The bonus damage isn't much. At L45, my AR/Dev is getting 35 or 36 bonus damage (it floats up as an individual number). It's not much, but it's a nice little bonus, I guess, on a power you take for the extra to-hit.
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Originally Posted by JD_Gumby
The bonus damage isn't much. At L45, my AR/Dev is getting 35 or 36 bonus damage (it floats up as an individual number). It's not much, but it's a nice little bonus, I guess, on a power you take for the extra to-hit.
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Really? That's it? Is that tiny portion at least "un-resisted" damage? Or no?
Hmm...so basically, Build-Up is definitely still the better choice for AR's Sniper Rifle if you want good damage?
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Originally Posted by DarkMaster
Really? That's it? Is that tiny portion at least "un-resisted" damage? Or no?
Hmm...so basically, Build-Up is definitely still the better choice for AR's Sniper Rifle if you want good damage? |
Always take build up in every build that offers it as a choice.
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According to Mid's, Sniper Rifle with 99% damage enhanced will do 516 damage with Build Up at level 50. It will do 377 with Targeting Drone (as opposed to 343 without).|
Originally Posted by DarkMaster
Really? That's it? Is that tiny portion at least "un-resisted" damage? Or no?
Hmm...so basically, Build-Up is definitely still the better choice for AR's Sniper Rifle if you want good damage? |
It's not unresisted damage.
Are you considering Sniper Rifle for thematic reasons?
If you really want to go Sniper Rifle crazy, my recommendation is /Energy. You can Boost Range + Build Up + Snipe. It's enough damage to take out an evil level minion from very far away, if it doesn't resist Lethal much, and will seriously take chunk out of a Lt or Boss. However, two small reds or a medium red will let you do the same thing with Targeting Drone. That's not as much damage, but enough to one shot your average minion.
With Archery/Energy you could do the same thing with a bow and do a bit over 600 damage. That's not going to one shot a Lt either, and it probably doesn't fit your theme if you started with AR/Devices in mind.
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The damage is only about +20%, and doesn't even scale with Enhancement slotting. So personally, I slot my Sniper Rifle for Recharge and no damage, so I can apply the bonus damage more often. It's a bizarre mechanism, though, and I don't know what the devs were thinking.
In fact, I was looking at City of Data, and it seems as if the extra damage is being calculate as if it were a Lieutenant level critter, instead of based on the player's modifier. Which is just strange. I really have no idea if this is intended, or there is some sort of strange bug.
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Originally Posted by Jade_Dragon
The damage is only about +20%, and doesn't even scale with Enhancement slotting. So personally, I slot my Sniper Rifle for Recharge and no damage, so I can apply the bonus damage more often. It's a bizarre mechanism, though, and I don't know what the devs were thinking.
In fact, I was looking at City of Data, and it seems as if the extra damage is being calculate as if it were a Lieutenant level critter, instead of based on the player's modifier. Which is just strange. I really have no idea if this is intended, or there is some sort of strange bug. |
Build up it is then..
isn't Targeting Drone more of an Aim-like power that boosts Accuracy more than Damage?
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Yes, it boosts your To-Hit. The only damage it gives is when you are using Sniper Rifle from the Assault Rifle set (and only that one, not any of the other sniper powers).
Snipe in general is just a terrible power.
And snipe with knockback or down is even more worse because if the kb happens, the whole group is alerted.
What's left is to normalize all Assassin Strikes and improve Stalker's old sets (Claw, MA and EM)! You don't need to bring back the missing PbAoE attack. You just need to make the existing ones better! For example, make Slice a WIDER and LONGER cone.
On the other hand, that Boss you just hit is down by 1/4th off of one hit, or a LT down to 1/3rd, or the Minion you just one-shotted is going to prove less of a problem for you.
Hey guys, I have a relatively simple question that I was hoping someone could answer. I'm only wondering this, because I haven't actually played AR since the little change they made a long while back to Targeting Drone granting AR's Sniper Rifle shot a little bonus damage lol :P
So, to my question...how much "bonus" damage are we talking about here? Assuming lvl 50 with SO's that is. Is the bonus damage noticeable? Is it good? Does anyone have basic damage figures for that? Also, is it worth missing out on Build Up to get the bonus damage? Is Build Up + Sniper Rifle better than or equal to Sniper Rifle + Targeting Drone bonus damage?
Lol, sorry, I've just been REALLY curious lately for some reason! Any info would be greatly appreciated!!! Thanks!