Flashy Shot - RNG

[Kross]

hrm i guess ill have to wait till gods or something to see if it makes any visible diference if not then im probably gonna merit Snapshot or Recycle lmao.

lmao ok ZAM!

dude, don't diss the Zuf, he's prolly been playing the game longer than you have.

[Belal]

Few time's I've used it so far on Sieryu I got about a 250 bonus on Slugshot. Jailer of fortitude I got about 350 extra on slugshot.

My question though would be does it stack with barrage or only the first arrow shot, since you think you would notice a way bigger difference if it stacked with 7 hits from barrage all with no penalties.

[Hyjynx]

A rng in my ls went from doing 700-800ish dmg slugs on Kirin to 900-1k+ and more on the other sky gods. I thought it was a nice boost.

[Aviendha]

I'm a merit away from having both Stealth and Flashy together so I haven't yet been able to try it, but has anyone tried if they stack yet?

I'd be nice if Stealth would negate the enmity of Flashy while still getting the damage boost from the later. Has anyone tested this yet on hnm?

[Falaras]

A rng in my ls went from doing 700-800ish dmg slugs on Kirin to 900-1k+ and more on the other sky gods. I thought it was a nice boost.

With a bard thats really easy :/ I can average that and my gear really isn't all that great.

[Cleveland]

Didn't get any hardcore testing at Kirin because of the recasts and chat log spam, but I did notice a 200 dmg increase on the 3 times I got it off. Missed once I think, really gay adding a 20 min JA that can miss and probably will -.-

Flashy can't miss I am pretty sure. If you miss the Slug Shot, check your icons...Flashy should still be there. At least it has been everytime I wiffed a Slug Shot. It's still a waste....but the effect only wears off when you land the shot, not when you miss, so basically it would just acvivate on your next ranged attack.

And please.....everyone STFU about barrage!!!!!!!! They will take it away from us if we make too much fuss over it. It wasn't mentioned in the update notes..so it must be a bug. If we all keep quiet, maybe they won't take it away.

[Zetah]

Had a pt in Lufaise the other day, pulled a bird with a zerked/stealth shot barrage for 1300 DMG. Initial voke from the NIN upon arriving at camp pulled it right off me.

Barrage doesn't pull hate anymore. Try it out. I barraged at the beginning of limbus mobs for 1000-1400 damage and mobs wouldn't turn to me at all. Also notice that the message for barrage has changed. It used to be:

Quixotic uses Barrage.
The mob takes #### points of damage.

Now its just:
Quixotic's ranged attack hits the mob for #### points of damage.

edit: Also, I don't know if its some placebo effect or something, but my barrages have been way more consistent recently. Been landing all my arrows on everything I've tried unless it gets blinked or something. Before, barrage was random as hell even with +100 racc on.

Flashy shot is only worth it for HNMs; it hurts my head when I see "wtfux I did flashy shot + sidewinder on a puk and my damage was the same." Well duh...puks aren't that much higher in level...

From what I read on lolKI, some ranger hit fafnir with a 800-900ish slug with flashy shot active which isn't too shabby.

I can verify this. I have been leveling Bard, and ranger accuracy is so much better with barrage now. I didn't bother giving the ranger etudes, and just sang 2 minuets, and he would do 1k-1.5k barrages...and all the pld would do is provoke and flash and he'd have the hate.

The same also applies for subjob barrage -- the corsair would randomly barrage for decent damage also and not pull any hate.