The Hose's problem is not its stats, its the cast time and animation

Hibeki··2 votes·354 views

You keep changing the stats on item 3030 as if it will make a difference, the problem is you cant hit anybody with this damn thing.

The cast time takes forever, its a sweeping motion, and the missiles travel extremely slowly. It takes almost 2 seconds for the far left missile to reach its destination on cast.

This is why nobody uses it. Make it swift like item 3152 and it will be used.

5 Comments

The Soulforged1 votes

The slow doesn't last long enough or slow enough either.

Hibeki1 votes

If it didn't take as long to get there you could actually do something with the slow.

ModWulf Helhammer1 votes

Ok, I just want to say, that's the best way to name GLP I've ever heard

Hibeki1 votes

Its not mine, Qt named it that when it originally came out https://youtu.be/v9_yz8zMsA8?t=7m32s

Anonagon1 votes

I actually had no problem with the original Hose active. Felt a lot better with a wide arc that went through targets than it does with the longer range. Long range doesn't mean anything if literally everything blocks it. To be fair, I haven't actually played much with it post-changes, but the few times I did never felt particularly good. If they do want to stick with the idea of it being a "pick" item, then they definitely do need to make the missile speed and cast time faster. They were never a problem if you were using it for AoE when already in a fight, but now that there is pressure to actually aim it and have it not be blocked, it makes no sense for the cast itself to be sluggish.

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