I tried that 
Iāll try that.
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Yeah I think itās more or less related to the map youāre on and its stability. Sometimes I press and hold retreat shot it doesnāt activate but then a moment after i released it it works and stays on for the full duration. But when that happens and I accidentally press retreat shot again it cancels. Other times it doesnāt stay the full duration unless I hold down. So I usually just always hold down now for safety measures and not try to screw up and put it onto its full CD.
Yeah that quick demonstration I just showed isnāt up to par as tenet garden is naturally laggy for some reason. I switched maps and my ping went back to its normal 60 and my autos came up rapidly again. My damage should actually be a lot higher than in that video.
Retreat shot will be cancelled if u cast it when its actiavted. Sometimes due to lag, it doesnt activates immediately, thus the 2nd try but itās already activated and got cancelled instead. Been there done that many times. The current lag in Telsiai is killing QS3 playersā¦
What i like about QS3 SR2 is the SP management. Easily quest around for an hour without the need to sit for SP.
Could the people with intricate knowledge of the R3/QS3 differences give a quick rundown on why you would choose one over the other? What will either be good for?
With QS3 Iāve seen very high burst damage now and the easy SP management certainly weight heavy as arguments.
What then speaks for R3?
Iāve been tryin to decide between sr2 and falcon-cannon for my build. How would you say sr2 damage as far as aoe is concerned?
Is my post. Iām really stuck between them. Any insight with SR2 would be very helpful!
I donāt have first hand experience on cannoneer so I wouldnāt really know where to start in comparison. But from what Iāve read from other players who main cannoneer itās that although they are considered aoe, they are better categorized as burst aoe. Shootdown and cannon shot have been said to be mediocre at best cause of the aftercast but thatās just me regurgitating what Iāve read so donāt take my word for it. The ability to shoot down flying mobs is nice however. Iām not too keen about the lag weapon swap for cannon to manamana but i will say that when I played my SR before I got myself a manamana while using arde, I lagged casted concentrated fire and retreat shot. Sometimes it even cancels my retreat shot completely cause of the weapon swap lag.
As for SR2 their only real true aoe is from retreat shot alone. But unlike cannoneerās burst, retreat shot is sustained aoe which works even better on your behalf if youāve pulled a huge mob wave past your hit limit then having it switch over to the other mobs after having killed the earlier ones. The biggest plus side for QS SR is running shot + retreat shot like i demonstrated in my video. When pulling mobs and you have a wall to work with, you can retreat shot 10 mobs at once while simultaneously singling out each one with running shot autos.
SR2 also has 2 pseudo aoe skills to work with as long as you have aoe attack ratio. Concentrated fire and wild shot has splash aoe like multi shot. With the right gears concentrated fire will be one of the strongest burst aoe. Average geared at best Iām able to hit 60k with lv10 concentrated fire which is more than twice the damage of my lv40 attributed lv10 multi shot. Meanwhile my lvl10 retreat shot can down 100k hp monsters.
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Very helpful, thank you 
Non Token Schwarzer Reiter movement speed = Other class with Token buff
Iām ranger 3 at lvl 120. Iāve only played this class but I canāt imagine an easier class to level and quest with. I also want to make a QS which from what hear is the opposite experience. The reason you pick ranger is for Barrage itās literally a shotgun skill that melts mobs As fast you can mash that hot key. Your definitely going to be addicted to sp pots but that just the entrance fee for the amount of wave clearing potential a rank 2 class brings. In parties steady aim+barrage+Bounce shot makes quick work of mobs (make sure to toggle off knock back). If you have mana to spare you can take high priority targets quickly with spiral arrow and AA. While you are constantly AAing it defintely has burst caster type of feel (even though spiral arrow and barrage are instant casts skills.) I would say itās quite a satisfying class to play.
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Ughhh, thatās sad. I feel like IMC just doesnāt want me to play SR.
So I would just like to clarify does using running shot with retreat shot give retreat shot the aspd of running shot along with the aoe 10 mob modifer?
No both skills are still going off as their own. The only difference is unlike going ranger where you can only retreat shot, QS can use running shot to single out mobs while retreat shot hits everything else. Although haste from a chronomancer will increase retreat shotās attack speed. 33% more shots released going from 30 shots in 10 seconds to 42 shots.
Leveling a QS is really not that bad. Buy sacrament buff, get arde dagger.
People who say its hard either have never actually played the class or do not know how to properly manage their xp cards.
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1-80 is pretty weak if you go A1->Q3 route. Which you almost definitely have to get running shot as soon as possible.
Also managing your exp card is one thing but the time it takes to get your exp card is another. The build pre Running Shot was pretty awful. Most other class can mob up and wipe while you are still trying to shoot down one mob. (The slow spawn rate help seem like it is not that bad)
Also caltrop is a pretty terrible skill outside of maybe pvp/boss(?). It only attacks ground and you have to wait for the mobs to step on it. But half the time they donāt walk on them and instead attack them.
@Punkd Iām just wondering if mounting can also bind in mouse? (whatās the easiet way to mount?)
I am not SR yet, but will go A2 -> QS 3 -> SR -> Cannon
so i will do a lot of unmounting and mounting since using Cannon skills will be automatically be unmounted.
Thanks!
Well itās possible to just make a macro on the mouse to mimic the keybind youād use in game to mount. If anything i just assigned it to something I can easily access. Since I play with mouse mode, I just keybinded mount to alt+w and unmount to alt+s as my left hand will always be on wasd.
can you use retreat shot without being mounted ?
walking schwarzer reiter =p
No. The skill strictly requires you to be riding a mount in order to use it. This applies to all SR skills.