The conclusion seems to be that DPS is
reduced by Aim without an unpatched version of the Repeater Gloves or Shale's Rock Mastery activated. Items with Rapid Aim, singely or combined with other Rapid Aim items, cannot completely compensate for the rate of fire reduction by the Aim talent. For example, a longbow with Rapid Aim reduces aim time by 0.3s, which reduces the time to 0 for a longbow since the longbow
aim speed is, itself, 0.3. Far Song, for example, will have an aim speed of 0s. Remember that animation length
cannot go below 0.
The Aim talent, however, adds 1.5 seconds. Let's say you have an archer Rogue that uses Far Song. The aim speed is 1.5s, since the -0.3 from FS's Rapid Aim only covers the basic 0.3 of a longbow. Now let's say your character is a Rogue in Awakening and they wear the Fingers of the Nimble, a Rogue only item. The Rapid Aim modifier of FotN is -0.5 (rather than -0.3, which is what the patched version of the Repeater Gloves is). The aim speed, with Aim activated, is now at 1. If the character also wears the Armsman's Tensioner or Camenae's Barbute (both of which have a reduction of -0.3), the aim time is reduced to 0.7. Stacking Rapid Aim items alone (e.g. without also using Rock Mastery), this is the best you can do.
Rapid Aim items in combination with Rock Mastery, however, can reduce the aim time back to 0. This is because Shale's Rock Mastery reduces aim speed by 1.
However, if you install a
mod to fix the
bug with the Haste spell and Swift Salves, you can reduce the aim speed down to 0 without the use of Rock Mastery. Just remember that Haste reduces it by 0.9 and Swift Salves by 0.8, leaving 0.6 and 0.7 aim speed, respectively, to compensate with Rapid Aim items.
In conclusion, let's say that a theoretical female Dalish Elf Warrior in Origins is armed with Far Song, wears the patched version of the Repeater Gloves, and has her head protected by the Armsman's Tensioner. She will have an aim reduction of -0.6. This reduces the Aim talent's 1.5s aim time to 0.9. To redue the aim speed to 0, the Haste spell or Shale's Rock Mastery is needed. A Swift Salve, unaided by Haste or Rock Mastery, in the same setup would only reduce it to 0.1, which is by no means bad.
::wipes brow and takes a swig of ale::
Hope this helps!
Modifié par Tancred Of The Chantry, 26 juillet 2012 - 06:13 .
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