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Feb 27, 2011, 08:36 PM // 20:36
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Frost Gate Guardian
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: The Netherlands
Guild: TLP/MU
Profession: R/
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To mutch useless skills, PvE skill change suggestions
First of read this:
I've been playing ranger over 4 years now and I think we have a lot of useless skills. So I took my time to look at almost all ranger skills there are and tried to make the ones I thought were useless into something useful. The ideas are purely meant for PvE because in PvP they would became way to powerful. Also I don't know how OP some combinations will become so don't go WTFTHISWOULDBEWAYTOPOWERFULL!!!! on me but make suggestions on how to change the skills. Ranger and his pet Pets are one of the main reasons I made a ranger. To bad they have a really lousy AI. So the player has to make up for this. These changes mostly involve the movement and damage of a pet. Bestial Mauling 10e - 10r Pet Attack. Your animal companion attempts a Bestial Mauling that deals +5…35 damage. If the attack strikes a knocked-down foe, that foe is Dazed for 4...9 seconds. (increased the base damage and reduced the recharge. Bestial Maulings Daze was powerful in PvP. But in PvE less powerful) Bestial Pounce 5e - 10r Pet Attack. Your animal companion instantly attacks target foe. If the attack hits deal +5...20 damage and causes knock-down if target foe is casting a spell. (attack was unreliable because most of the time your pet would wait to long) Call of Haste 5e - 5r Shout. For 30 seconds the next time you hit a foe with an attack your Animal Companion shadow steps to that foe. (The times it takes for your pet to reach its target is long, and often he will get stuck.) Companionship 10e - 8r Pet Attack. Your animal companion attempts a Companionship Strike that deals +5…25 damage. Both you and your Animal Companion are healed for 30…60 health. (because healing with a long cast time and changing targets isn't that good.) Disrupting Lunge 5e - 10r Pet Attack. Your animal companion instantly attacks target foe. If the attack hits, it interrupts target foe's action. If the interrupted action was a skill, that skill is disabled for an additional 20 seconds. Ferocious Strike [E] 5e - 6r Elite Pet Attack. Your animal companion attempts a Ferocious Strike that deals +15…40 damage. If that attack hits you gain 1…5 strikes of adrenaline and 3…8 energy. (increased the damage and adrenaline gain, reduced the energy gain. This way this skill becomes a good option for /W, /P and /D secondary’s.) Fertile Season 10e - 5sec - 60r Nature Ritual. Create a level 1…10 spirit. Non-spirit creatures within range have +2…6 health regeneration and +4…10 armor. This spirit dies after 15…80 seconds (the additional health an armor was fun but not really useful.) Heket's Rampage 10e - 10r Shout. For 3…9 seconds your Animal Companion deals an additional +5…15 damage with attacks but takes double damage. (Frenzy like shout for pets) Rampage as One [E] 15e - 30r Elite Stance. (3...18 seconds.) You and your pet deal an additional 1…10 damage with each attack and attack 25% faster. When this Stance ends you and your pet are Knocked Down. (Good skill in PvP not so in PvE since we have NRA and kiting isn't really a problem.) Revive Animal 15e - 3sec - 20r Skill. Your Animal Companion touches target party member and resurrects it with your current Health and 10…50% energy. (Unique res for beast masters. Can make your pet go and res your ally while you keep attacking) Savage Pounce 5e - 10r Pet Attack. Your animal companion instantly attacks target foe. If the attack hits deal +5...20 damage and causes knock-down if target foe is casting a spell. Symbiosis 15e - 5sec - 90r Nature Ritual. Create a level 1…10 spirit. Non-spirit creatures within range take 0…10 less damage for each enchantment on them. The attacks from non-Spirit