Ranger Spell: Hawk's Talon (rk1)

[Mien]

I noticed this pretty much completely by accident tonight, but unlike the previous spells in the line (Falcon Eye, Eagle Eye, etc), this spell has a 1 minute and 12 second duration, compared to the previous spells' 1 hour and 10 minute duration. As the spells don't stack (as expected), I'm guessing that the duration on the new one is in error.

[antihero]

Bump for an update? Is this short duration a feature or an error? It overwrites Eagle Eye, the next lower archery buff.

[sr0415]

Yes it would be nice if it had a longer duration. Having to recast it once every minute or two really kind of makes it less effective as you are taking away ranger dps during the cast time.

[Dellanx]

I don't use it for that same reason. Figure if one stops to cast buff, then dps is lost during TS. I am doing this because I am lazy, not because I have parsing results or evidence. I would use it if it had a longer duration on the rare occasions that I actually don't melee.

[antihero]

I will parse the difference between the t8 spell vs. Eagle eye in a bit...

[antihero]

the parses...

With Sune Arms T8 + Self buffs, Eagle Eye
Vlar on 4/12/2012 in 120sec

Total
--- DMG: 452173 (100%) @ 3768 dps (3768 sdps)

Dragunov
--- DMG: 452173 (100%) @ 3768 dps (3768 sdps)
------ Total: 452173 -- Hit: 452173
------ Normal rate: 87% (67.5% of DMG) -- Critical rate: 13% (32.5% of DMG)
------ Attempts: 227 -- Hits: 216 -- Misses: 11 -- Defended: 0 -- Accuracy: 95.2%

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With Sune Arms T8 + Self buffs, Hawk's Talon Rk.I
Vlar on 4/12/2012 in 121sec

Total
--- DMG: 551390 (100%) @ 4557 dps (4557 sdps)

Dragunov
--- DMG: 551390 (100%) @ 4557 dps (4557 sdps)
------ Total: 551390 -- Hit: 551390
------ Normal rate: 73.9% (50.3% of DMG) -- Critical rate: 26.1% (49.7% of DMG)
------ Attempts: 216 -- Hits: 211 -- Misses: 5 -- Defended: 0 -- Accuracy: 97.7%

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The DPS gain with the T8 spell is very noticable. Even with T6 Ancient Enhancement foci, Hawk's Talon lasts a bit over 2 minutes. It may be a pain to do if you run a ranger as AFK DPS, but it is still worth casting the T8 spell over using Eagle Eye.

[antihero]

I guess if i had any recommendation on spell duration, i would like to see at least a 10 minute duration, similar to other short term buffs. It would be a different story if it was a discipline.

[Vaion]

Increased slightly in the next spell release.

New durations before extension AA's/Focus are:
Rk. I: 3 mins
Rk II: 4 Mins
Rk. III: 5 Mins