Ranger raiding AA

[Squigglle]

<DIV>whats a good set up? i got all in surviability atm becuase i want charm and the pathfinding buff/makeshift speed is nice.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>would u recommend all of the damage increase? or is posien one better?</DIV>

[muraseme]

<P>For a raid setup type, a ranger wants to deal as much damage as possible.  As far as KoS achievements are concerned, the most common setup for this build is Agi: 4/4/4/8/1 and Int: 4/4/4/8, for a total of 49 used points.  For the Echoes of Faydwer achievements, I spent 5 in Caustic dmg, 5 in precise shot, 5 in natural selection, 5 in triple volley, 5 in rain of arrows and the single point in Double Attack (ranged).  This build obviously stresses ranged and poison damage.  For the remainder of the points,  I would consider putting the rest of the points into the buffing line to increase the duration of Killing Instinct, Focus Aim and whatever the haste buff is called, then extension (if only for the 5% increase chance to hit).</P>

[Badaxe Ba]

One combination I like to use is point blank shot from the agility line.  Combining this with rip arrow in a duo macro is a nice ammo-free and potentially quite powerful 'sweet-spot' damage producer.  One inducement to spend a few more points at that spot.  Agi FTW 4/8/8/8/1.

[pseudocide]

<DIV>extension could potentially be great for raiding rangers, if the extra range can keep us out of AoE range, </DIV>

[Squigglle]

agility is used often, but a ranger told me str was better because str=more damage

[pseudocide]

<BR> <BLOCKQUOTE> <HR> Squigglle wrote:<BR> agility is used often, but a ranger told me str was better because str=more damage<BR> <HR> </BLOCKQUOTE><BR>if you're asking about stats then yes str >>>> agi, but if you are talking about AA lines then agi >>>>> str.

[Squigglle]

why though? agi only gives +def  and a ranger is not a tank, or is it just good for aoe dodges and just incase a add pops on u?

[pseudocide]

<BR> <BLOCKQUOTE> <HR> Squigglle wrote:<BR> why though? agi only gives +def  and a ranger is not a tank, or is it just good for aoe dodges and just incase a add pops on u?<BR> <HR> </BLOCKQUOTE> <P><BR>AA lines aren't about stats</P> <P>edit: agi also gives power but that's beside the point</P><p>Message Edited by pseudocide on <span class=date_text>12-23-2006</span> <span class=time_text>10:08 AM</span>

[Zholain]

<div><blockquote><hr><font size="2">Squigglle wrote:</font><font size="2">why though? agi only gives +def  and a ranger is not a tank, or is it just good for aoe dodges and just incase a add pops on u?</font><hr></blockquote><font size="2">Because the final ability in the agility line gives a significant reduction to ALL cast timers.</font></div>

[muraseme]

Agility is critical for the raiding ranger, but not because of its defensive advantages.  Agility, together with strength, add to the ranger's power pool, and in a lot of the boss fights you may find yourself without power even with the use of shards and flowing thought items if your Agi is on the low side.  This, of course, can be countered by using mental breach poisons, but that is expensive, and also you would suffer a decrease in DPS.<p>Message Edited by muraseme on <span class=date_text>12-23-2006</span> <span class=time_text>09:30 PM</span>

[dazze]

<P>In the KOS line you want to maxamise both the ranged crit and the posion crit in the agi and int line. That means going all the way down to poise in the agi line with 8 in the ranged crit and going to the int line up to the posion crit chance with 8 points. With that set up I am critically hitting 1 in 2 and on the posion crit with gm caustic that can hit up to 1500.</P> <P>EOF line is pretty easy. DBL attack and boost focus killing etc.</P> <P> </P> <P> </P>

[jjlo69]

<DIV>my raid set up is atm with 90 aa's</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>kos tree (50 aa's)                eof tree(40 aa's so far)</DIV> <DIV>agi 4/4/4/8/1                         multishot</DIV> <DIV>int 5/4/4/8                             roa=5, triple volley=5, selection=5, preciseshot=5, double shot=1</DIV> <DIV>                                             focus line</DIV> <DIV>                                             d ef stance=3,honed reflexes=4,killer instanct=5, focus fire=5, extend=1</DIV> <DIV>                                             posio n line</DIV> <DIV>                                             caust ic=1</DIV> <DIV>                                                 </DIV> <DIV>                                             </DIV> <DIV>note: for my last ten ill def finsh caustic line. may choose the pathfinding line for the run speed or do fettering poison but either will be mainy on flavor of the month. hope this helps </DIV>

[Corwinus]

Rofl JJlo this is exactly my setup both for predator and ranger,  except that i have 92 aa so 3 points in caustic so far.  I was asking myself the same questions  for the 6 remaining aa  after at 94  i complete caustic.Well i tried pathfinding at max (and then i respected)  and i was not that impressed.  I would use it for solo or group but rarely for raid.  So my final choice would be to put the 3 in fettering and 3 in ancillary, mostly for ancillary in fact.Regards,Corwin - Oasis <div></div>

[Axor]

<P>IMO the best dps output setup :</P> <P>Predator ( Kos AA ) : Agi all the way, maximizing the ranged criticals, int line maximizing the poison criticals, without the last skill, and the free point is on STR, with the new cap everything you can get is welcome.</P> <P>Ranger ( EoF AA ) : Atm i have 87 but i will put as if i had 100.</P> <P>Multishot : 5 precise, 5 triple, 5 selection, 5 roa, 1 double shot</P> <P>Buff line : 3 defen, 5 focus, 5 killing, 5 honned, 1 extended</P> <P>Poison : 5 caustic 5 Snaring shot</P> <P>Right now i use 5 in pathfinding, to increase my runing speed but once i get 100 i will switch to snaring shot, it seems stupid but that aa gives us like 50dps easy. The adept 3 of that skill is doing 500 dmg and recast is 10 sec, with 5 aa it's recast is 5 sec, so doing 500 every 5 sec plus the debuffs and criticals etc is a good choice if you focused on dps.</P> <P>Not talking of the soloing improve with a snare of 12 sec duration every 5 sec.</P>