creatures that are not under the effect of an enchantment can not be blocked. This spirits dies after 30...150 seconds. (Reduces damage on most casters and makes some physical profs unblockable.) Symbiotic Bond 10e - 60r Shout. For 120...264 seconds, your animal companion gains 1...3 health regeneration, and half of all damage dealt to your animal companion is redirected to you. Redirected damage is reduced by 3…30 Ranger and conditions If I’m reading a post about different uses for rangers a almost always come across a post that says conditions are weak. And that’s true, in HM a conditions like bleeding or poison won't make much difference. So I thought up some ideas how to use conditions to get off more powerful attacks. Applying conditions This is something most rangers are perfectly able to do. And if you need conditions to use powerful attacks you first need to apply them. Maiming Strike 5e - 5r Pet Attack. Your animal companion attempts a Maiming Strike that deals +5…20 damage and inflicts Bleeding for 5…15 seconds. Poisonous Bite 5e - 6r Pet Attack. Your animal companion attempts a Poisonous Bite that deals +5…20 damage and inflicts Poison for 5…15 seconds. Strike as One [E] 5e - 8r Elite Shout. Next time your Animal Companion hit with an attack the attack deals an additional +5...15 damage and target suffers from Deep Wound for 5...15 seconds. The next time you hit with an attack the attack deals an additional +5...10 damage and target suffers from Cracked Armor for 5...15 seconds (with the change of Call of Haste this attack becomes less powerful. And this way rangers have a way to inflict cracked armor.) Run as One 5e - 15r Stance. For 5…15 seconds you and your pet move 25% faster. If you hit a moving foe inflict Cripple for 0…10 seconds and Run as One ends. Broad Head Arrow [E] 10e - 7r Elite Bow Attack. You shoot a broad head arrow, if it hits, target foe is Dazed for 5…12 seconds, and if target foe is casting a spell that spell is interrupted. (Daze is a powerful condition, being able to shut down almost any caster. But in PvE where the kills are fast there little need for Daze to be long lasting. That’s why I reduced the recharge and duration of Daze. Also I removed the annoying slow arrow.) Crippling Shot [E] 10e - 4r Elite Bow Attack. If Crippling Shot hits, target foe is Crippled for 5…15 seconds and deals +5…25 damage. Deal an additional +5…25 damage if target is not moving. (In PvP Cripple is powerful, in PvE not so. That’s why I added damage it the target acts Crippled.) Crossfire 5e - 4r Bow Attack. If this attack hits target foe, it deals +5...17 damage. Inflict Bleeding for 5…17 seconds if target foe is near any of your allies. Marauder's Shot 10e - 10r Bow Attack. If Marauder's Shot hits your target suffers from 0…2 of the following conditions: Poisoned (for 20 seconds), Bleeding (for 20 seconds), Blind (for 10 seconds) or Burning (for 5 seconds). Pin Down 5e - 4r Bow Attack. If Pin Down hits, your target is Crippled for 3...13 seconds. Screaming Shot 10e - 8r Bow Attack. If this attack hits, you deal +10...22 damage. If your target is within earshot, that foe and all adjacent foes begins Bleeding for 5...17 seconds. Expert's Dexterity [E] 5e - 20r Elite Stance. For 1…20 seconds, you attack 33% faster and conditions you apply while wielding a bow last 100% longer. (The 33% IAS was pretty good, but the +2 marksmanship didn't do really mutch extra damage. That why I think that if the ranger is about using conditions doubling the duration would be nice.) Throw Dirt 5e - 1sec - 15r Ranged Attack. Send out one ball of dirt at target foe striking for 5…15 damage your target and all foes nearby your target become Blinded for 3...10 seconds. This Attack has half the normal range (Throw Dirt is a effective skill, but you should throw the dirt...) Barbed Arrows 10e - 2sec - 12r Preparation. For 24 seconds, your arrows cause Bleeding for 3...15 seconds. Greater Conflagration [E] 10e - 2sec - 12r Preparation. For 15…30 seconds your