Ranger - is Woodsman staff the only real option till raid gear?

[Kinvalar]

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

Quads are what make DW worth using. You can't say that DA doesn't matter.

This is a big point, imo. DW skill increases obviously make DW better, but until you can DA with offhand you're really held back.

I can't find specific literature atm about when your offhand can start DAing, but I want to say its 150 skill. I might be wrong (anybody know definitively?) but before that its my understanding that you can't quad.

EDIT: English is hard.

[Jimjam]

Does off hand DA have a 150 skill penalty? or is it simply a flip switch between being able to use the ability at full skill versus not at all?

[webrunner5]

2 handers on average are slow, and because of that you can cast a spell in between swings. I would go 2 Hander also till Epic or 55ish.

So good way to raise your DPS, or even save your butt, which seems to hang a lot, if you know what I mean. [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

[TarukShmaruk]

Ok thanks for all of the advice. It's a bummer because dual wield is just *fun* - well, since I equate fun in Everquest to watching a stream of white "you hit x for x" text fun.

[koros]

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

Is off-hand DA chance equal to primary? If not, how is it calculated?

Yes it is.

[koros]

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

Does off hand DA have a 150 skill penalty? or is it simply a flip switch between being able to use the ability at full skill versus not at all?

Flips a switch.

[koros]

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

Quads are what make DW worth using. You can't say that DA doesn't matter.

For anyone level 29 or over, yes you can.

[webrunner5]

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

Ok thanks for all of the advice. It's a bummer because dual wield is just *fun* - well, since I equate fun in Everquest to watching a stream of white "you hit x for x" text fun.

Yeah I know what you mean. I love on my Monk with the Epic, how fast I can spam my window with my hits on it. [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.] Cool stuff compared to a slow 2 hander for sure. [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

[Kinvalar]

Originally Posted by webrunner5 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Yeah I know what you mean. I love on my Monk with the Epic, how fast I can spam my window with my hits on it. [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.] Cool stuff compared to a slow 2 hander for sure. [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Can have a lot of fun later on with ranger with spam (mostly for pushing casters and forcing interrupts) by tossing a Rev Whip from Hate into main-hand (5/14). Numbers just fly when you're swinging at 7 delay with proper haste.

[HalasHermit]

So just out of curiosity, say you already have a Wurm/Lammy on other toons and are level 24 with swiftblade. Fashionquest aside, is the woodsman staff THAT much better?