Any advices for a prospective Ranger? :3

[Jowa]

<DIV>Hi guys~  I am a lvl7 Scout, quite a rookie, I suppose.  I am VERY set on Ranger though -  just wondering if any experienced players would like to share some tips and guides with me - quests, mob types, skills to train, etc. - one particular thing I am itching to find out right now is when and where should I purchase a bow and start training archery?</DIV>

[Archanis]

<DIV>I don't want to post any spoilers, so all I'm going to say is by the time you need a bow, you'll have one.  Just keep exploring, doing any quests that you can.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>You can buy a bow if you really want one, and also arrows, but without having any combat arts for archery right now at your level, it's not worth the money.  As you progress as a predator, you'll start getting some archery combat arts -- if you havent' found a bow (either through questing or from a merchant) then and only then would I actively seek one out.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Until then, just learn the game, familiarize yourself with the zones, and do any quests that you can <img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>(The reason I say this is because even though you're a Ranger,  you'll still be using melee most of the time -- for various reasons, but the biggest one being that at times archery isn't feesible because of lack of space (in dungeons etc.) so you need to know your combat arts and know them well).</DIV>