"Experienced Marksman: Range/Fast Snipe" Enhancement removes the Sniper Rifle's out of combat bonus damage

[slenered]

Ever since I added the "Experienced Marksman: Range/Fast Snipe" Enhancement to my Sniper Rifle from the Blaster's Assault Rifle skills, the yellow ring that would tell me that I am in combat would persist even out of combat, and when I would use the ability from out of combat it would not give the "Sniper Shot" after use.

Is this intended behavior?

 

Edited August 21 by slenered
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[Wavicle]

That is literally the point of the enhancement. That's why it's called Fast Snipe. In the description of the enhancement it says "All of your snipe powers become instant cast."

[slenered]

@Wavicle

But is it supposed to remove the Sniper Shot bonus damage?

[Wavicle]

Just now, slenered said:

@Wavicle

But is it supposed to remove the Sniper Shot bonus damage?

Yes, because you're no longer taking a sniper shot. Instead the attack gains bonus base damage from up to 22% +ToHit.

[UltraAlt]

2 hours ago, slenered said:

Is this intended behavior?

 

Yes.

It seems backwards, but it is for people that want to avoid the interrupt time of using it in snipe mode.

[UltraAlt]

1 hour ago, slenered said:

But is it supposed to remove the Sniper Shot bonus damage?

 

Yes. A "fast" snipe isn't a snipe.

You get the bonus damage because of the interrupt time of a snipe. The interrupt time is removed when it is a "fast" snipe.

 

I know it is a hard lesson to learn. I learned it myself.

I too prefer the additional damage over the "fast" snipe all the time.

 

I think that the set was created when there was no automatic "fast" snipe when in combat.

Originally, whenever you used a snipe it had interrupt time which meant it was only really usable as an initial attack even if you slotted interrupt reducers into it.

[slenered]

Thank you, I'm gonna remove it because I like seeing big numbers.

[Greycat]

15 hours ago, UltraAlt said:

I think that the set was created when there was no automatic "fast" snipe when in combat.

 

 

Nope, it was created after. Some people liked the fast non-snipe and wanted it 24/7.

 

(And yes, I want an IO that does the opposite and prevents fast snipe.)

[GM Crumpet]

Yep, ideally there would be a different purple set to pick from but as of now I don't think it's a high priority.