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Originally Posted by williestargell
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Ranger slow swords make them darned good soloers.
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Slow swords are overrated for solo play IME. I find that procs are so unreliable it works better to just kill the mob faster with decent dps weapons. Slow sword in a group is sometimes awesome tho, so it's a nice thing to have in your bag.
Archery is shitty damage compared to what you can dish in melee, but the mob isn't hitting you back and Snare is cheap to cast, as long as there's room to kite you can finish any mob even if you were losing the fight in melee. At L45 I got a Tolan's bracer (was 5kish at that time, think it's about the same now) and stashed my fletching kit in the bank. I miss the longer range arrows, but I don't miss the endless clicking to make them.
In most situations Harmony is far faster than FD for getting single mob pulls, it's probably a good thing that Harmony doesn't work indoors.
Learn to watch your UI and recognize the real server tick (usually involves your displayed HP going down, lol.) You can stand, cast a healing spell, and sit between ticks, so that you don't miss any mana regen while healing yourself after a fight, thus speeding your recovery.
You can put off a good bow for a little while, cheapo fletched bows you can make yourself are fine under L20, but buy a Runed Oak Bow (200-ish pp) if you can by the time you're in your 20's, or go hunt the centaur who drops it with a group of mid-20s (he's L30). The Runed Oak Bow is much superior to the Trueshot Longbow because it is classed "MAGIC" and ordinary arrows fired by a magic bow hit mobs that require magic to hit. The only (non-RP) reason to do the Trueshot quest is because you intend to continue on and do the Raincaller, and the Runed Oak is so cheap there is no reason at all to buy a Trueshot.
Lower cost items that are useful (beyond the obvious stuff like ac/hp rings and cheap magic weapons):
* Tolan's Darkwood Vambraces (clicky Stinging Swarm at L45) 13/tick dot isn't great, but it's zero mana cost and you can often use it to pull, also the AC don't hurt
* Tolan's Darkwood Gauntlets (clicky Snare at L45) cast is not fast (4.0sec) but it saves a spell slot and, again, the AC doesn't hurt
* Tolan's Darkwood Helm (clicky Superior Camoflauge at L45) slow cast (10.0sec) but who cares? also you don't get the spell until L49, also AC!
* Tolan's Darkwood Boots (utterly useless clicky at L45), more AC baby, more AC
Pricier items to save up for:
* you're a melee, the three most important stats for a melee are haste, haste, & haste.
* Woodsman's Staff (31/35 2hb), best dps for a long long time
* Lupine Dagger (9/18 p, proc's Greater Wolfform at L45), super long duration ATK & movement buff, you don't get the spell until L56
* Tolan's Darkwood Bracer (clicky Summon Arrows at L45) once you hit 45 this bracer is like gravy soaked gravy
* Raincaller (or do the quest)