Signature Quest Ranger Cowl

[ChaosUndivided]

<div>Here she is, stats kinda suck would have liked Str/Int as main ones and + ranged, but fun quest overall.</div><div> </div><div><img src="http://malice-guild.com/phpbb/files/nub_453.jpg"></div>

[Turtle]

<div></div><div><p><font color="#ffffff" face="Times New Roman" size="3">Thanks for the post ChaosUndivided definitely something I'm looking forward to :smileyhappy:</font></p><p><font color="#ffffff" face="Times New Roman" size="3"></font> </p><p><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"><font color="#ffffff"><span> </span>Couple questions:</font></font></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><font color="#ffffff"><span><font size="3">1)</font><span>      </span></span><font size="3">Should INT still be a highly desired stat, since they made the proc changes? Or should we be looking back into STR or for soloing Rangers STA or WIS for taking hits and resistances?</font></font></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><font color="#ffffff"><span><font size="3">2)</font><span>      </span></span><font size="3">What does the summoned pet Hooluk look like and is it a fully functional pet or just like our fluff spell pets?</font></font></font></p></div>

[Steezi]

<div></div><p>daddy liiiiiike... ill take the slashing and piercing cause it seems to add to ranged anyway...(depending on what arrows u usin o course) and we get our ranged skill so ridiculously high with buffs that i dont think that matters so much. Im usin a leather fabled hat with 18 str and 10 agi atm and this hood looks veeeery nice to me...</p><p>Thanks a TON for the post!</p><p>Turtle... Statistics now totally depend on what aa line your gonna take... overall here is my gameplan</p><p>Importance = Str, then Agi, then int. HOWEVER, you shouldnt attempt to stack agi... pretty much every piece of gear ull ever get EVER will have agi onnit. Stack str as much as humanly possible, and throw int in around the corners wherever possible.</p><p>if you dont plan on having anything to do with the poison aa line, well you may wanna skip the int... but dunno.</p><p>Chaos... in addition to turtle's questions, do you happen to have the hawk spell yet? if so, can both the holuuk and hawk be out at the same time?</p><p>again thanks for your post, it is much appreciated Chaos!!</p>

[Sirlutt]

not that impressed with it really .. stats are ok.. look is.. meh.. i'll still /showhood I think.67 already?.. lol.. we'll need another expansion in a week.<div></div>

[Magnethjelmen2]

OMG its cool looking, cant wait to hit 67 <span>:smileyvery-happy:</span><div></div>

[Teksun]

I like it. I know a LOT of people still want the STR/INT stats, but remember we are RANGERS, and as such, our primary stat is AGI. I know it is not our most desired stat, but that doesn't matter. EVERY class specific item we get will have high AGI. Just be glad it had STR as well <img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /><div></div>

[TwistedFaith]

I like it, looks very ranger <img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" />As for the stats, dont forget that with everyone going for the agility AA line to get the reduced cast timers we are going to need more power, agility will be important for thr power pool.

[chrno01]

<font color="FF6600"><b>What was the quest and whats the effect do? Says summons a pet hooluk? Is it just one of those companion things that does nothing oris it an actual good effect? As for the stats, there perfect, thats what our class "needs" int is just something people want.</b></font><div></div>

[Avendelf]

<div></div><p>as for the Agi/Str/Int question:</p><p> </p><p>For the longest time I was hell bent on maxing agi, with str secondary.  WRONG! Str is the best stat for us, most str items have some agi as well, and the avoidance agi gives is poor in comparison to the damage boost you get from str.  Same with int but I would focus on str first.  I have recently traded in about 50 agi for about 70str and I am glad I did.  I never run out of power in fights anyways, never have down time due to power, and my DPS is that much more so the fights are that much shorter.  I strongly encourage all rangers to dump their agi for Str and then back it up with some int to boost that poison damage.  Higher Int increases your base poison damage, over 100 int puts adestes close to 450 dmg instead of 430.</p>

[chrno01]

