Significant DPS Drop in Rogue's Rapid Fire Spec After Patch 1.4.3

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Hey everyone,

I’m reaching out to share some frustrations and gather insights regarding the Rogue class, specifically the Rapid Fire spec, after the recent Patch 1.4.3.

Yesterday, I was effortlessly clearing Tier 60-70 dungeons. However, post-patch, I’m struggling to complete Tier 50. My Heartseeker ability, which I rely on to build Combo Points, is now hitting for a mere 2000-3000 damage and if target is close sometimes hit for 200-300!!!. Initially, I thought it might be due to an affix issue, so I headed to the PIT. Unfortunately, I experienced the same problem there. Previously, I could handle Tier 40 without breaking a sweat, but now it feels impossible.

The drastic reduction in Heartseeker’s damage has rendered my Rogue almost unplayable. This ability is crucial for my build, and with its current state, my DPS has plummeted, making high-tier content unmanageable.

Is anyone else experiencing similar issues with their Rogue after the patch? Any tips or workarounds would be greatly appreciated.

Additionally, I’ve noticed a strange bug with Rapid Fire. When I’m close to a target and use Rapid Fire, it seems like the arrows are hitting something, but the target takes no damage. I can hear the Rapid Fire sound effect through my headphones, but the enemy’s health remains unchanged. This doesn’t happen when I’m at a distance; Rapid Fire works as expected then.

Just to clarify, I’m playing on the Eternal server, not the Seasonal one.
Like i say yesterday was everything good, after today patch i saw amazing problem with Rogue…

Ps. I do not change any items for last 3 days.
Ps2. I read whole changelog about patch 1.4.3 and i see only boost for Rogues nothing about nerf so this is strange…
Ps3. I see in changelog something about Rapid Fire:

  • Fixed an issue Rapid Fire with Scoundrel’s Kiss equipped couldn’t properly hit close targets and could sometimes fire projectiles behind the player. This also increases the radius of the explosions by 25%.

It looks like now, without Scoundrel’s Kiss, nobody can properly hit close targets.

Here is an example of this problem recorded on YouTube:
Significant DPS Drop in Rogue’s Rapid Fire Spec After Patch 1.4.3 (youtube.com)
Like You see i got problem with 103lvl mobs after patch… Before patch when i use Rapid Fire all mobs on front of me in melee range die in 1 shot… now nothing happened like all RapidFire is miss…

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Unfortunately, the same problem… Everything is as you described. I play on a season server.

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Glad its not just me. Its totally screwed my build and it took me ages to work out why I suddenly had no resource left and couldnt clear any mobs buffed with DR. I was clearing lvl 31 pit solo pre patch. Now I am lucky to clear 20. Am going to play Necro until its fixed.

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same here!
kinda frustrating

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You are not the only one my friend. After hard day I wanted to relax killing some demons with my rapid fire build. But no, I cannot do this because:

  1. Rapid Fire barly hit anything
  2. Ricochete does not work
  3. Chance for shooting rapid fire twice seems bugged as well
  4. There is a noticeable damage drop (probably because of the arrows not hitting the targets)

ps. I do not recon rapid fire description saying there is a chance to miss closer targets, so they must have accidentally change something in the code while fixing Scoundrel’s Kiss.

Off to watching The Boys, not going to launch that game untill my rogue is fixed.

I have spoken, have a nice evening everyone bye bye :'>

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we recently started playing robbers with a friend, now we have to postpone the game (blizzards wtf u doing?)

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It’s a bug where rapid fire should fire 5+ arrows, depending on the build. But now sometimes it only fires 1 or 2 even though audio is correct, hence making it feel like a basic attack. I’m not sure how this got past QA.

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Cant seem to hit boss at all with rapid fire. Also, is Aspect of Expectant even working?

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Do you have Aspect of Repeating on? After patch 1.4.3, Rapid Fire w/ Aspect of Repeating (Scoundrel’s Kiss not equipped) is completely broken. Rapid Fire shots are canceling as soon as it procs a ricochet; only 1-3 shots per cast hits a single target. It works with Scoundrel’s Kiss ring on… but to me Lobbing arrows looks silly and feels imprecise. My season might be over until they get it fixed. :face_with_diagonal_mouth: