Bows do let you sling an arrow, then run round a corner or out of spell range before the target (spell caster) has a chance to begin casting on you. That said, I do find a bow to be a bit of a waste of a slot on a tank; generally I'd rather have the runed bone fork or the frosty book thing from ToFS.
The snare trick is great, I often use it on my ranger (obviously I have to zone or camp out and relog instead of FD), but the fact that I am willing to double zone/log to use snare split shows how awesome it is.
One note though; if you use a low enough % snare, the mob will still very slowly walk back. You'll need to use your second tier of darkness or better for full effect.
You can get by with really crappy gear in groups, especially as an SK. A set of banded and your spells for aggro will get you to your 40s, at which point you can start looting better gear (the Jar sath stuff in Karnor's castle is fairly decent, it will carry you until you can start getting crystal chitin in Velks or Plane of Growth rots).
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02-07-2018, 01:15 PM
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