Ranger Discussion Thread

[Katlan]

ahh shit.. i always thought u could take either path to get to the last stigma.. didnt realize u needed both..

now I dunno what to do... Maybe just SOTW and Explosive arrow & using the last adv slot for sleep arrow (w/is getting more and more useless) or Holy arrow

[Valin]

Yea. It's partly the reason why a lot of Rangers choose not to get Lethal or Heart Shot at all. Both trees require taking a moderately useless stigma to be able to equip them. I only have experience with Gale Arrow so far. It adds a fair amount of sustained damage cause you can use it so often. My only complaint about it is it's MP cost. When I was soloing elites with it I would have to be using Mana Treatment IV and a MP pot on every CD to be able to keep pulling without having to rest.


On an unrelated note, PvP builds aside. Does anyone have a link to the best PvE DPS stigma build for Ranger? I'm torn right now between 2 different builds that I've come up with.

http://www.aionarmory.com/stigmaCalc...55:640:641:644

http://www.aionarmory.com/stigmaCalc...39:642:640:702

I haven't really seen any PvE builds being discussed so far since there isn't much of it going on, but I figured Gale Shot, Focused Shots, and Bestial Fury are three stigmas that are an absolute must for the best sustained damage. The first link is a Heart Shot Build and the 2nd one is Gale shot with Explosive Arrow.

Heart Shot is clearly the better choice over Explosive because it's Cooldown is 10 seconds shorter, but then with that build you also lose Bow of Blessing and you are also forced to pick up Breath of Nature which could have been slotted with Silence Arrow or Arrow Deluge for an extra attack, so basically it's Heart Shot vs Explosive and Deluge (or Silence Arrow).

I picked Arrow Deluge because of the 0 MP cost and does more damage than Silence Arrow. I haven't done Dark Poeta yet so I don't know if there are a lot of situations where AOE would be detrimental. Maybe someone with experience in this can chime in.

It really is too hard to tell without some sort of parser or damage log at this point, but some differential opinions would be cool

[Katlan]

I guess it comes down to changing stigma builds for varying situations (pve flexibility / pvp), but this is what Im looking at how now at least...

http://www.aionarmory.com/stigmaCalc...33:641:642:647

[Berabouman]

I know Jumpshotting has been discussed to death and beyond, but I still need a bit of help on it...was messing around with my Ranger alt and was pleasantly surprised to discover my ping lets me Jump Shot pretty regularly, but for some reason I can't seem to Jump Shot my autoattacks, even though it's the same key presses.

Just to clarify - when I Jump Shot an autoattack, is the arrow supposed to come out of nowhere, or my character is supposed to turn and fire the bow?

[Trocian]

Why are you trying to jumpshot autoattacks?

They're instant and can be done on the run just fine.

[Katlan]

but for some reason I can't seem to Jump Shot my autoattacks, even though it's the same key presses.

Just to clarify - when I Jump Shot an autoattack, is the arrow supposed to come out of nowhere, or my character is supposed to turn and fire the bow?

Plz tell me your not asking a serious question? Jump shot is for skills to eliminate the animation... and auto atk has animation that roots you, amirite?

[Zoot]

When I first started ranger, I had a similar question because I didn't like the fact that I had to pause for a second to auto attack.

But when you think about it, when you're jumpshooting you are still pausing for a second to get off the skill before jumping again. So basically what they are saying is, you can press auto attack and then run, you don't have to actually stop the animation because it doesn't cause you to stay in place, after you hit the attack button.

It is the same speed as a jumpshot. Also, you can shoot right after you land a skill and start moving again. Just think of an auto attack as arrow strike.

[tol]

hilarious post on the official forums

Mau Form and You: Converting DP to Win

http://na.aiononline.com/forums/clas...?articleID=327

[Trocian]

Saw that one on AS a while back. Quite entertaining.

[Makwa]

idk, maybe it's obvious but...
How good is dual wielding for Ranger, should I carry dual knives on me just in case, or just full time bow?

[Trocian]

Till you get Stunning Shot, it's faster just to pretend to be an Assassin. +10 the Karmic/Oracle dagger, and you're good.

After that, bow all the way. I keep some lv7 daggers on me for stuff that only take 1 damage/hit.

[Katlan]

Is it worth using atk stones after you hit the crit soft cap? Haven't really cared, but now that I'm getting some 50 gold's I need to put thought into how I gem stuff... and figuring to do +HP w/keeping a base crit of about 300/340. I just don't think atk stones make a diff since they dont scale, but other opinions would be nice to hear