<span><blockquote><hr>Avendelfin wrote:<div></div><p>as for the Agi/Str/Int question:</p><p> </p><p>For the longest time I was hell bent on maxing agi, with str secondary.  WRONG! Str is the best stat for us, most str items have some agi as well, and the avoidance agi gives is poor in comparison to the damage boost you get from str.  Same with int but I would focus on str first.  I have recently traded in about 50 agi for about 70str and I am glad I did.  I never run out of power in fights anyways, never have down time due to power, and my DPS is that much more so the fights are that much shorter.  I strongly encourage all rangers to dump their agi for Str and then back it up with some int to boost that poison damage.  Higher Int increases your base poison damage, over 100 int puts adestes close to 450 dmg instead of 430.</p><hr></blockquote><font color="FF6600"><b>Also on a side note, bow auto attack is being increased by 33%, t6 bows go up to 700 damage, when I played my SK I could hit for 500 with a 2hander pure melee while raid buffed only 2 of my CA did more dmg then that. Rangers once again will find great value in doing auto attack then before. This could increase our dps higher then its been.</b></font></span><div></div>

[Khevy]

grats on the hood it looks really nice.....Thanks for the post.However......you might want to see a Templar about those warts you got growing on your chin.......Might want to quit hangign around those frogloks........<div></div>

[LoreLady]

Newbish quesiton - but where does the quest start?

[chrno01]

<span><blockquote><hr>Khevynn wrote:grats on the hood it looks really nice.....Thanks for the post.However......you might want to see a Templar about those warts you got growing on your chin.......Might want to quit hangign around those frogloks........<div></div><hr></blockquote><font color="FF6600"><b>Thats a under lip piercing haha.</b></font></span><div></div>

[Gailstryd]

<div></div>Lookin hot Khalan =P.

[Ssindain]

Just a shame I only wear the hood for the graphic, legendary helm from the Nest Egg instance is much much better <span>:smileysad:</span><div></div>

[Ssindain]

Also the summoned Hooluk pet doesn't do anything.  Just like the mushroom pet, the pets from collection quests and our special ranger pets (excluding attack hawk).  Just follows you around, creating lag for other people and dying to aoe attacks.The quest starts from Hoo'Loh in Barren Sky.  There was already a post in our ranger boards with the walkthrough here:<a target="_blank" href="http://eqiiforums.station.sony.com/eq2/board/message?board.id=39&message.id=23738">http://eqiiforums.station.sony.com/eq2/board/message?board.id=39&message.id=23738</a>And one in the quest forum:<a target="_blank" href="http://eqiiforums.station.sony.com/eq2/board/message?board.id=quest&message.id=103739">http://eqiiforums.station.sony.com/eq2/board/message?board.id=quest&message.id=103739</a><div></div>

[BSbon]

<div></div><blockquote><hr>Sirlutt wrote:not that impressed with it really .. stats are ok.. look is.. meh.. i'll still /showhood I think.67 already?.. lol.. we'll need another expansion in a week.<div></div><hr></blockquote><p>yes. totally need to slow down leveling. this game is way too easy to level up.</p><p>bongo</p>

[Gareorn]

<div><blockquote><hr>bongotez wrote:<div></div><blockquote><hr>Sirlutt wrote:not that impressed with it really .. stats are ok.. look is.. meh.. i'll still /showhood I think.67 already?.. lol.. we'll need another expansion in a week.<div></div><hr></blockquote><p>yes. totally need to slow down leveling. this game is way too easy to level up.</p><p>bongo</p><hr></blockquote>Bite your tongue please.  With the AA system, once you max your level,  your adventure experience goes to your AA pool.  At least that's the way I read it.  If they slowed down leveling now, those of us still in T6 and below would get left way behind.  This is a lesson we learned from EQ1.  If this game starts to cater to the end gamers too much, I'll have to leave.  I don't have the time to play 40 hours a week.</div><div> </div><div><font color="#ffff66"><strong>"How do I earn achievement experience?</strong>You can earn your new powers by completing quests, defeating notorious enemies, acquiring rare treasure, exploring dangerous places, and by earning adventure experience once you have reached level 70."</font></div>

[King Leor]

<div></div><p>Yaaaa, those are some pretty weak numbers they put on that. I think the t6 stuff gives the same stats, just not the mitigation.  /sigh.</p><p>LeoricLevel 60 ([Removed for Content]) ranger</p>

