Baby ranger - fun hunting ideas?

[Toxigen]

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

I rebought a Swarmcaller. Seldom do I root/joust until a proc triggers but with the EC that’s painful.

swarmcaller opens up a lot of options duo tho

[Jimjam]

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

swarmcaller opens up a lot of options duo tho

Yeah, it is great to hand off to the enc or necro charm pet.

[Snaggles]

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

swarmcaller opens up a lot of options duo tho

Yea I mean I have an Earthcaller but got a swarmcaller again for certain situations. Like wanting to slow but not swap out Dw back to 2h every mob.

[Toxigen]

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

Yea I mean I have an Earthcaller but got a swarmcaller again for certain situations. Like wanting to slow but not swap out Dw back to 2h every mob.

i would think once youve got earthcaller the swarmcaller is doneski and headed for your enchanter alt

[Troxx]

Swarmcaller solo I’ve found useful when soloing the harder spectrum dark blues for sure. For the easier dark blues or xp greens the procs can be spotty enough that I lose less health by just keeping the actual dps 2 hander loaded from the start.

It has been quite useful in duos/trios or very weird composition groups with less than ideal healing potential. The dps from it isn’t terrible to be honest and scoring an early proc takes a big bite out of the whallop mobs pack.

If I had an earthcaller, I honestly don’t think id keep it around in my bags though.

Other update: got myself a woodsman’s staff finally. It’s a parseable dps upgrade over argent protector and the faster swing speed makes the dps much more consistent and predictable.

Dps average is definitely up and the dps “range” any given fight tightens compared to the 49 delay AP.

Once I find an earthshaker for use with now for sale, I’ll be selling AP or tossing it in the bank for a future SK alt.

[Ripqozko]

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

i would think once youve got earthcaller the swarmcaller is doneski and headed for your enchanter alt

1h dps is trash compared to 2h tho, makes sense to use swarmcaller still if ya have a good 2h and haste

[Troxx]

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

1h dps is trash compared to 2h tho, makes sense to use swarmcaller still if ya have a good 2h and haste

True ... but if you have both epics one might could make the case that it's better to use that combo over Swarmcaller if you don't mind the extra weapon swap clicks

Then again I've seen some napkin math that puts the dps output of swarmcaller in the upper 50s and 60s right about the same dps as epic weapon combo. I don't know to be honest ... I'd have to parse it myself.

For now I'm rocking Spiked Seahorse belt haste.

[Snaggles]

Frankly I just got on a whim for easy swaps from the Cek. Joust-slowing actually works pretty good if not using DW.

My new comp has Windows11 which for some reason isn’t working well with my Gameparse. If I can fix this I’ll test Swarmcaller with Gauntlets of Dragonslaying vs Earthcaller and Swiftwind/Claw of Lightning. I expect its not too far off.

Dual ranger epics is a nice Bingo card achievement and has nice stats. Swarmcaller though is quite underrated for 1kpp.

[Troxx]

gamparse is working ok for me on windows 11 ... i can't remember if i had to do anything in particular to get it to work

And yes. Swarmcaller isn't actually bad dps and the proc is badass. Probably one of the best if not THE BEST weapons for the cost involved. The warrior equivalent is much much more expensive.

On my 60 warrior, these days I only keep 3 weapons in my bags: Frostreaver for all purpose use, Truncheon for slow, and a lower dps but lower threat 2h for dps on raids (which I don't do these days anyways).

[Tann]

Hopped back on ranger recently, CT pyramid is great so far. I've got a mediocre set of melee gear that travels between toons, no fungi or ikky bp, but I can comfortably kill about 5-6 before needing to chill by the clay golem spawn to rest up. Some lizards starting to turn light blue at 42 but still at least 1% per kill.

If you stand right by the entrance to the pyramid area, just a smidge inside the maze part, then only have to worry about the mob healing itself.. seems to be just out of range for the wall hax healing.