Very disapointed with the lack of Ranger equipment

[TwistedFaith]

Anyone feel very disapointed that there's not more items in the game for the Ranger and all the other classes.I am a Lvl 23 Ranger who has pretty much concentrated on crafting up until now. I have 2plat in the bank and decided to take a break and do some serious adventuring.I already have a full set of player made pristine carbonite armour so the AQ are not really worth doing. I have the one eyed bow from the centaur in TS and I am also duel wielding giant pick axes.I just checked the broker and couldnt find anything I wanted <img src="/smilies/9d71f0541cff0a302a0309c5079e8dee.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" />The only thing that interested me were the dwarven work boots, I may do this quest myself but again they were not amazing.I have two palladium clusters for adeptIII's and i'm waiting to lvl to get the ones that I want (sniping shot, shadow lunge) Apart from that though, thats it! Where's all the cool stuff? I thought the game would have huge variations in armour etc. I asked a lvl 50 armourer and he said that it wasnt worth upgrading my armour now until level 30 (pristine feyiron).I was expecting a new set for middle level (25) but now i'm stuck with carb for another 7 levels. Weapons as well seem to be pretty much all the same. Like I mentioned I have duel pick axes. I looked around and couldnt see anything that was any better.Overall i'm kinda annoyed by the lack of equipment available.I've decided to spend some money on another two adeptIII's. Does anyone have a recommendation?I want adeptIII's that will last me a long time. I have chosen the following so far:Sniping ShotShadow LungeI'm now thinking of getting:Lunging Thrust (This replaces impale right?)Is there a replacement for open shot? Is that Triple Shot? Does this last for around 10 levels?If not that then what else?I also have 1 silver cluster but have no idea what to use that on. Is pierce worth upgrading to AdeptIII or does it become obsolete soon?What about cheap shot, I still havent got a upgrade for this.

[xandez]

<BR> <BLOCKQUOTE> <HR> valleyboy1 wrote:<BR>I have chosen the following so far:<BR><BR>Sniping Shot<BR>Shadow Lunge<BR><BR>I'm now thinking of getting:<BR><BR>Lunging Thrust (This replaces impale right?)<BR><BR>Is there a replacement for open shot? Is that Triple Shot? Does this last for around 10 levels?<BR><BR>If not that then what else?<BR><BR>I also have 1 silver cluster but have no idea what to use that on. Is pierce worth upgrading to AdeptIII or does it become obsolete soon?<BR><BR>What about cheap shot, I still havent got a upgrade for this.<BR> <HR> </BLOCKQUOTE> <P><BR>I suggest you dont upgrade shadow lunge and take hagars (something sry forgot the name) as a training option in lvl 30.<BR>Its a stab that does better dmg (dunno vs adept3 thou <img src="/smilies/69934afc394145350659cd7add244ca9.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" />) than shadow lunge + it has only 45s refresh time vs. shadow lunges 60s. <BR></P> <P>Lunging Thrush replaces impale and its great skill, has increased range too... i love it <img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /> <BR>Its a bit power hoag, but then again, so are most of our skills (would be nice if some fixes to that could be done someday)</P> <P>Replacement for open shot is flaming shot, and triple shot is great you get it at 28 iirc, <BR>im 33 and have got no upgrade to cheap shot, and i think there wont be one either. <BR><BR>++Xan</P>

[Merkad]

I suggest you dont upgrade anything to adept three and save your money, unless someone can post with enough certainty that it is worth it. Most skill upgrades outright suck. Did you read the broken skill thread by ChaosUndivided? alot of people, myself included posted some of our upgrades due to "upgrading" CAs. Some guy got a master 1 of Feral Instinct and it gave him a whole 1% more dps increase (it was already at 43-44%), I got an adept of Dance of Leaves and all it did was raise my mana cost.Some have mentioned it in other threads, but it does not seem like too much of a concern, but I feel like mentioning it anyways. I think virtually all loot sucks in this game. They are so similar it is like they are all computer generated. Same stats, same resists, same everything, only slight upgrades in the same slots from tier to tier. Except for the odd piece, like rallosian bps, you dont see wis or int on bps (should you want it) nor agi/str/sta on helms et cetera. I really wish they used EQ1's system of making loot class centric rather than tier. But with the amount of redundant classes EQ2 has, that is probably asking for too much, as the workload would be phenominal, especially with this gear levels system.And for kicks, what i wouold not give for soe to have just ripped off EQ1's armor and weapon models, EQ2 is so bland in that area, especially weapons, everything is ugly.And yes, for all my complaints I still like the game, all in all.MerkadesEdit, I suppose to answer some of your questions, Open Shot is replaced by Flaming Shot are level 31 or so (I think it is 31) but as with Open Shot, it is super slow, and not much use in group fights. Triple Shot is good, most of the time. It can deal a few hundred damage, but it is mostly useful for proc'ing poison. It is cool to get a few procs swipe/triple shot and get spammed with 12 or so hits at once.<p>Message Edited by Merkades on <span class=date_text>02-28-2005</span> <span class=time_text>01:24 AM</span>