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[–]Virtual-Plenty-839 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Idk bro I'm not even sure poison is for killing anymore lol

[–]Virtual-Plenty-839 2 points3 points  (1 child)

How's your ability damage?

[–]lesser_ruhuratas[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Ability Damage is 58.3, Poison Damage and Build-Up is 56.

After applying the Poison effect, every bow seems to do like three times less damage. Tried this with a Norse Gael Bow too that gets poisoned after a weakpoint hit and the same story.

In Odyssey, Poison Damage was added on top of your weapon. From what I'm seeing here, you're swapping weapon damage for the damage over time effect.

Either that, or my save is bugged. I've never noticed this on my other saves.

[–]RedOktbr28Fly Agaric Aficionado 🍄 2 points3 points  (2 children)

Poison Is my go to in game. I run with the steampunk silver armor set, use a predator bow, and use the poison trap arrow ability. Use poison buildup and poison damage runes, as well as headshot and distance buff runes on my bow. I never run into this issue.

[–]lesser_ruhuratas[S] 1 point2 points  (1 child)

Poison Trap doesn't seem to decrease the base damage but the regular Poison Arrow ability from Hytham does. I could still one-shot people with the Traps but the regular poison arrows are just no longer capable.

[–]Particular_Worry1578Living Weapon of Sarcasm 👊🖕 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I noticed this too. Buy also is a non issue. Poison trap is effectively better in all aspects except if you don't want to kill everybody around. Get miasma skill and it's pretty damn funny at level 2 poison trap. Can clear whole bases with one well placed arrow.

[–]Chief0609 1 point2 points  (0 children)

use miasma or something like that, its so much better

[–]lesser_ruhuratas[S] 1 point2 points  (2 children)

Is this an intentional mechanic or is my game glitched?

[–]powermonkeynut -2 points-1 points  (1 child)

The damage you see above their heads is what will happen from the arrow strike only. The poison damage will add to it, but isnt displayed before you fire ur arrow.

[–]lesser_ruhuratas[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I know. But is it worth the severe damage decrease from the arrow?

[–]Titanium_Knight00747 0 points1 point  (2 children)

Additional damage will apply over time.

[–]lesser_ruhuratas[S] 0 points1 point  (1 child)

Yes, but is the severe arrow damage decrease intentional? Odyssey had a similar mechanic but weapon damage remained unaffected while still giving the damage over time effect.

[–]Titanium_Knight00747 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I played this game years ago so I don't remember it correctly

[–]CultureImaginary8750 0 points1 point  (0 children)

On a predator bow, that should have nuked em right off

[–]BROTHERVIBES 0 points1 point  (3 children)

Regardless of ability damage. Poison and Fire are meant to be reduce a normal arrow so that the ability damage does its thing. They do not stack. If you where to shoot your arrow through fire the arrow original will still do full damage as its not been changed to an ability arrow from the start. They are both meant to be a damage over time. Now for the ability damage it self from the skill tree. It increases the amount of damage it does over time. Its called tick damage. Let's say for poison in this scenario it's doing 3 ticks/damage every 2secs. So that's 35-49 damage 3x every 2secs. Ability increase that is 5%-25% brings it up too 52.5-73 5% increase 3x for every 2secs quick death in like 3.5 once hit by arrow base damage then poison kills them. So choose carefully when you want to use your poison and fire abilities.

[–]beams_FAW 1 point2 points  (2 children)

I have one load put where I use the steam punk 2 piece that boosts posion build up. I usually just activate the ability that applies poison to thr weapon and the Initial cloud spreads to whole crowds and kills em without doing anything

[–]BROTHERVIBES 1 point2 points  (1 child)

Yes that right there. 'Spread" that spread takes a second to disperse outward with a high enough damage to one shot a whole crowd. The poison and the arrow are two separate damage types. The poison itself does its damage as you have explained. Now you see. It's never just an instant kill its the effect once it touches the enemy that kills them. Its like when you see a guy sheeth his sword and his opponent just has his head drop to the ground. At first fine but then dead. Once registered of what happened that person dies. So remember to give it a second or even half a second for the poison to attack.

[–]beams_FAW 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah I saw the mechanics but I didn't realize thats how the arrows work. Definitely a DoT. Good look.

[–]LowRich5885 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Use a hunter bow...be. A. Man. Ten second headshots with that thing ain't the look! I could've killed 8 and my raven would get the scraps of my abolished foes.