Curse

Lyphen · Apr 21, 2009, 04:35 AM // 04:35

I love my ranger, she's great, but I find myself auto-attacking so much of the time, it just puts me to sleep. None of the good or fun marksmanship skills have decent cooldowns, and the only time I find myself mashing buttons or begging for more time is if I'm Barraging, which is pretty brain-dead aswell.

Well, it could be worse. I could be a water or earth magic elementalist. Yikes. Talk about long and horrible cooldowns. Wand much?

I don't know if it's just me, but man, do I really wish for a huge ranger skill update next patch. Remove 1/2 second cast attacks for spikes, and lower the cooldowns so I have something to do! Make the class as engaging as Dervishes or Assassins can be in combat!

Faure · Apr 21, 2009, 05:13 AM // 05:13

I still like the turretspam, but apart from that i switch builds every new area because i'm bored of it :P.

[sloth hunter's shot][penetrating attack][prepared shot][read the wind]....optionals....

.Loki · Apr 21, 2009, 05:24 AM // 05:24

i got tired of the turretspam
ended up using scythe/spear (switching back and forth)

Wish Swiftdeath · Apr 21, 2009, 05:33 AM // 05:33

On the rare ocassion i PvE with my ranger i try and get my hero's to stack all sorts of buffs on her and try out all sorts of wacky combinations with barrage.

Betrayer of Wind · Apr 21, 2009, 06:10 AM // 06:10

I play my ranger alot,and you can run any weapon with alot of diferent builds effectively.
As for bow skills,prepared shot+3-5 atk skills with <=5 sec recharge and u'll be spamming alot.or point-blank+zojun's shot constantly.

wilebill · Apr 21, 2009, 07:15 AM // 07:15

And perhaps Needling Shot also.

Zodiac Meteor · Apr 21, 2009, 10:22 AM // 10:22

needs more escape scythe!

subarucar · Apr 21, 2009, 10:57 AM // 10:57

I run BHA, Spear builds, Axe builds, scythe builds, Barrage, [Penetrating attack][sundering attack][prepared shot] Turret, AP Caller (D-way), Mega Buff ranger ( [asuran scan][conjure flame][glass arrows][triple shot][dual shot] etc)

I generally change my build depending on the area, or what i feel like playing.

SeraCombi · Apr 21, 2009, 11:47 AM // 11:47

Ranger is the most versatile class in the game.

Try these:

Escape Scythe
Bunny Thumper
Packhunter
Interupter
Trapper
Lyssa Sin
Toucher

You'll find yourself spending alot of time in the game trying to acquiring weapons, armor, runes, and weapon mods for your new builds, but it's a fun journey.

Basically, if you are bored with a Ranger, you're screwed. No other class will give you the option of playing so many different types of powerful, perfectly viable builds in pve or pvp.

Shayne Hawke · Apr 21, 2009, 12:07 PM // 12:07

Currently, on my PvP bar, I have four skills that have added effects based on when and how they hit my target, if you can consider an interrupt to be an added effect. I can't get bored about that, I always have to watch and evaluate my targets.

Similarly, in PvE, I had three such skills, including my two interrupts, as well as BHA and Pain Inverter, so I would have to evaluate before attacking a mob who I would want to be targeting with those skills to get the most out of them.

If you're playing turret spam or Barrage, I can see where you'd get bored.

Lyphen · Apr 21, 2009, 12:40 PM // 12:40

I've had alot of fun acquiring Greens for my ranger (I'm a green hound!). Bolten's Recurve, Rotwing Recurve and Saushali's Recurve's are all mine! I own 2 Drago's, 4 Vampiric Drago's...and 10 other greens customized for my ranger. I'd really like to see shortbows buffed to spear-like DPS, so I could use Ashlyn's and Tundoss'.

And then I own green 3 Scythes (Fahralon's, Droknar's and Mallyx's Savagery), and 3 Hammers (Nephilim, Baglorag's and Murakai's). I didn't really like melee much. Don't know what it is, but in most RPGs I just prefer to have a view of the fight from a distance, be it World of Warcraft, Baldur's Gate or Elder Scrolls.

Maybe I'm just fighting with the idea that I'm getting tired of the game itself. Who knows! I hope that's not the case and a new build or skills changes can fix everything. I've had great times with my ranger, it can't end just yet.

Orange Milk · Apr 21, 2009, 12:45 PM // 12:45

In PvE I typically have Axe in hand on my Ranger when H/Hing.

Also If your bored on your Ranger try making solo builds, it's alot of fun.

I can barrel Keg spam just like a perma sin can. I can farm Raptors. I really like soloing Napuhi Quarter.

I work on trying to come up with oither things when Im bored of vanquidhing.

newbie_of_doom · Apr 21, 2009, 01:03 PM // 13:03

Usually I am bored before I start doing pve, otherwise I wouldnt be doing it...

tcratty · Apr 21, 2009, 01:36 PM // 13:36

lol there are plenty of ele skills with short recharge times i always have a skill i can cast without having to wand something to death

Eragon Zarroc · Apr 21, 2009, 02:00 PM // 14:00

i get bored beyond belief bored

Chocobo1 · Apr 21, 2009, 02:05 PM // 14:05

I was considering making a ranger before I saw this <.<;

gw_poster · Apr 21, 2009, 03:54 PM // 15:54

Quote:

Originally Posted by Orange Milk

In PvE I typically have Axe in hand on my Ranger when H/Hing.

Also If your bored on your Ranger try making solo builds, it's alot of fun.

I can barrel Keg spam just like a perma sin can. I can farm Raptors. I really like soloing Napuhi Quarter.

I work on trying to come up with oither things when Im bored of vanquidhing.

orange, if you could please elaborate on the perma-sin like keg spammer ranger build and the solo naphui (HM btw?), that would be just awesome! I rolled a sin just so I could do the keg farming, but meh - I'm so sick of trying to roll new char's just for a specific farm...

on topic though - I was thoroughly bored with my ranger main, until I started getting into title-grinding. It sounds counter-intuitive (grind=boring), but really if you set little mini-goals for yourself, like vanq'ing one area per day, or 3 faction vanq's or 5 rounds of AB, 10 elite skills per day, etc...plus, the game has 4 chapters with different monsters/areas to look at and explore, so when I was vanq'ing I would mix it up a bit (and do carto at the same time). Then, when you have those 26 PvE titles, just find different farms for the money-sink titles (sweets/alc/party/wisdom/zaishen)!

Wish Swiftdeath · Apr 21, 2009, 04:26 PM // 16:26

I'd like to roll a mighty sword ranger called Aragorn

MasterSasori · Apr 21, 2009, 04:50 PM // 16:50

If you're bored the hell out of your mind, play a Toucher.

After playing this, you'll think anything else is exhilarating.

FoxBat · Apr 21, 2009, 04:57 PM // 16:57

Quote:

Originally Posted by gw_poster

orange, if you could please elaborate on the perma-sin like keg spammer ranger build and the solo naphui (HM btw?), that would be just awesome!

[Melandru's Resilience] is involved I'm sure.