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Old 01-28-2020, 05:18 PM
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Make a buttload of arrows and solo a red con mob with sow. This sounds like a waste of time but getting a hero bracers way before you can tank and spank, or a short sword of Morin, orc impaler. 6-30 damage and not getting hit is nothing to laugh about in classic.
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Cannot stress this enough. I was able to farm Karg Icebear (level 35/36) solo at level 15 using nothing but vendor arrows and sow pots (couldn’t land any spells on him). It felt like a huge accomplishment to get the gigantic zweihander and his cloak. I’m still using the zweihander and I probably won’t ever sell it because it’s my “trophy”. Big game hunting is very rewarding on the ranger.

Also, thanks Lartanin for your awesome guide.
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Old 01-29-2020, 01:27 AM
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Cannot stress this enough. I was able to farm Karg Icebear (level 35/36) solo at level 15 using nothing but vendor arrows and sow pots (couldn’t land any spells on him). It felt like a huge accomplishment to get the gigantic zweihander and his cloak. I’m still using the zweihander and I probably won’t ever sell it because it’s my “trophy”. Big game hunting is very rewarding on the ranger.

Also, thanks Lartanin for your awesome guide.
Yeah, I did the same in the low 20s, but without sow/sow pots. Strafe running for 20 mins while snapping back to to shoot without getting caught was pretty tiring on the hands. Bow kited down Quillmane at 30 also, but unfortunately got legs.

Bows are great for targets of opportunity!

I use bow sometimes when I'm soloing xp mobs too. When I need to root and back out to heal, you can weave bow shots during GCD between heals. The extra dmg adds up.
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Old 01-29-2020, 02:10 AM
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Thanks Gherron.

Talking about the trophy kills:

Ghoul messanger at lvl 12: did get help since my sow ran out and I had to strafe run to qeynos.

Mino Hero at lvl 25

Ghoul Boss at lvl 29

Quillmane at lvl 31- Also legs [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Don't think I got anything great besides those.
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Old 01-29-2020, 03:41 AM
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I've found bow kiting + root/rot to be viable in both Classic and Kunark.

At 35 I parked in SolB at the easy SolA zoneline and would bow kite + root/rot the pathing kobold for basically free xp til 45. Runed Oak Bow + storebought arrows, typical gear for mid 30s.

54-56 I did this for golems in COM. Raincaller + Summoned: Arrows

At 59 I killed Nyzil Bloodforge the same way for the last 50% of the level. Raincaller + Summoned: Arrows

Sure, it takes longer, but it also allows for freedom of playstyle and, when groups invariably dont invite you because they want to min max 110% of the time, it provides a reasonable way to stay productive (P.S. i hate those people, this is Everquest)
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Old 01-29-2020, 06:30 PM
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Cannot stress this enough. I was able to farm Karg Icebear (level 35/36) solo at level 15 using nothing but vendor arrows and sow pots (couldn’t land any spells on him). It felt like a huge accomplishment to get the gigantic zweihander and his cloak. I’m still using the zweihander and I probably won’t ever sell it because it’s my “trophy”. Big game hunting is very rewarding on the ranger.

Also, thanks Lartanin for your awesome guide.

I did this too at lvl 17 for my Zweihander from Karg and cloak from Matar! Also got my Peggy cloak around 28 I believe and 2 more for my friends. Orc impaler too soloing that shadowman and ghoul boss. I gotta say those single targets are where bow kiting shines and definitely makes you feel accomplished. Died miserably against Coloth though, do not recommend because he bow kites better than a 30 ranger haha

Extra thanks to Lartanin as everything I've read from him seems spot on.
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Old 01-30-2020, 12:52 AM
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Yeah that centaur bowing you at sow speed for 44plus a shot my God devs.
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Old 01-30-2020, 04:31 AM
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Thanks everyone for sharing their knowledge and experience - this has been very insightful and useful, and I think I will (eventually) try a ranger next once my wizard starts to get a bit more dull.
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Old 02-16-2020, 07:07 PM
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I can make the case that playing a defensive/utility ranger like this with STA/HP/AC/WIS gear vs. an offensive ranger with STR/DEX is more compelling gameplay.
I've attempted to gear my ranger based on this advice. Finally starting to struggle with tanking at 46 - without slows I struggle unless a cleric is healing. With slows it seems like most healers can keep me up without TOO much mana sponging
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Old 02-16-2020, 07:38 PM
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You might want to check out the 2016 thread "Archery uses STR instead of DEX!!!!" by Ivory.

Also, I'd like to point out that I found that thread by searching "archery strength." This message is brought to you by the search feature. The search feature: try it sometime. [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]
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Old 02-16-2020, 07:49 PM
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...Sure, it takes longer, but it also allows for freedom of playstyle and, when groups invariably dont invite you because they want to min max 110% of the time, it provides a reasonable way to stay productive (P.S. i hate those people, this is Everquest)
We hate you back. Go solo with all that utility instead of debuffing our experience gain too. Be considerate.
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