Re: Anyone else getting mass misses on Light and Dark Shot?
I'm pretty sure Light Shot has tiered resists; you have partial resists (which read as "Shadowbind" landing, but with varying durations) and a full-resist, which reads as a miss. You will never get the message that Light Shot (or Dark Shot) is resisted, which pretty much solves the whole "resist" vs. "miss" debate. You will see one of three things:
1) success ("is asleep"/"effect wears off")
2) full resist ("miss")
3) effect is not applicable at this time ("no effect")
Examples of 3) would be if the mob is already asleep, if there is no effect to dispel, or if Magic Shield is up. If Magic Shield is up, then even the direct damage QDs will display the "no effect" message.
I am unsure how miss/no effect message affect the debuff-enhancement properties of QD. One Ballista test would be to have cast Bio on an unbuffed target, then use Dark Shot on it. You would get the "no effect" message, but I believe Bio would still be enhanced.
As to the OP... my experiences have been diametrically opposed to yours. I have been shocked at the amazing accuracy of Light Shot. With a rather mediocre 76+23 AGI, I didn't miss a single Light Shot over the space of 3+ hours against trolls (including troll PLDs, which have Resist Sleep). It was only when I started ditching most of my AGI gear (I went down to +9ish) that I missed one Light Shot against a troll DRK. Again, with around +15 AGI, I missed one Light Shot against a Mamool Ja Pikeman... I bumped it back up to +25ish and didn't miss again.
At this point, I've fired several hundred Light Shots in both Mt. Zhayolm and Thickets, and have missed a total of two (both when I was essentially ignoring AGI). Against trolls in particular, the RDMs and BLM I was partied with were resisted much more often than that. It was happening frequently enough that I stopped screenshotting it.
I'm pretty sure Light Shot has tiered resists; you have partial resists (which read as "Shadowbind" landing, but with varying durations) and a full-resist, which reads as a miss. You will never get the message that Light Shot (or Dark Shot) is resisted, which pretty much solves the whole "resist" vs. "miss" debate. You will see one of three things:
1) success ("is asleep"/"effect wears off")
2) full resist ("miss")
3) effect is not applicable at this time ("no effect")
Examples of 3) would be if the mob is already asleep, if there is no effect to dispel, or if Magic Shield is up. If Magic Shield is up, then even the direct damage QDs will display the "no effect" message.
I am unsure how miss/no effect message affect the debuff-enhancement properties of QD. One Ballista test would be to have cast Bio on an unbuffed target, then use Dark Shot on it. You would get the "no effect" message, but I believe Bio would still be enhanced.
As to the OP... my experiences have been diametrically opposed to yours. I have been shocked at the amazing accuracy of Light Shot. With a rather mediocre 76+23 AGI, I didn't miss a single Light Shot over the space of 3+ hours against trolls (including troll PLDs, which have Resist Sleep). It was only when I started ditching most of my AGI gear (I went down to +9ish) that I missed one Light Shot against a troll DRK. Again, with around +15 AGI, I missed one Light Shot against a Mamool Ja Pikeman... I bumped it back up to +25ish and didn't miss again.
At this point, I've fired several hundred Light Shots in both Mt. Zhayolm and Thickets, and have missed a total of two (both when I was essentially ignoring AGI). Against trolls in particular, the RDMs and BLM I was partied with were resisted much more often than that. It was happening frequently enough that I stopped screenshotting it.
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