Talk:Rapid Shot

Working with crossbows?
No, rapid shot works with crossbows too, to a lesser extent. Or maybe this has been changed recently, but it worked before.
 * Marking this as a disputed fact, will come back to it later. Tihocan 16:55, April 27, 2006 (EDT)
 * I'd confirm that this did work at some point in time. I haven't played DDO since its inception, but there is talk on the web board from many months ago saying "yes, it does add in", then modern talk all says it doesn't.  I'm not finding the difference on my ranger on date 2006-04-24. KakarisMaelstrom 17:21, April 27, 2006 (EDT)
 * So, do we have a consensus for this, or a way to prove one side or the other? Elliott Cable  -  ?+¿  -  ‹·›  02:04, April 28, 2006 (EDT)
 * Will mark as unverified until some reliable source is found, or extensive experiments reported on DDO information project/Feats are performed. Tihocan 10:19, April 28, 2006 (EDT)
 * After reading some stuff on the forums, changed it to the contrary (affects crossbows), as everyone says it does -- Tihocan 15:54, May 4, 2006 (EDT)
 * Test with lvl 1 character, with and without feat, using 1 minute timer and counting bolts? KakarisMaelstrom 12:15, May 5, 2006 (EDT)
 * Might be easier to time how long it takes to go through a set # of bolts, e.g. a stack of 100. Only have to count one thing then :)  Sonil 12:19, May 5, 2006 (EDT)

Speed changes
-I've been using Repeating Crossbows, Bows and Crossbows since 2006 on various characters (Argonnessen) and always notice a small but definite difference that scales with level between those with Rapid Shot and those without. Rapid Reload affects the Reload animation and Rapid Shot affects the Shooting animation. I'm suspicious that Rapid Shot got changed to give a minor buff to Reload speed as well sometime around 2011 but currently don't have time to test anything. I have also noticed that the speed is influenced by Ranged Alacrity on both Firing and Reload animations and that a Repeater Ranger or Fighter fires and reloads at the same speed as a Rogue or Artificer, meaning that BAB appears to have no direct effect. &mdash; previous unsigned comment by Xeraphim (&thinsp;t &thinsp;&#124;&thinsp;e &thinsp;&#124;&thinsp;c&thinsp;&#124;&thinsp;d&thinsp; &#124;&thinsp;r&thinsp; &#124;&thinsp;b&thinsp; ) &#32; at 17:02, January 6, 2016 (UTC)