Edrein wrote on Jun 7
th, 2017 at 10:39pm:
Not Fusillade, I was talking about my suggestions of crit multipliers/weapons. Every time I mention a crit multiplier and show the numbers, people scream OP. But you can have eighteen threads about crit multipliers on fighters or swashbucklers and no one bats an eye.
I agree'd with you. Melee arty can't compete. No form of defense and no offensive power to match repeater builds is silly. I even gave a suggestion on how to improve the Haste boost to match Fusillade and no dice. I feel like Steelstar refuses to take negative feedback or constructive criticism on Artificer changes he makes in general.
What is actually hilarious is that Artificer "As written" gets exactly none of those weapon proficiencies.
None of this repeating crossbow and rune-arm nonsense.
They're grenadiers (like somebody mentioned) tossing explosives and chemical concoctions, punctuated with Wands and scrolls (Wand Bracelet ring a bell?)
Oh, and the class is CHA based.
So basically Arty in DDO is their own home-brew version that has only nominal similarity to the PnP class.
Don't be surprised if they can't make it work.
Tl;dr- melee arty is fucking pointless compared to Xbow.