Spears and Preparations? - Guild Wars Forums

countesscorpula · Apr 09, 2007, 06:22 AM // 06:22

I know that apply poison works on any physical weapon (meaning not wands or staves), but will other preparations work with spears?

Examples being Read the wind and Choking gass. THese skills say the word "arrows" but I was wondering if they workd on spears too... since they are both ranged pointy sticks and all.

Not asking if they should or shouldn't.... Just asking if anyone knows if they do.

God Apprentice · Apr 09, 2007, 06:37 AM // 06:37

They shouldn't since the skill description says arrows.

I just tested it in game, no it doesn't work.

dargon · Apr 09, 2007, 07:31 AM // 07:31

The only preparations you can put on a spear (according to the wording of their descriptions are:

[card]Expert's Dexterity[/card] Expert's Dexterity
[card]Trapper's Focus[/card] Trapper's Focus
[card]Apply Poison[/card] Apply Poison
[card]Scavenger's Focus[/card] Scavenger's Focus

These are the only 4 ranger preparations that say attacks rather than arrows, or in the case of Trapper's Focus, don't mention either.

countesscorpula · Apr 10, 2007, 09:58 PM // 21:58

thanks for the feed back.

This does cause me to pause and consider for a moment, that preparations are a pretty handy set of skills in the ranger class. Some of them aren't in the exclussive Expertise attribute, and there are a decent number of them in wilderness survival. If I chose ranger as a second profession, I'd find it odd, and very limiting, that skills in the WS attribute require that you spend points in the Marksmanship Attribute, rather than present the flexibility of being open to other weapon catagories.
Perhaps if it only applies to arrows, those skills should be under Marksmanship.
Or, if they should stay in WS, maybe they should be open to other weapons, not unlike Apply Poison.
Just thinking outloud.

HawkofStorms · Apr 10, 2007, 10:45 PM // 22:45

Eh, it works as it. The thing is, as a ranger you need to put attributes into 1) expertise 2) marksmanship (assuming you aren't a trapper) 3) and something else.

That 3) of something else is often WS for Troll Ugent and preperations. Yet if you moved preperations into marksmanship, then the ranger would be a lot more open ended. More points could be put into an attribute from your secondary profession. The choice to put points into WS as your utility limits the effectiveness of, say, the elementalist conjure spells or splinter shot and other secondary skill sets.

Apr 09, 2007, 06:22 AM // 06:22	#1
countesscorpula Wilds Pathfinder Join Date: Nov 2006 Guild: Gwen Is [EVIL] Profession: N/	Spears and Preparations? I know that apply poison works on any physical weapon (meaning not wands or staves), but will other preparations work with spears? Examples being Read the wind and Choking gass. THese skills say the word "arrows" but I was wondering if they workd on spears too... since they are both ranged pointy sticks and all. Not asking if they should or shouldn't.... Just asking if anyone knows if they do.

Apr 09, 2007, 06:37 AM // 06:37	#2
God Apprentice Wilds Pathfinder Join Date: Mar 2006 Profession: Mo/N	They shouldn't since the skill description says arrows. I just tested it in game, no it doesn't work.

Apr 09, 2007, 07:31 AM // 07:31	#3
dargon Furnace Stoker Join Date: May 2005 Guild: The Seraphim Knights [TSK] Profession: R/	The only preparations you can put on a spear (according to the wording of their descriptions are: [card]Expert's Dexterity[/card] Expert's Dexterity [card]Trapper's Focus[/card] Trapper's Focus [card]Apply Poison[/card] Apply Poison [card]Scavenger's Focus[/card] Scavenger's Focus These are the only 4 ranger preparations that say attacks rather than arrows, or in the case of Trapper's Focus, don't mention either.

Apr 10, 2007, 09:58 PM // 21:58	#4
countesscorpula Wilds Pathfinder Join Date: Nov 2006 Guild: Gwen Is [EVIL] Profession: N/	thanks for the feed back. This does cause me to pause and consider for a moment, that preparations are a pretty handy set of skills in the ranger class. Some of them aren't in the exclussive Expertise attribute, and there are a decent number of them in wilderness survival. If I chose ranger as a second profession, I'd find it odd, and very limiting, that skills in the WS attribute require that you spend points in the Marksmanship Attribute, rather than present the flexibility of being open to other weapon catagories. Perhaps if it only applies to arrows, those skills should be under Marksmanship. Or, if they should stay in WS, maybe they should be open to other weapons, not unlike Apply Poison. Just thinking outloud.

Apr 10, 2007, 10:45 PM // 22:45	#5
HawkofStorms Hall Hero Join Date: Aug 2005 Profession: E/	Eh, it works as it. The thing is, as a ranger you need to put attributes into 1) expertise 2) marksmanship (assuming you aren't a trapper) 3) and something else. That 3) of something else is often WS for Troll Ugent and preperations. Yet if you moved preperations into marksmanship, then the ranger would be a lot more open ended. More points could be put into an attribute from your secondary profession. The choice to put points into WS as your utility limits the effectiveness of, say, the elementalist conjure spells or splinter shot and other secondary skill sets.