Ranger Bow Killing

[danzig]

Could do it whenever I think. If you're too low to land a snare, a high level Druid friend (or a grizzled dial a port mercenary) to land an Ensnare, and Flame Lick to grab agro while a rogue backstabs. Run in circles until dead.

[skarlorn]

The best way to "bow kill" with a ranger is to use the bow as a hybrid damage source. The key to this strategy is fighting monsters who flee at 20%.

Instead of trying to whittle down 80% with bow damage (very slow and LOTS of arrows), you can try this...

Hit the enemy with your biggest DoT, then snare, then haul ass and plink away. You can even spin, shoot, nuke, shoot, and run - maximizing DPS around your paltry nukes.

Even taking your opponent to 70% with this strategy gives you a huge advantage, because suddenly you only have to take them down another 50% in melee combat before they start running. This cuts your loss of hp per fight in half, meaning less downtime!

I leveled like this quite a lot in Karanas [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

[fadetree]

I have used bow kiting to kill a number of higher level mobs. If it snares and roots and doesn't summon, I can kill it.....eventually. I have a tolans bracer (summon arrows clicky) and a wrapped velium bow, good haste and a fleeting quiver. My dex kind of sucks but I use pots or buffs to bring that up. I keep a couple dots up, immolate and stinging swarm from the tolans arms. It works, but is really, really slow. Better arrows would help, but they get to be expensive in the quantities bow kiting takes. Personally, I would never try to exp with only bow kiting, it's just sad. But, as mentioned above, it can help speed up the eventual melee kill, plus you can regen some while bow kiting.

[Ivory]

Must....defend....archery!!

Archery is amazins! Don't let people tell you it is bad or slow exp!!!

At 40-50 it can slow down (if you don't have a good bow). But if you manage to land a skydarkener or something, then you will be soloing faster than most classes.

Sub 40 you solo DEFINITELY faster than most people. I remember I was outpacing a necromancer around level 30 on the firiona vie cliffs easily.

Just make sure you get a decent enough bow AND USE SPELLS (medding between shots).

The people who say it is painfully slow haven't really tried it with a decent focus on archery (velium swiftblade, quiver, basic arrows from merchant are fine, and a good bow).

I used a trueshot bow WAY longer than I should have and still was rocking it! With a huntsmans bow earlier (very easy to get with some random wanderbys help) I woulda been the archer supreme. Or if you can spend 1k for a velium bow, ohhhhh that is bananas good. (roughly 30/40 stats, even the lowest quality velium bow is a beast)

If you get a skydarkener at 40+ though....oh....then you will understand the true power of archery. You will never be seen again as you run across the lands killin everything (4 at a time) till things slow down again at 56ish (though, even then, I just got tired of grinding....with the skydarkener I could easily quad kite more for EXP at the armor spawns in wakening lands or the othmirs in cobalt scar).

Again, don't let these people tell you it is bad! They tried to tell me that....but I didn't listen...and now I know the great power of archery!

[thebutthat]

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

Sub 40 you solo DEFINITELY faster than most people. I remember I was outpacing a necromancer around level 30 on the firiona vie cliffs easily.

No you didn't.

[Lojik]

Archery is good if you have a sick bow until like level 15.

Also, does dex actually increase crit hits for rangers (or warriors for that matter?) Has anyone ever tested it, and does an increase in dex make any sizable difference ?

[MikeXG]

I think, as with most things in this game, gear makes a big difference. A warrior with shit gear is not gonna hold hate, do damage, or tank well. Seems like there have been a few people to invest in getting great gear that supports archery, and if you can do this then archery is solid. My goal is to try and get the huntsman bow once im 30/35 and eventually try and buy loot rigts to a skydarkener

[skarlorn]

Ivory showed me the secrets of archery and i was PLing a group with a level 5 warrior.

it's the real shabang

"Also, does dex actually increase crit hits for rangers (or warriors for that matter?) Has anyone ever tested it, and does an increase in dex make any sizable difference ?"

I noticed an increase in crit rate with boosted dex

[MikeXG]

How hard is it to obtain a skydarkeners loot rights?

[Jimjam]

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

How hard is it to obtain a skydarkeners loot rights?

It is the next trend after grouping necromancers!