arrows strike for +5…15 fire damage and and cause Burning for 0…3 seconds whenever they hit. Pestilence 10e - 5sec - 60r Nature Ritual. Create a level 1…10 spirit. When any creature within its range suffers from a new condition, that creature suffers from Disease for 2…10 seconds. This spirit dies after 30…90 seconds. Using the conditions There are several different ways to use conditions you can use them to deal additional damage, or you can use them to support your party members. Damage Feral Lunge 5e - 6r Pet Attack. Your animal companion attempts a Feral Lunge that deals +5…25 damage. If that attack strikes a foe whose suffering from a condition that foe takes an additional +5…15 damage. Toxicity 15e - 5sec - 60r Nature Ritual. Create a level 1…10 spirit. Non-Spirit creatures in range suffering from Poison or Disease take 5…15 damage each second. This spirits dies after 30…60 seconds. (The damage from Poison or Disease itself isn't much but with this spirit it becomes a bit more.) Forked Arrow 10e - 7r Bow Attack. Shoot two arrows simultaneously at target foe. If target foe is suffering from a condition these arrows strike for +10…20 damage. Hunter's Shot 5e - 5r Bow Attack. If Hunter's Shot hits deal +5…12 damage for each condition that foe is suffering. (maximum +30...60 damage) Kindle Arrows -> Move to Marksmanship 5e - 7r Bow Attack. Shoot two arrows simultaneously at target foe. If target foe is suffering from a condition they cause Burning for 1…4 seconds. Melandru's Shot [E] 10e - 8r Elite Bow Attack. If Melandru's Shot hits, steal 5…25 health. If target foe is suffering from 2 or more conditions steal an additional 15…75 health Punishing Shot [E] 10e - 1/2sec - 5r Elite Bow Attack. If Punishing Shot hits, you strike for +10…20 damage and your target is interrupted. If target was suffering from a condition it deals an aditional +10…20 damage. Savage Shot 10e - 1/2sec - 5r Bow Attack. If Savage Shot hits, your target's action is interrupted. If target was suffering from a condition deal +10…20 damage. Archer's Signet [E] 2sec - 15r Elite Signet. For 0…20 seconds, your bow attacks can not be blocked. Your arrows strike for +0…5 damage for each condition on target foe. Brambles 15e - 5sec - 60r Nature Ritual. Create a level 1…10 spirit. Non-Spirit creatures in range suffering from Bleeding or Cripple take 5…15 damage each second. This spirits dies after 30…60 seconds. Melandru's Arrows [E] 10e - 2sec - 15r Elite Preparation. For 10…30 seconds, whenever your arrows hit a foe suffering from a condition, they deal +5…15 damage and 0…2 random party members within earshot lose one condition. (Deal extra damage to foes suffering from conditions and support party members at the same time.) Scavenger's Focus [E] 5e - 12r Elite Skill. Your next 3…5 attack deal an additional +10…30 damage against foes suffering from a condition. When Scavenger's Focus ends gain 30…70 health and 3…7 Energy. Support Lacerate [E] 10e - 3sec - 30r Elite Nature Ritual. Create a level 1…10 spirit. Non-spirit creatures suffering from a condition have -10…40 armor (minimum 60). This spirit dies after 10…60 seconds (A lot of PvE enemies especially in HM have high amounts or armor. This skill will help non-armor ignoring spells and attacks to do a bit more damage. Almost a must have for every Elementalist in HM.) Pounce 5e - 10r Pet Attack. Your animal companion attempts a Pounce that deals +5…20 damage. If target foe is suffering from a condition it is knocked down. Body Shot 5e - 8r Bow Attack. If this attack hits, you deal +5…20 damage. If it hits a foe with 2 or more conditions gain 5..9 Energy Melandru's Resilience [E] 10e - 10r Elite Shout. All party members within earshot gain 30…50 health for each condition they are suffering. Hexed party members lose 0…1 hex instead. (And for all those wise guys. No, you won't shout "Melandru's Resilience!") Support Ofcourse not all ranger support skills should be tied to conditions so here are some other support skills. Bestial Fury 