Some info I posted in March.
I just got off a single target DEX 14 Paladin, 4 DH, 2 Monk. I wanted to lean into life without HE+Sniper Shot so I shaved off two levels of Ranger/DH. Monk fire stance for the expanded crit profile and 2 levels for evasion. One of the higher tier KotC enhancements provides Shot on the Run and 14 pally got me 10 more doubleshot from Zeal (Holy Sword does not stack with Monk fire stance). I went Shiradi for epic mantle and HE, Fatesinger for the epic strike and for stats and the shout healing, and Macrotecnic for the +6 doubleshot, +3 imbue dice and no fail reflex on natural one to back up the uber paladin reflex saves. Managed to pull together 22 imbue dice unbuffed. Horizon Walker, no AA stuff.
I was very worried about ranged whiffing with the loss of HE. For me it ended up working out ok. Seems like I was clearing trash as well as ever or better but a tad less boss dps due to the U66 changes. I did not experience much whiffing as I expected, perhaps I'm in a stable pocket of internet being in Sacramento.
- Not messing with AOE, the precise targeting was not as much of an issue.
- I find autotargeting and soft targeting in the general direction of mobs is my best bet if I'm having issues with shots landing, especially if there is a lot of relative strafing by the mobs from my perspective. Autotargeting seems to find the mobs it prefers in that situation.
- Still find Many Shot to land faster and more reliably than other shots but overall was landing pretty well with other shots too.
- I bias which mobs get targeted by my direction. If I want to take out the dangerous stuff running at me in the front, I point my aim down. If there is a fear reaper or something behind some mobs, I point my aim up. Also bias left or right to get a better chance at a specific mob at an edge.
- I had unsubbed over the changes and resubbed again because my criteria was whether or not they broke bow for me and it turned out ok for me.
- I still think they should not have changed how HE works because it would hold the boost state for 12 seconds, giving you second chances. The loss of HE in the context of the on again off again finnickiness of ranged shots had me almost losing hope for bows. I think the performance of bows and ranged shots in general depends quite a bit on your internet pocket. They should build for the worst scenario, like people in New Zealand, not the best case scenarios of people in urban pockets with strong internet connections.
