Lune's Ranger Tips

[Cecily]

It takes like 30 mins max to be able to craft your own 150s, and it's really dirt cheap if you stick with the 1 dmg version.

[Pan]

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

It takes like 30 mins max to be able to craft your own 150s, and it's really dirt cheap if you stick with the 1 dmg version.

Yeah, but if you're as disorganized as I am with bagspace and everything else, sometimes it's just easier to click "buy" a few times with the shift key held down. Granted, it's way more expensive... Point was, tho, that you could get max range w/o fletching (assuming you bought the Raincaller rather than quested it from scratch).

[Itching]

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

Epic procs stop me from ranger gating solo so yeah I pump dex atm, but I figure 215 str self buffed is decent.

Bow shot for 2x dmg. Pull somewhere safe. Root, immolate, and swarm dot.
Run in and melee for awhile with regen + DS and hope for a slow proc.
Curse the gods when Earthcaller doesn't proc, re-root before my hp gets to 10%.
Dot, dot, and sit on med ticks and shoot arrows in between.
Regen to 40-50% and get back into melee. Eventually the mob runs.
Snare it and swap to Runed Blade trying to get a rune proc for next fight.
Heal up and do it again.

Does the proc on Runed Blade require you to have Jasper in your inventory?

[fastboy21]

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

Does the proc on Runed Blade require you to have Jasper in your inventory?

no

[phacemeltar]

you didnt address the fact that during early game most rangers hog aggro from less-geared tanks. sometimes backing off and firing a few arrows in the fray can be a great idea to avoid burning healer mana and sustain dps.

[Pan]

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

you didnt address the fact that during early game most rangers hog aggro from less-geared tanks. sometimes backing off and firing a few arrows in the fray can be a great idea to avoid burning healer mana and sustain dps.

I need to stop weighing in on this FANTASTIC THREAD and derailing a little. It's a great piece on rangers and I applaud it.

On aggro: probably the key job (at least conceptually) for rangers during the Kunark era is understanding how aggro works and how to avoid (and even shed) it. It's a tough time in the life of the class.

Flipside of that is knowing how to snap aggro offa people who should have it less than you. And often it's more efficient to heal even a squishy ranger than it it is 4 other group members.

[phacemeltar]

i think posts like this should be consolidated into guides and either put on the wiki or stickied in class forums.

[Gaffin 7.0]

goog post, pretty accurate, always invited skilled rangers back to my group...

pull faster than the best monks in outdoors, you cant outpull aoe harmony+bow

i sold my lvl 56 ranger when it was legal on forums, miss that mofo fun class

[Dragonsblood1987]

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

Fuck Rangers.

*After this thread*

Rangers aint that bad.

Yeah.. after reading that guide, the thought of wiping my ass with a cactus doesnt actually seem all that bad..

[fadetree]

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

Do you have any evidence that Dex is more impactful than STR? Str has a noticeable impact on DPS via max hit, but particularly for non-bow combat I have no idea why you'd pay attention to dex at all.

I like dex for procs, which keep me alive as a primarily solo ranger. The effect of dex on procs is well established.