10e - 10r Shout. For 1…6 seconds all allies within earshot attack 25% faster. (pet needs to be alive for activation) (Beast Mastery has a lot off overlapping skills that won't work together so just change them all together.) Edge of Extinction 10e - 5sec - 60r Nature Ritual. Create a level 1...10 spirit. If a non-spirit creature within range dies, Edge of Extinction deals 14…40 damage to all creatures of the same type. This spirit dies after 30…150 seconds. (removed 90% health condition and reduced damage.) Energizing Wind 15e - 5sec - 60r Nature Ritual. Create a level 1…6 spirit. If a non-spirit creature within range uses a skill they gain 0…2 energy. This spirit dies after 5…50 seconds (little bit of energy gain each time a skill is used. +2 energy comes only with +14 beast mastery rank.) Predatory Season 10e - 5sec - 60r Nature Ritual. Create a level 1…10 spirit. Non-spirit creatures within range gain 30…50 health whenever a non-spirit creature near them dies. This spirit dies after 30…60 seconds (Why hunt I you can't eat the hunted.) Primal Echoes 15e - 5sec - 90r Nature Ritual. Create a level 1…10 spirit. The Attack Skills from all non-spirit creatures within range recharge 0…25% faster. This spirit dies after 30…60 seconds. (50% fail chance with Expertise 7 or less.) (Letting signets use energy in PvE is pretty useless. A faster recharge from attack skills can be useful. And the 7 Expertise requirement makes it better useful for ranger primaries) Symbiosis 15e - 5sec - 90r Nature Ritual. Create a level 1…10 spirit. Non-spirit creatures within range take 0…10 less damage for each enchantment on them. The attacks from non-Spirit creatures that are not under the effect of an enchantment can not be blocked. This spirits dies after 30...150 seconds. Tiger's Fury 10e - 10r Shout. For 1…6 seconds all allies within earshot attack 25% faster. (pet needs to be alive for activation) Favorable Winds 5e - 3sec - 45r Nature Ritual. Create a level 1...8 spirit. For non-spirit creatures within its range, arrows move twice as fast as normal and strike for +6…10 damage. This spirit dies after 30…150 seconds. Infuriating Heat [E] 5e - 3sec - 15r Elite Nature Ritual. Create a level 1…10 spirit. Non-spirit creatures within its range gain adrenaline twice as fast. And have +0…1 energy regeneration. This spirit dies after 15…60 seconds Practiced Stance [E] 5e - 20r Elite Stance. For 5…15 seconds, you and your allies within earshot have a 50% change to block while you are under the effect of a Preparation. (This way the skills has an actual use.) Quicksand 5e - 3sec - 30r Elite Nature Ritual. Create a level 1…10 spirit. All non-spirit creatures within earshot of this spirit lose 20..50 health each 5 seconds they are not moving. This spirit dies after 30…90 seconds. (Maybe a little bit hard to use probably but it could be fun.) Roaring Winds 10e - 5sec - 45r Nature Ritual. Create a level 1…10 spirit. Increase all lightning damage by 10…50%. This spirit dies after 30…60 seconds. (Couldn't really think of anything else, suggestions are welcome.) Tranquility 15e - 5sec - 45r Nature Ritual. Create a level 1…10 spirit. Hexes cast by non-spirit creatures within its range expire 10…40% faster. This spirit dies after 15…45 seconds Troll Unguent 5e - 1sec - 8r Skill. Gain 30…100 health and lose 1 condition. (An instant heal if you need one.) Winnowing 10e - 3sec - 60r Nature Ritual. Create a level 1…10 spirit. Non-spirit creatures within range take 4…10 additional damage whenever they take physical damage. This spirit dies after 30...150 seconds. Winter 10e - 3sec - 60r Nature Ritual. Create a level 1…10 spirit. When a non-spirit creatures within range takes damage they take an additional 5…10 cold damage. This spirit dies after 30...150 seconds. (Some additional damage and helps to trigger skills that work with elemental damage.) Choking Gas 10e - 2sec - 15r Skill. Your next 1…3 Bow Attacks deal 1…8 more damage and spread Choking Gas to all nearby foes on impact. Choking