Looking at Volley under Hunter/Multiattack on p93 of the PHB, it states:
Volley. You can use your action to make a ranged attack against any number of creatures within 10 feet of a point you can see within your weapon’s range. You must have ammunition for each target, as normal, and you make a separate attack roll for each target.
Does, "within 10 feet of a point you can see within your weapons range" mean "within 10 feet to a point you can see"? Just seems oddly worded...
Not sure if this was addressed, but any input would be appreciated. Thanks!
Makes sense to me. You choose a point within range, then make a ranged attack against every creature within 10 feet of that point.
Are you thinking the intent is that you can only target enemies within 10ft or so of yourself? Because that's not how it's supposed to work.
Sands666 wrote:
Sands666 wrote:
And it doesn't use your Attack action at all. It's a different action. So you don't get Extra Attack or anything else that says it works a with an "Attack action."
Thanks everyone, makes more sense now. I think I see why people say the Ranger class is weak in comparison to other classes. My party's Wizard seems like the most powerful, as does the Fighter. When I initially read through Volley, I thought that it was saying that you could basically hit any target in the combat that you could see, as long as it wasn't at point blank range. I like my interpretation better 
but glad I know how its actually supposed to work now.
Rangers don't really focus on single target damage. They're pretty great at small AoE focus, though.