What are your CURRENT Achievement Points and Abilities

[dbmoreland]

I am trying to keep the information on my Ranger Achievement Abilities post up to date with the best current "real" information, as opposed to all of the "i think it will work this way" guesses.Therefore if you have earned at least 6 Achievement points, the minimum amount to "earn" one of the "new" Achievement Abilities, would you please post a responce to this thread detailing the ability (or abilities) that you now have and your experiences with them, the good the bad and the ugly. Do you use the ability? When? (solo, groups, raids)? Do you find the ability usefull or a waste of a hot bar space? I am looking for some "hard" information on these new abilities so those of us that have questions about how these "new" abilities "really" work can get some answers instead of sifting though pages of guesses.Thank you everyone for your help,<div></div>

[Avendelf]

<div>I solo'd my first heroic encounter today (two ^ mobs) since KoS was released and was only able to do so because of the in combat runspeed and the point blank shot AAs (both on level 4 currently).  Between getting enough distance from the kited mobs to actually use a CA, and knocking them down when they got close (plus 330 str helps) I was able to bring them down in a few minutes.  So personally I think the agi line is a big help and my friend says you can really see a difference with bow crits and has maxed the ranged crit ability for 22% increase total (though has aggro problems now).  Just some feedback.</div><div> </div><div>Avendolas, 66 Ranger, Valor</div>

[Star]

<div></div><div></div>I have 11 so far. I've gone for AGI because I want the increased crit chance so I have the AGI buff 4 ranks. Point Blank Shot 4 ranks. Fittness 2 ranks. Gonna wait till I have all 50 before I do any sort of respec. Going to go AGI and STR first.<p>Message Edited by jwmaynar on <span class="date_text">03-08-2006</span><span class="time_text">10:15 AM</span></p>

[dbmoreland]

Avendelfin, YOu say you have in combat runspeed and the point blank shot AAs both on level 4 currently. Exactly how much run speed does this get you? What is the damage range you get for PBS?Thanks,<div></div>

[Cron]

<blockquote><hr>jwmaynar wrote:<div></div>I have 11 so far. I've gone for AGI because I want the increased crit chance so I have the AGI buff 4 ranks. Point Blank Shot 4 ranks. Fittness 1 rank. Gonna wait till I have all 50 before I do any sort of respec. Going to go AGI and STR first.<hr></blockquote>Aren't you missing one?Bounty - 1 (assuming you didn't take two because you didn't mention it)Agi - 4PBS - 4Fitness - 1That's 10. Have you not used your last one?<p>Message Edited by Cronon on <span class="date_text">03-08-2006</span><span class="time_text">12:52 PM</span></p>

[Cron]

<blockquote><hr>dbmoreland wrote:Avendelfin, YOu say you have in combat runspeed and the point blank shot AAs both on level 4 currently. Exactly how much run speed does this get you? What is the damage range you get for PBS?Thanks,<div></div><hr></blockquote>I have 11. I went the AGI line with 1/4/4/2.Not hard data because my memory sucks, but I'll look tonight for ya.PBS is close. I'm guessing about a meter or less. You have to be practically standing on them or it yellows out-of-range. I like it though. It hits about 75% for me but does get interrupted. I usually don't worry about using that to back up because 4 seconds isn't a lot and you are never sure it's actually going to land. I just figure it gives me 4 seconds that they aren't beating on me.. Free hits for me as it were.ICRS at 2 levels is, I think, 2.5% I really don't think it's noticable and because of all the other factors, you probably wouldn't see it in a parse. I just have faith it is working and is helpful although I have no reason to.. For all I know, it's bugged and doing nothing. I am going to finish the entire AGI line and go STR or Int. I'm leaning more towards STR. I'll update this post once I have hard numbers.<p>Message Edited by Cronon on <span class="date_text">03-08-2006</span><span class="time_text">12:51 PM</span></p>

[Star]

<div></div>Good catch Cronon. <img src="/smilies/283a16da79f3aa23fe1025c96295f04f.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /> I do have infact 2 ranks of Fitness. I guess my biggest concern right now is do I take the last ability of AGI or not. It seems really nice but not if I end up with most (or all) of my CAs on their recast timers.

[dbmoreland]

Still looking for answers from my Ranger friends on what they are actualy USING (as opposed to what they PLAN to use), and how they are working out for them.As for me I finally got my 6th AA point last night and used it to bet PBS. I love this ability. I was able to solo yellow one up arrow ind mobs thanks to this new ability. Not every time (at rank 1 it does get resisted every once in a while) but often enough that I will now try these mobs again. And against no (or down) arrow mobs I now have TWO stuns. The poor mobs don't have a chance <img src="/smilies/8a80c6485cd926be453217d59a84a888.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" />Thanks,<div></div>

[Deml]

<div></div><p>19 so far.</p><p>Bounty x1</p><p>Agi  4PBS 4Fitness 4Ranged Expertise 6</p>

[A]

<div></div><p>18 so far.</p><p>Bounty x1</p><p>Agi  4PBS 4Fitness 4Ranged Expertise 5</p>

[dbmoreland]