Gas interrupts foes attempting to cast spells. (Time able now you need bow attacks.) Conflagration 5e - 5sec - 60r Nature Ritual. Create a level 1…10 spirit. For non-spirit creatures within its range, all arrows that hit strike for and additional 5…15 fire damage. This spirit dies after 30…150 seconds. Dryder's Defenses 10e - 20r Stance. For 5...11 seconds, you gain +10…80 armor against elemental damage. Equinox [E] 10e - 3sec - 45r Elite Nature Ritual. Create a level 1…10 spirit. All non-spirit creatures within its range have 25…50 maximum energy. When this spirit dies all non-spirit creatures within its range gain 10…20 energy. This spirit dies after 30…90 seconds. (Nice battery and you can finally deplete HM monsters their energy pool.) Famine [E] 10e - 3sec - 45r Elite Nature Ritual. Create a level 1…10 spirit. Non-spirit creatures within range gain 40…70 health and 2…8 whenever a non-spirit creature near them dies. This spirit dies after 30…90 seconds Muddy Terrain 10e - 5sec - 60r Nature Ritual. Create a level 1…10 spirit. Non-spirit creatures within its range move 10…25% slower. Every second they are moving they you lose 10…20 Health. This spirit dies after 30…90 seconds. Nature's Renewal 10e - 5sec - 60r Nature Ritual. Create a level 1…10 spirit. Non-spirit creatures within earshot gain 5…25 health every 5…3 seconds if they are not enchanted or hexed. This spirit dies after 30...150 seconds. Traps Traps have been an issue for a long time. You couldn't make them to powerful otherwise the would be used for farming. And yet by making them weak they became pretty mutch useless. So I thought up an idea. Just as with Minions you should limiet the maximum amount of traps you can bring out at a time. In response you can make the traps more powerful. Wilderness survival now becomes: For every three ranks of Wilderness Survival, you can have one additional Trap out at a time. So the maximum amount of traps now becomes 6 at a time. Barbed Trap 15e - 2sec - 15r Trap. When Barbed Trap is triggered, all nearby foes become Crippled, and begin Bleeding for 3...21 seconds. After 5 seconds all nearby foes take 20…80 piercing damage. Barbed Trap ends after 90 seconds. While activating this skill, you are easily interrupted. Dust Trap 15e - 2sec - 15r Trap. When Dust Trap is triggered, all nearby foes become Blinded for 3…8 seconds. After 5 seconds all nearby foes take 20…80 Earth damage. Dust Trap ends after 90 seconds. While activating this skill, you are easily interrupted. Flame Trap 15e - 2sec - 15r Trap. When Flame Trap is triggered, all nearby foes begin Burning for 3…8 seconds. After 5 seconds all nearby foes take 20…80 Fire damage. Flame Trap ends after 90 seconds. While activating this skill, you are easily interrupted. Piercing Trap 15e - 2sec - 15r Trap. When Piecing Trap is triggered, all nearby foes take 20…50 piercing damage. After 5 seconds all nearby foes take 20…80 piercing damage. Piercing Trap ends after 90 seconds. While activating this skill, you are easily interrupted. Snare 10e - 2sec - 10r Trap. When Snare is triggered, all nearby foes become Crippled for 5…15 seconds. After 5 seconds all nearby foes suffer from one of the following conditions: Deep Wound (for 10 seconds), Poison (for 15 seconds), Bleeding (for 20 seconds). While activating this skill, you are easily interrupted. Spike Trap [E] 10e - 2sec - 10r Elite Trap. When Spike Trap is triggered all nearby foes suffer from Bleeding and Deep Wound for 5…15 seconds. After 5 seconds all nearby foes take 5…20 damage for each condition they are suffering. Tripwire 15e - 2sec - 15r Trap. When Tripwire is triggered, all nearby foes become Crippled for 5…15 seconds. After 5 secconds all nearby foes suffering from a condition are knocked-down for 2…3 seconds. Tripwire ends after 90 seconds. While activating this skill, you are easily interrupted. Viper's Nest Moved from Beast Mastery 10e - 2sec - 10r Trap. When Viper's Nest is triggered, all nearby foes become Poisoned for 5…15 