Ranger - Looking for current gear advice.

[governor]

I'm not sure if this has been asked and I really didn't want to make a new thread for it, but does the +15% crit bonus on Jupiter's Staff affect ranged attacks?

[Shadida]

Pretty sure it does, but I don't think it's worth it. I've heard of some RNGs pairing Jupter's Staff and Loxley Bow for critical hit spam, but I just can't imagine that working so well.

Also, remember that Ranged Attack critical hit is nothing like melee critical hit. It's fixed to 125% of the normal damage, so you're probably better off using something that will improve your accuracy and attack in the first place.

[Sonomaa]

I use bow personally, none of that gun stuff and holy bolts are mew

bow gets its power primarily from STR, I can, on most mobs, eat subs and never have acc issues, I have a haste gear setup like my war for TP then a full gear swap for WS that throws on str and r-acc. On harder HNMs I just straight r-acc and eat sushi because Im primarily there for SC as opposed to DoT, though I do almost always end up pulling hate at ultima.

Basically stack str for bow, stack agi for xbow and gun and mnd for holy setup. STR isnt a primary modifier for slugshot, so throwing a bunch on just makes you look kinda silly.

[Zirk]

Just basically skimmed over the thread, not sure if anyone mentioned this setup, but a few RNG in my LS use the hunter beret + scout's jerkin + rapid shot merits setup for TP, and pretty much everyone uses Ebow as choice of ranged weapon.

[VZX]

Stack a few AGI if you know that few AGI gonna boost your WS damage. Otherwise all STR, regardless archery or marksmanship.

[Quixotic]

Heres another question for you rangers. I'm leveling sam and plan to try out sam/rng with Soboro for Tp. What would you recommend for lets say colibri / normal Toau exp mobs. Well I just planned on meleeing for Tp with soboro (Meat/sushi doesnt matter I can hit either way) and then ws'ing with Winder. My question was should I / Could I hit with a meat build and total racc ws? Or do you think It would be better with sushi and racc? Sushi and ratt? I have no idea about ranger stuff :/

Also if meat which food is best for the levels. I just figured subs would be good >.>; I know people use them at 75

I've been leveling my SAM recently to help my friends get their summoners up as SAM/RNG (before I got sam to 58 and just quit). I'd recommend using sushi if you want to land your sidewinders with consistency. I have 6 archery merits, so my archery caps at one less skill than my GKT and I was not happy with my sidewinder accuracy when using meat versus Lesser Colibri at 58-59.

This is what I wore when firing off sidewinder:

input /equip "Head" "Voyager Sallet";
input /equip "Neck" "Peacock Charm";
input /equip "Ear1" "Vision Earring";
input /equip "Ear2" "Waetoto's Earring";
input /equip "Body" "Jaridah Peti";
input /equip "Hands" "Jaridah Bazubands";
input /equip "Ring1" "Scorpion Ring +1";
input /equip "Ring2" "Scorpion Ring +1";
input /equip "Back" "Jaguar Mantle";
input /equip "Waist" "R.K. Belt +2";
input /equip "Legs" "Jaridah Salvars";
input /equip "Feet" "Jaridah Nails";

Oh yeah, soboro sidewinder spam is retardedly powerful (and fun). Very easy to self SC sidewinder > sidewinder, and I got lucky a few times and did Sidewinder x3 in one fight with just meditate, hasso, and soboro.