Best starting stats for a Wood Elf Ranger?

[paulgiamatti]

Well, my ranger began as a fairly overgeared alt which got hand-me-downs from my main rogue, and that turned into a full-scale twinking project - I probably wouldn't roll ranger as my very first character when starting on a new server, unless I was feeling particularly masochistic.

I'd say the primary reason I decided on ranger is tracking, and I'm pretty happy that I stuck with it for that reason alone. Also, it's just a fun class to play. If you gear yourself like a tank, and if you have plenty of HP, you can easily tank anything a shadow knight or paladin can, and ranger snap aggro is basically the best in the game.

[gkmarino]

Not ranger related but i put all points into strength and I'm still mad at how often I'm over encumbered. Not ranger related but imagine it as an evil race/deity who can't vendor everywhere. Also being my first char untwinked I carry pelts and weapons to sell and craft. I'm always finding a balance between value and weight. Not to mention wanted to train skill in all weapon types without WR bags. STR has payed off immensely. Even having 90 STR sucks a lot. I'm level 20 and just got my first item that has STR on it.

My armor and a few weapons and a shield puts my starting weight at around 55-60 and that's without plate armor.

[LordRayken]

Too late. I'm level 7 and already dumped my points into Stamina.

Dun dun dunnnn

[Ravager]

Originally Posted by LordRayken [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Too late. I'm level 7 and already dumped my points into Stamina.

Dun dun dunnnn

Good call.

Originally Posted by Pyrion [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

If you intend to play the ranger so you can raid later, sure, sta may be the thing to do. But if you are not heavily twinked, i would consider putting all into str. Str is needed so you do more damage and dont have to sell things so often due to overload. Not putting your points into str can lead to too much frustration so you dont even get to high level.

Ignore all that if you have a good amount of twink gear, getting your str up that way.

And then he gets to level 50, realizes his str is way beyond capped with a single buff and some cheap gear and wishes his 20 points were put somewhere else.

Originally Posted by maskedmelon [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

That is the opposite though because sta only helps when you or your group is doing poorly. If you are extra careful you don't need any extra hp^^ High top speed and sta are both conditional benefits though, so there is consistency there ^.~v

I would choose the pink car too though, but only because it's pink ^^

If you're extra careful, you don't need a seat belt either, but you probably want one anyway.