Solid Class Changes for Patch 2.5

[DarkMaster-1989]

@DarkHelmet-1157

Frankly I think they need to remove that Range nerf but perhaps I’m just an old coot looking to give Bowzons some love with Enchant.

It’s actually an inaccuracy with the skill description/tooltip, Enchant is fully effective with ranged weapons (no penalty).

http://theamazonbasin.com/wiki/index.php/Enchant

Despite what the skill tree description says, fire damage added by Enchant is not reduced to 1/3 when applied by a ranged attack.

Having said that, there is some odd behavior with Fire Skill Damage that causes ranged attacks to not have as much damage as melee weapons with Enchant (also applies to Venom). From the same link:

• +% FSD also applies to melee attacks at time of attack, so it will be applied a second time to melee fire attack damage added by Enchant, Holy Fire and items. Character screen displays +% FSD being applied to ranged fire attack damage as well, but this is not actually the case.

I’ve reported the inaccurate Enchant description/tooltip here, hopefully they fix it:

Enchant skill tooltip inaccuracy regarding ranged weapon fire damage

The hover over tooltip for Enchant states “adds one-third fire damage to ranged weapons”, this isn’t true. Ranged weapons receive the entire fire damage bonus. [image] Take a level 4 enchant from a level 26 Act 3 merc for example. The tooltip suggests ranged attacks would only receive 4-5 fire damage, in reality they still receive the full 12-17 fire damage. http://theamazonbasin.com/wiki/index.php/Enchant Despite what the skill tree description says, fire…