. A WAR/RNG with an earth staff at 51 would take 25% less damage and do pretty bad ass damage. The whole point, though, is to do decent damage to keep hate while at the same time be a good tank. I'm working on levelling up WAR right now to try it out, but it'll be awhile. Anyone else who can test it, please do It has a lot of potential.

[TaruSGonEWilD]

The problem is that you want consistent damage. You can't even do this once every fight or every few fights, you have to wait 2 hrs to do it again. Right there that rules out this option for me. I'd rather stick with war/nin for dual wield and utsu. It'd be nice if you could find a way to dump that kind of damage on a mob every fight, but it just won't work being only ever 2 hrs.

Heh I didn't even think about things like quest mobs or HNM hunting, it might work for that since you won't be doing more than one HNM every two hours. You still have to worry about accuracy, which barrage is rediculously inconsistent with accuracy, and using sidewinder is just as bad I've heard. You can't even switch to a archer's or hawker's before you fire a sidewinder from your regular weapon because of the TP loss. Seems like it might be a fun gimmick but not really that practical or efficient.

[Rawls]

Mighty Strikes and ranged attacks don't seem to stack... i messed around with a friend who was lvling RNG in qufim and went WAR/RNG. Got pissed at a worm and used Mighty Strikes which didn't do anything to alter my bow damage

[Timoham]

The point isn't to just use mighty strikes with it, but to be a WAR with an earth staff taking less damage and doing considerable damage with a bow. Otherwise, yeah, it'd be a moot point.

[Spider-Dan]

The explanation I've heard for Barrage is that if one hit criticals, they all do, so Mighty Strikes wouldn't even be that much of an improvement.

[Narru]

Didn't want to make this into a War/Rng is viable thread. I just wanted to go out there, blow away all my abilities for that one super hit, take a screenshot, and be done with it

Originally posted by Rawls
Mighty Strikes and ranged attacks don't seem to stack... i messed around with a friend who was lvling RNG in qufim and went WAR/RNG. Got pissed at a worm and used Mighty Strikes which didn't do anything to alter my bow damage

Originally posted by Spider-Dan
The explanation I've heard for Barrage is that if one hit criticals, they all do, so Mighty Strikes wouldn't even be that much of an improvement.

Ok thanks.

[ZQM]

Even with an earth staff, a WAR/RNG would get hit hard. And good luck landing those ranged attacks with a D in archery! Even with capped Archery, I couldn't hit 70% of the pulls way back when I used to use a Bow and Arrow (30/40ish).

I was about to go try it out (RNG=36), but it seems already got your answer. If you want video proof though, post and I'll make a clip.