Curse

dbodenheim · May 11, 2005, 01:57 AM // 01:57

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am a primary ranger. And I am telling you, directly from experience, that using concussive shot to interrupt near instacast spells so they are not near instacast, is a waste of 25 mana and spell slot compared to something MUCH more reliable, like mesmer skills. If someone is exclusively spamming Orison of healing and other fast cast spells, how are you going to proc concussive shot in the first place? You might as well use distracting shot, at least you don't blow 25 mana when you miss.

I dragged this from some post on the forum. There seems to be a lot of complaining lately about spam healing/ and or warrior monks uber killing/healing skills. From rangers I hear distracting shot isnt enough to catch the spam in its act. To be honest the best solution Ive come with in player vs player is to simply include Choking Gas on the skill bar. I find it gives you the nessecary seconds to set up for the almighty distracting shot. If your lucky you'll catch more then one target with choking gas but after its effects you should still be focusing on that ONE target. What usually happens is the target, if aware he's been gassed, will try to flee the scene. Once free of the gas he'll immediatly cast his most useful spell. A good ranger will then slam down Distracting shot at this point and paralyze that useful skill. You can then unleash with Tiger's Fury, rinse and do it all again. Anyhow thats just my two cents. Choking Gas is under-utilized for some reason. Maybe its because alot of players dont have Poisen Arrow yet and are hanging on to the-be-all-end-all "Apply Poisen." Break free young rangers! Interrupt them young harrasers!

ManadartheHealer · May 11, 2005, 03:29 AM // 03:29

Mesmers are the anti-caster. A ranger in the anti-magic department would be a little more limited...

What's dissapointing about the mesmer is that so few people use them, and really they are a fairly good profession (although they may not be that good in PvE)

Manderlock · May 11, 2005, 07:53 AM // 07:53

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Originally Posted by ManadartheHealer

Mesmers are the anti-caster. A ranger in the anti-magic department would be a little more limited...

What's dissapointing about the mesmer is that so few people use them, and really they are a fairly good profession (although they may not be that good in PvE)

A mesmer is one of the more important chars in PvP, but it takes alot of skill to use one efectivly.

To the OP, your char is not the right counter to this.