So talk to me Demlar and Aildiin please. Did you notice the in-combat run speed increase with Fitness at Rank 4? Is it 1.3% per rank (level), 5.2% at Rank 4?How about the Ranged Expertise? Is it 2.8% per Rank (level), 14% at Rank 5, 16.8% at Rank 6? Does it effect both Ranged Auto-attack AND Ranged CAs?Do you notice an increase in your DPS? Do you have any idea how much extra damage a "critical hit" does?Thank you very much for your help,<div></div>

[Mobdar]

hi people, i'm going for the STR line lvl 3 of the 3rd on ( parry) currently selfbuffed have arround 390's of str. increase in parry does help me specially when tank losses agro 'cause of dps (we all have been there <img src="/smilies/69934afc394145350659cd7add244ca9.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" />). str also has increased my attack and the dmg in all my combat skills. i'm looking forward to the last one of the STR AA the reduccion on the recasting time of all combat arts would be nice, but still have the question if it will affect all combat arts or only the melee tipe. after maxout str line i'm going for agi lineMobdarRanger 66 innoboneTLW<div></div>

[Kala Asuras]

If you look at the description it will tell you.  I believe it says it reduces the recast timer and inc the damage by 10% <i>on skills with a recast timer over 2s.</i><div></div>

[dbmoreland]

Mobdar,From my Ranger Achievement Abilities Guild:Finally the fifth Ranger Strength Achievement ability is:PerfectionistThe Blademaster’s attack-based combat arts that require a reuse time of 2 minutes or greater have their reuse timers reduced and damage increased.Passive SpellAttack-based combat arts on long reuse timers have their reuse times sped up by 50% and damage increased by 10%Rangers only have two attack-based Combat Arts with a reuse timer of 2 minutes or more: Storm of Arrows (level 50 CA, 3 min recast) and Sniper’s Shot (level 58 CA, 15 min). These are the only two Combat Arts that this ability will apply to. So if you are a level 50+ Ranger that would like to have the reuse timers for these two Combat Arts reduced to 1.5 and 7 minutes respectively then you might consider investing in this ability.So in answer to your question, NO it will NOT work on ALL combat arts, only these two attack-based combat arts with a reuse timer of 2 min or more.<div></div>

[TerriBlades]

<div></div><p>Currently sitting nice with 14 AA points all down the agi line. 1/ 4/ 4/ 4/ 1 At the moment, and you will see a slight increase with the crit hit line, just dont open in any big damage shots off the bat.. Made this mistake with a pick up group tank.. (Ive been spoiled with guild tanks holding aggro for ever) opened with one of the high power shots, it crit hit for 3k.. oops, mob was all over me, but it sure was nice to see those big numbers..</p><p>My plan for this is to do 4 through the whole line, get my last one (the 35% CA increase) and evaluate which ones I like.. take those to 8 and then whatevers left over put into either Str, or Int lines.</p><p> </p><p>Nesse</p><p>67 Ranger</p><p>Dirty Dozen</p><p>Oasis</p>

[A]

<div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><blockquote><hr>dbmoreland wrote:So talk to me Demlar and Aildiin please. Did you notice the in-combat run speed increase with Fitness at Rank 4? Is it 1.3% per rank (level), 5.2% at Rank 4?How about the Ranged Expertise? Is it 2.8% per Rank (level), 14% at Rank 5, 16.8% at Rank 6? Does it effect both Ranged Auto-attack AND Ranged CAs?Do you notice an increase in your DPS? Do you have any idea how much extra damage a "critical hit" does?Thank you very much for your help,<div></div><hr></blockquote><p>Hard to say for run speed, I do not solo that much but when I do I never really had problem ( kiting with stun poison ain't that hard when the mob get stunned every 15 seconds or so...)</p><p>Ranged crit affect both auto attacks and CA for sure...</p><p>I haven't parsed since I got ranged critical but it is not so uncommon now to see a storm of arrows with half if not more of the hits doing a crit. ( I love seeing a flurry of big 3k damage above my head <img src="/smilies/69934afc394145350659cd7add244ca9.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" />)...</p><p>I haven't checked my log but I believe I am seeing an increase in criticals on quick shot too, which would mean quick shot is considered a ranged attack and not a proc....</p><p>I would say yes dps is higher, by how much it's hard to say, at least 4-5% I think....( darn criticals are not powerfull enough and seem to do only 125 to 135% of regular damage).</p><p> </p><p>Now sitting on  20 points :</p><p>Bounty x1</p><p>Agi  4PBS 4Fitness 4Ranged Expertise 7 ( getting 21st pt tomorrow and maxing this then I will start working on the 5th ability in agi line...).</p><p> </p><p>EDIT : I just checked my logs from the last  week and here are things I noticed .</p><p>A critical hit is exactly 130% of the damage the hit would have done if no critical ( you can deduce this from quick shot criticals hit, the damage is always the same).</p><p>And yes, my rate of criticals on quick shot has increased....</p><p> </p><p>Once bow damage and makeshift arrows get fixed I am most likely shoot only arrows and forego melee in group aside from dire blade ( ranger blade soon) when it is up.</p><p>This will mean that roughly 70% of my damage will be from the bow ( rest being melee, poison and the rare weapon proc).</p><p>In theory 21% of my bow hits should be 30% stronger so that would mean a 8% dps increase with 8 pts in ranged critical....</p><p>If the bow is only 50% of your damage the increase is 6%...</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Message Edited by Ail on <span class="date_text">03-12-2006</span><span class="time_text">02:13 AM</span></p>