I thought I saw this in the official patch notes
It was actually in the PTR patch notes, right above the new rune words! đŸ˜„"RUNE WORDS Insight Now can also be used with Bows and Crossbows Developer Comments: Insight is a popular Rune Word, and we feel that allowing it on ranged weapons will promote more build possibilities that complement the skill and mercenary changes seen above."
I change my mind. After trying Diablo II out I'm totally in love with this game. Looking forward to more Diablo II news posts from wowhead.com!
It's not undocumented, it's literally in the patch notes just before the new runs words ...
Now thats some good news for blizzard/javazon doing p8 cows without infintity. A2 Insight Merc tends to disrupt the cow gathering and well, tends to die as a result. Itll be way easier to keep an A1 Merc alive.
While an interesting change, I'd hate to break it to yall, but there no bases to make it end-game competitive. Simple as that. While Freezing Arrow "may" seem solid, still quite limited use in Hell. Out of a pack of 12 mobs, it will stun half? At best? And at what rate will it actually fire FA off? 1 every 15 seconds? Now that's utter garbage. If 95% of ALL her shots will be FA, then perhaps, there is a use for the merc for certain area of farms....but NOT with Insight. All this does is allow you to have a level 27 bow for leveling & prevent your merc dying as often as A2 does.And what's FA level? Is it there just for CC? Cuz FA does NOT care about weapon damage. It's purely an aoe impact ability. No one gives 2 socks about how much damage it deals single target. Only aoe boom matters. So if FA is like level 10...even if 99% of her attacks are FA, it will be like throwing Q-tips at mobs. To make it AT LEAST somewhat competitive, it needs to be around level ~30 to have at least 1.8k aoe per shot.
usable? sure.good choice? no.
It would make more sense for faster cast rate to become increased attack speed when used on a bow.