seconds. After 5 seconds all nearby foes suffer from 2…6 health degeneration. Viper's Nest ends after 90 seconds. While activating this skill, you are easily interrupted Healing Spring 10e - 2sec - 20r Trap. For 3…15 seconds, party members in the area are healed for 15...51 every 3 seconds. While activating this skill you are easily interrupted. Smoke Trap [E] 10e - 2sec - 15r Elite Trap. For 3…10 seconds, nearby party members have a 25…75% change to block. While activating this skill you are easily interrupted. (Made Smoke Trap a support skill rather than a spreader of Blindness and Daze. Just stand in the some and je enemy won't easily hit you.) Trapper's Focus [E] 5e - 2sec - 12r Elite Preparation. For 12...25 seconds, your Traps deal 50…150% more damage and conditions you apply with Traps last 50...100% longer. (What doesn't stop your traps from becoming easily interruptible? You'll see.) Trapper's Speed 5e - 15r Stance. For 5…15 seconds, your Traps recharge instancely if they are interrupted and activate 25…50% faster. (There you go.) Other skills Still the ranger had some useless skills remaining so reworked those too. Arcing Shot 10e - 8r Bow Attack. Deals +10...25 damage. This attack can not mis. Concussion Shot 10e - 10r Bow Attack. If Concussion Shot hits a foe using a skill, that skill is interrupted and your target is Knocked Down for 2…3 seconds. Debilitating Shot 10e - 8r Bow Attack. If Debilitating Shot hits, target foe loses 1...10 Energy. For each point of Energy remaining, target takes 1…2 damage (maximum 30…60 damage). (For PvE e-denial sucks.) Determined Shot 5e - 5r Bow Attack. If Determined Shot hits, you strike for +5…20 damage. If Determined Shot fails to hit, it recharges instancely. Disrupting Accuracy 5e - 12r Preparation. For 24 seconds your arrows strike for +5…20 damage whenever you interrupt a skill. (Good play should be rewarded.) Disrupting Shot 5e - 10r Bow Attack. If this attack hits, target foe's action is interrupted. This skill recharges 25…75% faster if you interrupt a spell. Focused Shot 10e - 5r Bow Attack. If Focused Shot hits, you strike for +10…20 damage. Your next attack has an additional 20…75% change to be critical. Needling Shot 5e - 3/4sec - 4r Bow Attack. Needling Shot strikes for only 10...26 damage and moves faster than normal. If Needling Shot strikes a foe below 50% Health, Needling Shot recharges instantly. Power Shot 10e - 3/4sec - 3r Bow Attack. If Power Shot hits, target foe takes 25...45 damage. Precision Shot 10e - 5r Bow Attack. If Precision Shot hits, you strike for +5…25 damage. This attack has an additional 20…75% change to be critical. Rapid Fire 5e - 2sec - 12r Preparation. For 5...21 seconds, you attack 33% faster and your arrows deal 3…10 extra damage while wielding a bow. Seeking Arrows 15e - 2sec - 20r Preparation. For 6…24 seconds, your arrows cannot be blocked. Splinter Shot 10e - 7r Bow Attack. If Splinter Shot hits all foes adjacent to your target take 5…40 damage. Glass Arrows [E] 5e - 2sec - 12r Elite Preparation. For 10...34 seconds, your arrows strike for +5…20 damage if they hit and all foes adjacent to your target take 5...53 damage. if they are Blocked. (I already liked this skill, but it could be better.) Oath Shot [E] 10e - 3/4sec - 20r Elite Bow Attack. If Oath Shot hits, all of your Ranger skills are recharged. If it misses, all of your skills are disabled for 10…5 seconds. (50% miss chance with Expertise 7 or less.) I guess that’s it, have fun. And if you have any ideas feel free to post them. 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Feb 27, 2011, 09:16 PM // 21:16
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Krytan Explorer
Join Date: Aug 2010
Guild: Gameamp Guides [AMP]
Profession: W/
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The pet line needs some major overhauling as is, I like your changes to the pet line. Sometimes I run a pet/warrior build on my W/R for fun in PvE, the energy is a bitch without attunement runes and vamp weapon.
