Curse

Veldan · Jan 06, 2011, 08:57 AM // 08:57

playing a ranger myself:

- lacerate - self explanatory
- escape (PvP) - it's only use was to use it on a melee for IMS, now it's useless
- equinox - see lacerate
- quick shot - I still don't know why they made this, basically you fire a normal arrow, but use a skill for it, so it costs energy and takes 1 second?

yitjuan · Jan 06, 2011, 09:26 AM // 09:26

Preservation. It always heals the wrong person at the wrong time.

Del · Jan 06, 2011, 09:32 AM // 09:32

Defy pain. I once pugged a desert mission with a guy who actually thought he needed to run Defy pain to survive playing melee.

thedeadlyassassin · Jan 06, 2011, 09:35 AM // 09:35

I never found a reason for Poison Arrow.

Del · Jan 06, 2011, 09:54 AM // 09:54

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Originally Posted by thedeadlyassassin

I never found a reason for Poison Arrow.

Poison arrow and barbed arrows is pretty nice in RA. Magebane is better, but if you suck at rupting, pressuring hard is a nice alternative.

aspi · Jan 06, 2011, 10:39 AM // 10:39

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Originally Posted by Del

Defy pain. I once pugged a desert mission with a guy who actually thought he needed to run Defy pain to survive playing melee.

Compared to some of the skills mentioned here(hello Amity) this skill isnt that bad. Certainly not the worst in the game.

Boogz · Jan 06, 2011, 10:59 AM // 10:59

Amity hands down

Tender Care · Jan 06, 2011, 11:15 AM // 11:15

Anthem of Guidance.......useless in both pvp and pve

ErrantVenture · Jan 06, 2011, 02:46 PM // 14:46

Amity
Anthem of Guidance
Quick Shot
Grenth's Balance
Greater Conflagration
Healing Hands
Soul Leech
Illusionary Weaponry

And those are just the useless elites from prophecies

MuleGoon · Jan 06, 2011, 02:55 PM // 14:55

Quote:

Originally Posted by Veldan

playing a ranger myself:

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- quick shot - I still don't know why they made this, basically you fire a normal arrow, but use a skill for it, so it costs energy and takes 1 second?

It used to be helpful with a "turret" ranger/archer. Used with Needling Shot, you could fire arrows very quickly on a foe with less than 50% health. Needling Shot got nerfed, so Quick Shot is now just a quick recharge attack skill. Not a bad skill, but a bad elite.

Voodoo Rage · Jan 06, 2011, 03:25 PM // 15:25

Lots of worthless monk elites.

Wail of Doom is a pretty worthless Necro skill. Big deal, render a target ineffective for a whole 3 seconds and a 15 second recharge (and health sacrifice on top of that too).

How about OVERRATED elites? I think that reactive type hexes like Spiteful Spirit or Spoil Victor are massively overrated in this game. Given the power creep that had occurred, it has become incredibly more effective to just directly hammer the crap out of mobs and kill them outright.

I also think that Broad Head Arrow in PvE is completely anachronistic for the same reason.

Tyris Requiem · Jan 06, 2011, 03:32 PM // 15:32

Withdraw Hexes...

Morphy · Jan 06, 2011, 05:16 PM // 17:16

Unyielding Aura (PvP)

I Hate Chips · Jan 06, 2011, 06:01 PM // 18:01

Plague signet (plague sending is better as its a normal skill)
Second wind (I dont even know why this is an elite skill....)

I Hate Chips · Jan 06, 2011, 06:03 PM // 18:03

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Originally Posted by Veldan

know why they made this, basically you fire a normal arrow, but use a skill for it, so it costs energy and takes 1 second?

U shouldnt spam Quick Shot just allone. Use Pentrating attack quick shot, (another bow attack) quick shot. THats the meaning of it I think.

MArcSinus · Jan 06, 2011, 06:05 PM // 18:05

Second Wind

12char

keli · Jan 06, 2011, 06:13 PM // 18:13

Quote:

Originally Posted by Voodoo Rage

Lots of worthless monk elites.

Wail of Doom is a pretty worthless Necro skill. Big deal, render a target ineffective for a whole 3 seconds and a 15 second recharge (and health sacrifice on top of that too).

How about OVERRATED elites? I think that reactive type hexes like Spiteful Spirit or Spoil Victor are massively overrated in this game. Given the power creep that had occurred, it has become incredibly more effective to just directly hammer the crap out of mobs and kill them outright.

I also think that Broad Head Arrow in PvE is completely anachronistic for the same reason.

it is indeed big deal in PvP...
imo: gladiator's defense

Iron Monkey · Jan 06, 2011, 06:18 PM // 18:18

I give you, Amity

KPEATOP · Jan 06, 2011, 06:43 PM // 18:43

I can`t think of a better example that fits to this topic.
5 years in the game both PvE/PvP and during all that time the rangers have been using Apply Poison to put everything on poison.

chuckles79 · Jan 06, 2011, 07:37 PM // 19:37

I had a long list I was writing, all sorts of crappy skills. However I have found the champion.

Second Wind: Elite Spell. You gain 1 Energy for each point of Energy lost due to Exhaustion. You are Exhausted.

Because nothing helps combat exhaustion effects like even more exhaustion.

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