[Nak]

<span><blockquote><hr>valleyboy1 wrote:I like it, looks very ranger <img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" />As for the stats, dont forget that with everyone going for the agility AA line to get the reduced cast timers we are going to need more power, agility will be important for thr power pool.<hr></blockquote><span></span>Might not be but to me i think you misread the agi line as I did at first, it reduces casting time, not recasting time, ie sniper shot would should off in like 3 seconds instead of 5 but still wouldn't be up for 15 minutes, only line that reduces recast would be str and that'd only affect rain of arrows/ sniper shot...I know a lot of people have done the same mistake, just hope you make sure before you spend hours looking for AA's and to get [Removed for Content] at the end because it's a different end result.</span><div></div>

[klepp]

<div></div>slow down leveling? no thanks! lol 60-70 is [expletive haxx0red by Raijinn] slow... the people you see close to 70 are either A) freaks with no jobs/friends/things outside of eq2 or B) people being played by more than 1 person or PL'd.   To boot alot of folks saved up collection quests and quests en masse to hand in once kos moved up the level cap.  Or rich guild leaders bought up every collection known to man.  Anyhow ic an grind for 12 hours straight, in a hardcore group.. and get a level.  Sounds feasable to me.

[ChaosUndivided]

<div></div><blockquote><hr>klepp wrote:<div></div>slow down leveling? no thanks! lol 60-70 is [expletive haxx0red by Raijinn] slow... the people you see close to 70 are either A) freaks with no jobs/friends/things outside of eq2 or B) people being played by more than 1 person or PL'd.   To boot alot of folks saved up collection quests and quests en masse to hand in once kos moved up the level cap.  Or rich guild leaders bought up every collection known to man.  Anyhow ic an grind for 12 hours straight, in a hardcore group.. and get a level.  Sounds feasable to me.<hr></blockquote><p>I'm Level 70 and</p><p>A) Work 50 Hours a Week</p><p>B) Played the Character All Myself</p><p>C) Didn't hand in a single Collection or Quest when KoS Was released</p>

[Slaymacht]

<div></div><div><p></p><hr><p>I'm Level 70 and</p><p>A) Work 50 Hours a Week</p><p>B) Played the Character All Myself</p><p>C) Didn't hand in a single Collection or Quest when KoS Was released</p><p></p><div>Khalan70 Ranger</div><hr></div><div> </div><div>ok then how many hours a day did you play to get to 70 so fast?</div><div> </div>

[ChaosUndivided]

<div></div><blockquote><hr>Slaymacht wrote:<div></div><div><p></p><hr><p>I'm Level 70 and</p><p>A) Work 50 Hours a Week</p><p>B) Played the Character All Myself</p><p>C) Didn't hand in a single Collection or Quest when KoS Was released</p><p></p><div>Khalan70 Ranger</div><hr></div><div> </div><div>ok then how many hours a day did you play to get to 70 so fast?</div><div> </div><hr></blockquote><p>A lot, and I played a lot on the weekends, but that's not my point, my point is he's stereotyping me as some jobless mom's basement dwelling botting power leveler which is unfair.</p><p>I have a healthy social life outside the game too, I just put it on hold for two weeks:smileyvery-happy:</p>

[Slaymacht]

<div></div><p>According to eq2players your toon was created on Jan 6, 2006 and you are also a 48 crafter. so your social life must have been on hold for 2 months not 2 weeks.</p><p> </p>

[ChaosUndivided]

<div></div><div></div><blockquote><hr>Slaymacht wrote:<div></div><p>According to eq2players your toon was created on Jan 6, 2006 and you are also a 48 crafter. so your social life must have been on hold for 2 months not 2 weeks.</p><p> </p><hr></blockquote><div>Actually it was created Nov 9th, 2004. But I transferred servers on the 6th, so it lists my creation date then,</div><div> </div><div>Nice try though.</div>

[Ilucide]

Hope you guys won't be too disappointed if I change that +piercing to +ranged, 'cause I think I'd like to. <img src="/smilies/8a80c6485cd926be453217d59a84a888.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /><div></div>