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Feb 27, 2011, 11:14 PM // 23:14
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Desert Nomad
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Mt Vernon, Ohio
Guild: Band of the Hawk
Profession: W/Mo
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Well thought out! ANet should use this as a jumping off point for revising the Ranger.
As with the Dervish, have to re-balance all the mobs with Rangers. Otherwise the npc mob Rangers blow everyone to pieces. Turns into huge job. Depends on how much staff ANet can put on the job, assuming they decide to do it at some point. |
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Feb 27, 2011, 11:19 PM // 23:19
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Frost Gate Guardian
Join Date: Sep 2009
Guild: Avalons Wraiths
Profession: R/Rt
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Very nice indeed, especially like the part about squeezing the most out of conditions.
 And call of haste would be good, you shouldn't sacrifice an elite to make up for a poorly implemented pathing. |
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Feb 27, 2011, 11:30 PM // 23:30
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Desert Nomad
Join Date: Aug 2006
Guild: Guernsey Milking Coalition[MiLk]
Profession: E/Me
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I REALLY like your suggestion about traps. Make them more powerful and limit how many can be active. That way they see use in team play, but not for gimmicky farming. Brilliant!
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Feb 27, 2011, 11:49 PM // 23:49
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Furnace Stoker
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: Planet Earth, Sol system, Milky Way galaxy
Guild: [ban]
Profession: W/
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This actually makes traps worse, especially in a team. I'll explain my reasoning rather than leaving an unspecified negative response.
The recharges and some of the energy costs have been lowered, but their activation and easily interrupted condition remain. Also, the increase to damage is negligible on a skill with a 15 second recharge (17, if you count activation), and they all have that "after 5 seconds" condition, which also make them easily avoidable. It's also too long. Things should be dead or dying after 5 seconds anyway. Limiting trap stacking works if the traps are worth bringing, but these traps are not, excepting Smoke Trap. Last edited by MisterB; Feb 28, 2011 at 12:06 AM // 00:06.. |
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Feb 27, 2011, 11:50 PM // 23:50
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Frost Gate Guardian
Join Date: Mar 2010
Profession: E/
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I just got an idea regarding the unreliable pet-attacks (especially for rupts):
* pet attack skills activate instantly or with 0.25/0.5 sec delay (or the delay is depending on your beast mastery attribute), but there's no need to wait for the next pet auto attack to execute the pet attack, nor does the pet lose an auto attack when activating a skill. * to prevent spikes by activating multiple pet attack skills at once, your pet attack skills are deactivated for 1 second after you activated one (like the flash enchantments) * pets get a lower auto-attack rate (if needed for balancing issues) so, to illustrate the idea on a timeline (a=auto attack, s=pet attack skill, -=pause) a-----a-----a-----a----a---- (pet is only auto attacking) a-s---a----sa-----a----a--s- (auto attacks + skills) |
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Feb 28, 2011, 12:34 AM // 00:34
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Frost Gate Guardian
Join Date: Feb 2011
Profession: R/D
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Traps are too OP. It covers almost the entire bar. Now you make them more powerful. Wouldn't that defeat the whole purpose of the nerf?
I suggest lowering the max trap to 3 or below. No Ranger should have the need to bring more than one trap for utility purpose in battle, especially with a long cast time. |
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Feb 28, 2011, 03:24 AM // 03:24
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Lion's Arch Merchant
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Wolfenstein Fuel Dump
Guild: Melandru's Elite Hunters [Hunt]
Profession: D/
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Ferocious Strike, Cause you know Rangers Have Adrenal based skills and need Adren like ATT!!
