Archery

[eqgmrdbz]

@ghost182

Pretty much what i think he is getting at is Rangers are worthless unless they do melee stuff. I would put the greater blame on Verant who crippled Rangers, and P99 staff who continues the crime. I'm getting all excited about being able to at least use my bow for something other than adding weight, and Thulack is being a downer. Why have any classes, lets all just become clerics, warriors, and Rogues...what a fun game that will be.

[eqgmrdbz]

Adding to my previous post, some things that will greatly improve Archery. We do not have endless quiver, so how about making arrows stack to 50 or 100, that way we would have more arrows available to shoot. And since we will be having bigger stacks, make fletching give back more than 5 arrows per attempt, let it return 20 and fix the price accordingly, that way you are not sitting there making arrows for hours. Since we do not get AA damage increases, how about increasing bow damage, or at least make Dex actually do what it's supposed to do. These are fixes that can be done and would not break the game.

[Naethyn]

I'm a 55 warrior and I solo'd one of my seb key parts with my bow, fungi, and a snare wep. Archery is great when another player (like a monk) is pulling. Shoot the mob to tank with an arrow and he immediately runs to me after a 40 damage hit and the initial aggro allows me to save taunt for when it turns to someone else.

I played a ranger for years on live and the Fleeting Quiver, while having the biggest haste actually made bows slower due to a bug with archery haste. Any bow that had a delay of under 40 would shoot slower with a Fleeting Quiver instead of a slower quiver like Tailored. Also, Bow of the Destroyer is a machine gun off the destroyer in TOV. Great headshot weapon.

[Thulack]

Originally Posted by ghost182 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

then every ranger should re roll to rogue to best optimize melee dps if that's the end all goal, no?

Ever wonder why i never played Thulack on raids and always played Disabled.[You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

[Thulack]

Originally Posted by eqgmrdbz [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

@ghost182

Pretty much what i think he is getting at is Rangers are worthless unless they do melee stuff. I would put the greater blame on Verant who crippled Rangers, and P99 staff who continues the crime. I'm getting all excited about being able to at least use my bow for something other than adding weight, and Thulack is being a downer. Why have any classes, lets all just become clerics, warriors, and Rogues...what a fun game that will be.

Playing a ranger for 10 years on live yes rangers are severely crippled when it comes to archery DPS pre Luclin. Sure its situtional and better then most melee oriented classes get when it comes to ranged DPS but if you really want to be ranged DPS then you pick a wizard. If you really want to be melee dps you pick a rogue. If you want to be utility sure pick a ranger but dont then be a sub optimal ranger by using a weaker ability(archery) if meleeing is a option.

[Cecily]

Quit saying archery is bad. We know. It's also a hell of a lot better of a solo option than anything a rogue can do. Key word option. I prefer melee,
but sometimes I'm just not feeling it at 10% hp.