[ChaosUndivided]

<div></div><blockquote><hr>Ilucide wrote:Hope you guys won't be too disappointed if I change that +piercing to +ranged, 'cause I think I'd like to. <img src="/smilies/8a80c6485cd926be453217d59a84a888.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /><div></div><hr></blockquote><p><3 Noel.</p><p>Thanks.</p>

[A]

<div></div><p> </p><blockquote><hr>Ilucide wrote:Hope you guys won't be too disappointed if I change that +piercing to +ranged, 'cause I think I'd like to. <img src="/smilies/8a80c6485cd926be453217d59a84a888.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /><div></div><hr></blockquote><p>Rather you do <img src="/smilies/69934afc394145350659cd7add244ca9.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /></p><p> </p>

[A]

<div></div><blockquote><hr>klepp wrote:<div></div>slow down leveling? no thanks! lol 60-70 is [expletive haxx0red by Raijinn] slow... the people you see close to 70 are either A) freaks with no jobs/friends/things outside of eq2 or B) people being played by more than 1 person or PL'd.   To boot alot of folks saved up collection quests and quests en masse to hand in once kos moved up the level cap.  Or rich guild leaders bought up every collection known to man.  Anyhow ic an grind for 12 hours straight, in a hardcore group.. and get a level.  Sounds feasable to me.<hr></blockquote><p>Leveling is so easy in KoS it's not even funny....</p><p>I got 65 in 12 days. I am only the 16th ranger on my server to reach 65 and 240th worldwide....</p><p>To put things in perspective, it took me 30 days in Dof to reach 55 and I was 7th on server, 167 worldwide.........</p><p>So either every ranger has decided to put hours they didn't put when DoF released or either there are a lot mora rangers now than there were at that time ( and one wonders why so many people would have made rangers, rangers were never overpowered ..right ? /sarcams off)....</p><p> </p>

[Fennir]

<div><span><blockquote><hr>Ilucide wrote:Hope you guys won't be too disappointed if I change that +piercing to +ranged, 'cause I think I'd like to. <img src="/smilies/8a80c6485cd926be453217d59a84a888.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /><div></div><hr></blockquote>I GUESS I CAN LIVE WITH IT=)</span></div>

[Jay]

<div></div><blockquote><hr>Ilucide wrote:Hope you guys won't be too disappointed if I change that +piercing to +ranged, 'cause I think I'd like to. <img src="/smilies/8a80c6485cd926be453217d59a84a888.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /><div></div><hr></blockquote><p>Oh... if you <em>must...</em></p><p>And while you're at it, can you swap those AGI and STR values? We know AGI is always going to appear on our class-specific items, but it'd be much more beneficial to have more STR on the hood. STR drives ALL our damage, and AGI is just power-pool. We already have AGI coming out our ears, too, so a bigger boost to STR would make this item *much* more desireable for all rangers.</p>

[Cron]

<blockquote><hr>Jay42 wrote:<div></div><blockquote><hr>Ilucide wrote:Hope you guys won't be too disappointed if I change that +piercing to +ranged, 'cause I think I'd like to. <img src="/smilies/8a80c6485cd926be453217d59a84a888.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /><div></div><hr></blockquote><p>Oh... if you <em>must...</em></p><p>And while you're at it, can you swap those AGI and STR values? We know AGI is always going to appear on our class-specific items, but it'd be much more beneficial to have more STR on the hood. STR drives ALL our damage, and AGI is just power-pool. We already have AGI coming out our ears, too, so a bigger boost to STR would make this item *much* more desireable for all rangers.</p><hr></blockquote>From just one Ranger's perspective.... I realize not everyone wants what I want or does what I do. However, I was seriously running out of power in Court of Al last night. Drink, manastone, necro heart, conjuror essence. Nothing could keep it up. I think I've gone for to much Str... LOL.As an aside and for the record, me and the Assassin (Caej) were neck and neck for DPS. He went full out on one "boss mob" and beat me by 200 dps. He was using a Pally to transfer hate to and the Pally had Amends on me. It was a beautiful thing and we really enjoyed the night.

