Order of the bow initiate ranged precision bugged?

[Synthnine]

Hello, I took a level in this prc for an archer build and i'm unsure whether this feat is working. With a +2 EB longbow and +1 arrows minimum damage is 4 and max is 12 while it should be 6 and 14 if i'm not mistaken. Is this feat broken? Not using manyshot or rapid shot either. Thanks.

[Tsidkenu]

I have conducted extensive testing of the OOBI class recently and the Ranged Precision feat applies to the second attack of every attack flurry only. Upon reaching level 6 you may activate the Sharpshooting Feat as a combat mode which enables half of your attacks for the round to be used as Ranged Precision attacks. This increases to your full round of attacks when you reach level 10 and gain the Extended Sharpshooting feat.

Note that for Sharpshooting, only attacks that occur -after- the round-by-round sharpshooting concentration check will receive the bonus damage from ranged precision. I have found it incredibly difficult to get this concentration check to happen -before- the first attack flurry in a combat round and have suggested improvements on the QC forums. If/when this is tweaked we will look at issues regarding underwhelming damage from the Ranged Precision feat.

If you are interested in reading my test findings I'd be happy to PM it to you.

[Synthnine]

Thanks so much for your extensive reply. By attack flurry do you mean every shot after the first in rapid shot mode applies the additional damage? I also forgot the feat description is every two levels applies the damage so not the first level that I have taken, though it gives the feat at first level (it seems to be a dead feat at 1 lvl of oobi.) Also does the feat work with manyshot?

[Tsidkenu]

In NWN2 (as opposed to PnP) each combat round is split into a possible 3 'flurries' depending on how many attacks per round both you and your adversary possess. A creature with 2 attacks per round (eg +10/+5) has two flurries. A creature with 3 attacks per round (eg +15/+10/+5) has three flurries. A creature with 6 attacks per round still has three flurries, but two attacks per flurry (eg. +30/+25/+20/+15/+10/+5).

Ranged Precision attack (the level 1 feat) only applies to the (first) attack of the -second- flurry each combat round. It's pretty useless in that form as you can never land a long-ranged sneak attack with it because it always happens after stealth has been broken. Sharp Shooting is a little better and applies the Ranged Precision bonuses to all attacks made after a successful Sharpshooting concentration check, and this can occur while still stealthed.