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Feb 28, 2011, 06:29 AM // 06:29
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Krytan Explorer
Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: Deep in the belly of Texas
Profession: R/
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i only have one thing to ad.....
barrage/volley should NOT negate preparations |
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Feb 28, 2011, 06:34 AM // 06:34
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Frost Gate Guardian
Join Date: Sep 2009
Guild: Avalons Wraiths
Profession: R/Rt
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Feb 28, 2011, 06:48 AM // 06:48
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Wilds Pathfinder
Join Date: Sep 2007
Profession: W/E
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Magebane-> Godbane:10e 1/2c 5r: disable all other skills for 10s. Shot a ring of arrows that interrupt all foes within earshot. Interrupted spells are disabled for 10s and make the Godbane recharge instantly.
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Feb 28, 2011, 07:35 AM // 07:35
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Jungle Guide
Join Date: May 2010
Location: Italy, Turin
Guild: Lake
Profession: E/
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I don't have ranger for PvE, but i know when a prof need a rework(ele here
 ).Nice work, indeed. I like ideas for pets and some party effects on some skills. Traps, even if buffed like hell, will always be a very niche way of play imo... And even if i agree on the need of a change for it, Barrage with preps would be insane...if it have preps applied to 6 arrows, it should have some other downside imo(idk, disables some skills or itself, lose preps after used barrage, things like this). Just my opinions. |
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Feb 28, 2011, 07:49 AM // 07:49
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Krytan Explorer
Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: Deep in the belly of Texas
Profession: R/
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Feb 28, 2011, 07:59 AM // 07:59
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Jungle Guide
Join Date: May 2010
Location: Italy, Turin
Guild: Lake
Profession: E/
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Feb 28, 2011, 08:08 AM // 08:08
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Wilds Pathfinder
Join Date: May 2008
Profession: R/
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Honestly though, which preps would you use with Barrage/Volley? RtW? Ignite?
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Feb 28, 2011, 08:49 AM // 08:49
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Frost Gate Guardian
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: The Netherlands
Guild: TLP/MU
Profession: R/
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Also most NPC's aren't smart enough to evate the damage after 5 secconds. I respect your opinions, however I do not agree with it. And for al those people to thinks Barrage shouldn't remove preperations. I think Barrage itself is a great skill, never had many problems with it removing preperations. I really like the spamability of the skill. But I guess you could make it activate first and after that remove the preperation. But I would rather have that they change the range of the arrows from adjecent to nearby. Last edited by Ratman; Feb 28, 2011 at 08:54 AM // 08:54.. |
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Feb 28, 2011, 09:32 AM // 09:32
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Desert Nomad
Join Date: Jan 2011
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And after the dervish update, most mobs just feel weaker then ever before. I remember fearing the Titans a bit because you got triple\quadruple sand shards and KD on top of eachother. Enough to allmost wipe the team at times Last edited by Gabs88; Feb 28, 2011 at 09:39 AM // 09:39.. |
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Feb 28, 2011, 09:50 AM // 09:50
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Krytan Explorer
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: +2 GMT
Guild: WTB Q9 20/20 Bo Staves
Profession: R/
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Foward seeing Anet using some toughts and ideas of this thread. Not saying they need to add updates all the time. We had great Dervish update but along that they changed couple other skills too. Maybe they could change skills little by little by every update. Even 1-5 everytime they release "Updated the Automated Tournament map rotation.".
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Feb 28, 2011, 10:16 AM // 10:16
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Forge Runner
Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: Somewhere far away from you
Guild: The Mirror of Reason[SNOW]
Profession: W/
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There was a reason EoE was nerfed with the 90% health. It was used in HA to nuke the opposing team once they came in range. Even if they split it I dont think it would be a good idea bc it would become a gimmick in PvE. Last edited by Swingline; Feb 28, 2011 at 10:47 AM // 10:47.. |
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