Aim

Aim
Type	Archery - Branch One
Effect type	Sustained
Range	Personal
Upkeep	35
Fatigue	5%
Cooldown	0.5s
Requires	16 Dexterity Improved Combat Training
Description	The archer carefully places each shot for maximum effect while in this mode. This decreases rate of fire, but grants bonuses to attack, damage, armor penetration, and critical chance. Master Archer further increases these bonuses.

See Also Archery Talents, Talents, Ability Mechanics, Archery: An Efficient Approach.

Information

• The archer carefully places each shot for maximum effect while in this mode. This decreases rate of fire, by increasing aim time by +1.5 seconds, but doubles critical chance, and grants +10 attack, +2 damage and +3 armor penetration. Master Archer further increases these bonuses by +5 attack, +1 damage and +2 armor penetration, for a total of +15 attack, +3 damage and +5 armor penetration.
• Conjuration time: 2 s.
• Being hit by this ability generates 1 additional threat on the target(s).

Notes

• Upkeep is in Stamina.
• Doubled Ranged Critical Hit Chance does not include the base critical chance determined by weapon tier. Gear-based +X% ranged critical chance bonuses are doubled by Aim as is the party member base ranged critical chance of 3%, however.
• Rapid Shot, Aim and Defensive Fire modal abilities are mutually exclusive.
• The ranged crit% bonuses are determined when the warrior/rogue begins the stance; changing equipment while the stance is active does not change the ranged crit% bonuses. For example, if you sustain aim with the long sight equipped, your ranged crit% is raised to 10%. When you remove the long sight, your ranged crit% is only reduced to 5%, not 0%. You retain the 5% ranged crit% you gained initially.