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Q u o t e:
Hunters have recently been concerned that there is a bug going into the game in patch 1.5 that adds ranged weapon speed to the Aimed Shot, Arcane Shot, and Multi-Shot Hunter ability cool downs.
I received some clarification from the developers today, and...
This is false -- the cool down for Aimed Shot, Arcane Shot, and Multi-Shot is not increasing in patch 1.5 --- it will remain the same. The bug that adds weapon speed to the cool down of these abilities has been in the game since launch. The reason this bug remained hidden for so long is that the tool tip and client side cool down timer were not showing the increased cool down. An unrelated addition to 1.5 corrected the visible cool down timer on the client, and that's how this bug was discovered.
Please note: the current Hunter DPS will not decrease because of this bug! This bug has been active since day one, so Hunter DPS will remain the same. When this bug is fixed in an upcoming patch, Hunter DPS will actually increase.
This is completely wrong. The cooldowns for multishot, arcane shot, etc, are INDEED increased on the test server. If you want HARD PROOF, I have recorded a video of my hunter on the live server vs. the test server. I haven't finished the video yet, but take a look at this: http://home.comcast.net/~scorcherjf/hunterbug.jpg
This is me editing the two videos I took of myself firing FOUR multishots, spamming the button before the cooldown was up to get the next one off as fast as I could. I superimposed the sound from the test server under the live server and you can cearly see there is a delay (look at where the sound of my gun goes off for each shot).
EDIT: Video can now be seen here: http://home.comcast.net/~scorcherjf/hunterbug.avi
(DivX to view, may have to watch it a few times to see what's going on but you'll get it. On both servers I'm spamming my multishot button, which you can see, it's on the 2nd bar in the 4th slot. If you think I'm some idiot newbie hunter, I assure you I'm not. You can watch my other video I posted a while back of me PvPing.)[ post edited by Dinan ]
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