[Gareorn]

<div></div><blockquote><hr>ChaosUndivided wrote:<div></div><blockquote><p> some jobless mom's basement dwelling botting power leveler</p><p></p><hr></blockquote></blockquote>Not that there's anything wrong with that.:smileytongue:

[Gareorn]

<div></div><blockquote><hr>Cronon wrote:From just one Ranger's perspective.... I realize not everyone wants what I want or does what I do. However, I was seriously running out of power in Court of Al last night. Drink, manastone, necro heart, conjuror essence. Nothing could keep it up. I think I've gone for to much Str... LOL.<hr></blockquote>WOOT!  I thought I was the only one with this problem.  During the long raid fights, I'm always OOP.  I've even been considering using my /respec to up my agility.  At a minimum, I think I'll start a <u>Rainja OOP Anon</u> support group.  I'm still pushing for a dual stat power pool like some of the other classes have.  AGI+STR would be nice.

[Fennir]

We're a lot more power inefficient post-nerf.  After the boost we will be balanced again.  Even so I'm usually very close to max in groups/raids so more AGI aint gonna help with that.  Straight power and FT are the way to go in that respect.<div></div>

[Jay]

<div>Sure, some may want more AGI overall...but guys, on raids, you're *supposed* to run low on power. If you look on the raid list and see a full blue bar under someone's name, I know somebody who's either LD or AFK.  <img src="/smilies/8a80c6485cd926be453217d59a84a888.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /></div><div> </div><div>Tobias is right tho, we're having to spam arts like mad in a futile quest for more DPS, and we'll be able to be more conservative after LU21. (I hope.)</div>

[Cron]

<blockquote><hr>Jay42 wrote:<div>Sure, some may want more AGI overall...but guys, on raids, you're *supposed* to run low on power. If you look on the raid list and see a full blue bar under someone's name, I know somebody who's either LD or AFK.  <img src="/smilies/8a80c6485cd926be453217d59a84a888.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /></div><div> </div><div>Tobias is right tho, we're having to spam arts like mad in a futile quest for more DPS, and we'll be able to be more conservative after LU21. (I hope.)</div><hr></blockquote>So you think I should just attribute it as normal and keep going with the strength? I guess if I had more str the shots would count for more and the beast would fall faster. It's all relative.

[wonlee]

<div></div>Nice Cowl was wondering any chance of changing the colour?  A nice forest shade of green <img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" />  anyway quite looking forward to doing quest for hat will be intresting

[Teksun]

<span><blockquote><hr>Ilucide wrote:Hope you guys won't be too disappointed if I change that +piercing to +ranged, 'cause I think I'd like to. <img src="/smilies/8a80c6485cd926be453217d59a84a888.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /><div></div><hr></blockquote>That would be GREAT <img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" />Thanks Noel</span><div></div>

[Wozicasamoll]

<div></div><blockquote><hr>Ilucide wrote:Hope you guys won't be too disappointed if I change that +piercing to +ranged, 'cause I think I'd like to. <img src="/smilies/8a80c6485cd926be453217d59a84a888.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /><div></div><hr></blockquote>And he did.. piercing changed to ranged.. Woohoo! Great job Noel <img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" />

[Ranja]

<div></div><blockquote><hr>Ilucide wrote:Hope you guys won't be too disappointed if I change that +piercing to +ranged, 'cause I think I'd like to. <img src="/smilies/8a80c6485cd926be453217d59a84a888.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /><div></div><hr></blockquote><p>The stats on that hat are worse than several other low level legendary hats that are able to be gotten in the NEst. The Crown comes to mind plus the crown has +int. MAy I ask why a signature quest that is a class specific hat has stats that are not optimized for a ranger and is worse than an entry level KoS hat. Hell there are some helms in DoF that are much better than that one besides the mit. Again, why does Sony beleive we want agility on our items and what is up with the sta on that thing. Who cares about stamina. We want Str, Int, and then Agi in that order! We have been though this so many times with other scout items prizzy 1&2 you would think they would learn by now. But, I guess they get a new items person every month and they have to re-learn all over again.</p><p>Elbryan61 Ranger</p>