Curse

Lishy · Aug 13, 2008, 08:49 PM // 20:49

I am on my last free character slot and I am deciding whether I should make a beast master with my focus on [Enraged Lunge] or a [Shatterstone] water elementalist.

Can somebody help me decide the different uses of the professions and what would be worth more committing to?

eximiis · Aug 13, 2008, 08:54 PM // 20:54

How about choosing between a Ranger and an Elementalist ???

Don't make your choice by the build. In pve the 2 are fun. Enraged lunge and Shatterstone are pretty much bad in pve. You'll have more fun running something else.

I'd go with ele cause the can farm and do regular pve.

Snow Bunny · Aug 13, 2008, 08:54 PM // 20:54

Water Elementalist; you'll actually be useful.

Master Lorkhan · Aug 13, 2008, 08:55 PM // 20:55

Don't think to make a character focused only to one use.
Imo it's funnier to use a ranger with a pet than an ele

faraaz · Aug 13, 2008, 09:02 PM // 21:02

Depends. With the recent Ursan Nerf, Elementalists are in a LOT of demand right now...Obsi tanks, Terras for UW SCs, FoW nukers etc. However, after badmouthing rangers for a long time, and I decided to finally make one. And I've never had so much fun playing GW as I do on the ranger...landing a D-Shot on that monk boss casting RoF or completely shutting down a monk,ele and necro in RA is much more fun than grinding elite dungeon areas all day, IMO.

Oh and as far as beastmastery is concerned, its a waste of time. Don't do it. Trust me, you'll regret the money/time spent getting into that.

GWEXTREEMFAN · Aug 13, 2008, 09:12 PM // 21:12

do it like me

delete a different chara and make both

^^

alltho you will regret it

-.-

like my lvl 20 necro

first chara ever
xD

i would go for ele

alltho i love rangers

Cathode_Reborn · Aug 13, 2008, 09:36 PM // 21:36

[skill]Great Dwarf Weapon[/skill][skill]Scavenger Strike[/skill]

Put GDW on your pet. Good damage, lots of KD's. Scav Strike is now the first and only non elite e-mangement in Beast mastery after the last update.

Best Water skill in PvE is Deep Freeze, and that can be run at 0 spec. The rest of water magic isn't very suited for PvE.

If you're actually gonna use something besides those 2 skills, I'd probably say Ele for general use, but BHA ranger is still good. Not talkin about farming either - I never make chars based on how well they farm.

N1ghtstalker · Aug 13, 2008, 09:38 PM // 21:38

beastmasters are underpowered i think :/
if it dies you get skills disabled 'n stuff nah i'd go with water ele

Rhamia Darigaz · Aug 13, 2008, 09:48 PM // 21:48

out of those two builds, water ele by far

Master Mayhem · Aug 13, 2008, 09:49 PM // 21:49

Ele is fun, you can play all sorts of elements

furanshisuko · Aug 13, 2008, 10:06 PM // 22:06

if you have the right build a ranger would not even need a team beast master also

edit:some people dont really know how to use beast masters,meh water ele
pm me ingame if you see me ill give you the best build

Zahr Dalsk · Aug 14, 2008, 12:33 AM // 00:33

Do you have a slot you use for PvP-only characters? If not, make that last slot your PvP slot.

Lishy · Aug 14, 2008, 05:50 AM // 05:50

Quote:

Originally Posted by Zahr Dalsk

Do you have a slot you use for PvP-only characters? If not, make that last slot your PvP slot.

I already have a pvp slot.

pumpkin pie · Aug 14, 2008, 05:57 AM // 05:57

you don't have a ranger or ele?

well, reason for asking is, if you don't have them you need to get another slot and make both! because they are both very fun to play!

if getting new slot is not an option, i suggest you make a ranger first, endless possibility!

althought ele has the same but yay pets!

Winterclaw · Aug 14, 2008, 06:44 PM // 18:44

Water els are useful in PvP but are unwanted in PvE because people only want fire mages. If you go ranger than people will be expecting you to be a bunny thumper (pvp) or B/P (pve).

Marverick · Aug 14, 2008, 06:51 PM // 18:51

Quote:

Originally Posted by N1ghtstalker

beastmasters are underpowered i think :/
if it dies you get skills disabled 'n stuff nah i'd go with water ele

They are underpowered but that is not the reason....

They are underpowered because you lose 2 skills just to bring a pet, and pets have issues attacking and staying on targets. For some reason they run all the way back to you after killing the current target before attacking the next target.

Daemon Dremora · Aug 29, 2008, 02:31 PM // 14:31

Well imo, beast master is kind of under powered. Pets are a lot of fun to have though. My build uses about half of my skills for my pet and the rest for me. It is not a good farming build but that is why we are allowed to have more then one char. My ranger is purely for fun. It is an extremely fun class to play. Have fun with your ranger and if you want to farm use another char.

Mister PMA · Aug 30, 2008, 11:50 PM // 23:50

In the end all of these are just biased and based on personal opinion. You are just going to have to try them both for yourself. Personally I think Rangers are EXTREMELY boring, but thats just and me and that's why theres multiple classes, in theory there is something for everyone. If it were me I'd go with just because of all the different things you can do. You can make water,air,earth and fire builds. Plus if you are into farming I think it'd be the better choice.