Ranger: Bow progression (for bow rotting)

[Darguth]

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

And I thought warrior soloing was bad. This must be new levels of slowness.

It's not so bad if you can setup somewhere you can snag C/C2 pretty easily. I'll often bow rot outside KC (ravishing drolvargs) or off the ent mobs when it's over-populated or when I just don't feel like grouping. Usually can go in and find an enchanter to buff you inside. Use that time finding them to summon some of your arrow stacks, too.

Once you've got some crack I'll throw in Immolate/Drones to speed up the killing process. Then when you spend ~2min clicking your Tolan's Bracer to refill your arrow stock you'll get that mana regen. Add using Trueshot whenever it's off cooldown and I can probably kill ~8 dark blues an hour (which is pretty good for a Ranger soloing and is super safe).

That said, whether or not investing in a Velium Bow to speed up the process really depends on your other gearing priorities and how often you plan to bow rot. I'd think the Bow of the Huntsman is plenty fine unless you plan on doing this all the time. I rot with a Windsaber which eats thru stacks of arrows like crazy but since I only do it occasionally it's not really an issue.