Curse

LaserLight · May 27, 2006, 08:17 PM // 20:17

Alright you yuks, let the poor man be.

Lucifer, part of your problem is relying on Whirling Defense for your defensive skill. Rangers can outlast even some Warriors, but that's because they're more mobile than most any class save the Assassin, and some would make a case for Rangers beating them, too. Whirling is nice, but if I were you, I'd invest in Storm Chaser as well, or Zojun's Haste. Or, if you don't need the elite slot for something else, the beyond-nuts Escape. Escape would probably double your Ranger's survivability alone and doesn't even require points in that annoying Wilderness Survival line.

[pre-emptive defense]
*Sticks tongue out at other Ranger players* Yes, WS is annoying! Unless you're trapping, you have all of one good skill and two semi-useable ones in it. Don't talk to me about Troll Unguent or Apply Poison either, the one is expensive as hell for a really basic effect, and the other takes as long to cast as some bloody Binding Rituals. scroo yoo too

[/pre-emptive defense]

Anyways. Try and find Escape for survivability, and your best friend for attacking is Focused Shot. That skill does insane damage for its recharge and Energy, and the attack-lockdown aspect really is minimal at high enough Marks. Hit 16 Marks, bring Read the Wind, Focused Shot, and Escape, and you are a Tom Clancy sniper XP. Let's see...try this.

12 Marks (16 w/mask + Superior)
10 Expertise (11w/Minor)
8 Whatever (I honestly can't think of a vital third attribute. Probably, much as I dislike it, Wilderness at 8 + Minor for Troll. God I hate Troll -_-)

Focused Shot
Distracting Shot
Read the Wind
4
5
Throw Dirt
Escape [E]
ReSiggy/hard res (if playing /Mo or /Rt)

Optimized more for PvE - if running in Random Arenas or such, put Pin Down in 4 or 5. Perhaps, if you're more offensively-minded, 8 + Minor in beast mastery and sling Bestial Fury. Or whatever the Tiger's Fury clone skill is. Or stick with /E and go with 8 Conjure Something, though 8 Conjure isn't a huge damage bonus.

Anyways. Hope that helps more than some of these idjits have, man

. I know how hard it can be snaring something useful out of a forum post XP.

Francis Demeules · May 27, 2006, 08:26 PM // 20:26

If you want to cap Escape, Stsou Swiftscale the naga in Maishang Hills (Near Gyala Hatchery in Luxon area).

Maria The Princess · May 27, 2006, 10:15 PM // 22:15

Quote:

Originally Posted by Francis Demeules

Expertise
Marksman's Wager
Oath Shot
Practiced Stance

Marksmanship
Crippling Shot
Punishing Shot

Wilderness Survival
Greater Conflagration
Incendiary Arrows
Melandru's Arrows
Melandru's Resilience
Poison Arrow

This is all elites LordLucifer can't have if you want to know that.

that looks like a hit under the belt for those who didnt buy GWP