T7 Equipment

[Emperors]

<DIV>Hello everyone.  I'm a level 70 Ranger with 74 AP's currently and I am in a raiding guild.  We raid 3 nights a week and just a few weeks ago finished our DT access.   I'm pretty sure I have the worst luck when it comes to winning gear, although I have managed to win <A href="http://www.eq2idb.com/item_details.php?item=MTgyODU1MzM4NQ==" target=_blank><FONT color=#333333>Silver Bracelet of Rage</FONT></A> and <A href="http://www.eq2idb.com/item_details.php?item=MzAwNDY1MDUw" target=_blank><FONT color=#333333>Ancient Velium Kris</FONT></A> .  The rest of my gear is a combination of Legendary (KOS Era) and Treasured (KOS Era).  With my most used adventure gear (Balanced DPS gear) I am sitting at 507 STR, 122 INT,  406 AGI, and 48 Haste.  As far as my AP's I've taken, I did 4,4,4,8,1 AGI and 5,4,4,8 INT in the Predator Tree and so far I've done 5 Caustic, 3 Dance of Trees, 5 Pathfinding (Gotta Move Fast <img src="/smilies/283a16da79f3aa23fe1025c96295f04f.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" />), 5 Precise Shot, 5 Slection, 1 Triple Volley.  For my bow I'm still using Grizzfazzle's.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Okay, enough with the summary.  The reason I'm posting is my guild leader asked us all to make a list of what gear we wanted from raids so that she could plan specific raids to try to go after loot for specific people.  What specific gear should I be looking to get and where is it located?  I know I'll want a T8 arrow summoning bow, and another T7 Fabled bow with a high DR.  A few of the pics I've seen in this forum show some pretty neat DW swords and I'm open to suggestions on those too because mine aren't all that great.  I'm currently working on getting a set of the Predator Class armor from EOF, but currently I haven't been successful.  Any suggestions you could give me would be greatly appreciated.  I'm basically looking for fabled/legendary drops that are in two categories: a) easily obtained for a short term upgrade and b) more difficult to obtain but to is something I'm going to really want eventually</DIV>

[Gnome mercy]

<P>Bazkul/Ichorstrand are the t8 bows you lookin for, and if you ask me  you want Ichorstrand/Warbow I believe is a 98DR that combo there is a really good one fairly easy to get with a raiding guild now by easy I don't mean get it to drop by easy I meant the mob to take down is fairly easy with the right classes.</P> <P>Basically it really depends on what route you wanna go to for the armor, Fabled ranger set seems to be a nice choice as with all 7 pieces you get a +10% DA mod. Possibly some of the best stats just no extra stuff like +ranged as far as ive seen that has been the only problem with it, the other route is just the randomly good gear again you can easily get but it will all take a while either way.</P>

[Emperors]

Of course I want the Fabled Ranger Set, but I guess I forgot to be more specific.  I don't think we will be doing the EOF raids for quite a while as we are still working on mastering the KOS raids, so any gear that I would be getting would be coming from KOS for now.  Thanks for your tip on the bows and yes I understand that "Easy" doesn't mean it's going to drop.

[Limoj]

<DIV><A href="http://www.eq2-compendium.com" target=_blank>www.eq2-compendium.com</A> has alot of the mobs and such that drop the gear your looking for, i'm still looking for that stupid set of wu's pantaloons. But this definatly helped me make my "hit list" so to speak</DIV>

[Ranja]

<div>In terms of KoS gear you want to start in Labs and get the Nemesis gear. It is pretty good but the legs and boots have intelligence so IMHO those are the best peices. The Fearling Tot Bulb Bone from Lyceaum is a great help with +29 str and +29 Int and +ranged I beleive. The Ring of Retenkalier (sp?) is nice with +7 ranged but then you have o give up a MC crafted imbued ring which I really like<img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" />. The relic BP i think is stil the best for the affect. Lyceaum also the Grinning Dirk of Horror which is the best DW in the game IMHO.HoS has DoN and ASWB so start running those raids as well. </div>

[VisualFoundry]

<BR> <BLOCKQUOTE> <HR> bentgate wrote:<BR> <DIV>In terms of KoS gear you want to start in Labs and get the Nemesis gear. It is pretty good but the legs and boots have intelligence so IMHO those are the best peices. The Fearling Tot Bulb Bone from Lyceaum is a great help with +29 str and +29 Int and +ranged I beleive. The Ring of Retenkalier (sp?) is nice with +7 ranged<STRONG> but then you have o give up a MC crafted imbued ring</STRONG> which I really like<img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" />. The relic BP i think is stil the best for the affect. Lyceaum also the Grinning Dirk of Horror which is the best DW in the game IMHO.<BR><BR>HoS has DoN and ASWB so start running those raids as well. <BR></DIV><BR> <HR> </BLOCKQUOTE> <P>Actually giving up that MC imbued ring isn't so bad if the one you're replacing is a str ring. It still amazes me how many rangers are running around wearing these when it says pretty clearly that it only procs on melee attacks. But then I suppose I was running around wearing one until someone pointed it out to me.</P> <P>I would have to agree that Labs is probably the best place to start equipping yourself for t7. There are plenty of chances for relic drops and the named mobs drop some relatively useful stuff (though seemingly more for shaman and bard). Lyceum has a few nice things as well, including the Sinew Wrapped Long Bow. <BR></P>

[Kala Asuras]

<div></div>Belt of the Doomflight fromt he Doomflight Trio in Labs is also a great belt. Oh and the reinforced bloodsoaked gloves are great from HoS.<div></div><p>Message Edited by Kala Asuras on <span class=date_text>01-23-2007</span> <span class=time_text>02:16 PM</span>

[Ranja]

<div><blockquote><hr>VisualFoundry wrote:<div></div> <blockquote> <hr> bentgate wrote: <div>In terms of KoS gear you want to start in Labs and get the Nemesis gear. It is pretty good but the legs and boots have intelligence so IMHO those are the best peices. The Fearling Tot Bulb Bone from Lyceaum is a great help with +29 str and +29 Int and +ranged I beleive. The Ring of Retenkalier (sp?) is nice with +7 ranged<strong> but then you have o give up a MC crafted imbued ring</strong> which I really like<img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" />. The relic BP i think is stil the best for the affect. Lyceaum also the Grinning Dirk of Horror which is the best DW in the game IMHO.HoS has DoN and ASWB so start running those raids as well. </div> <hr> </blockquote> <p>Actually giving up that MC imbued ring isn't so bad if the one you're replacing is a str ring. It still amazes me how many rangers are running around wearing these when it says pretty clearly that it only procs on melee attacks. But then I suppose I was running around wearing one until someone pointed it out to me.</p> <p>I would have to agree that Labs is probably the best place to start equipping yourself for t7. There are plenty of chances for relic drops and the named mobs drop some relatively useful stuff (though seemingly more for shaman and bard). Lyceum has a few nice things as well, including the Sinew Wrapped Long Bow. </p><hr></blockquote>Yes I have a strenght one and yes I melee when using my melee CAs. I have the GDoH and the DoN why would I not want to melee for a brief few while I pop off my melee CAs. Both of those hit for over 1000 quite a bit. The ring procs all the time giving me almost a permanent 26% DPS boost and strength as well. I will take any DPS boost I can take. So you are saying you absolutely never melee NEVER NEVER NEVER<img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" />. On raids that DPS boost is really nice and basically has me sitting around 41% DPS self buffed all the time. Now the AGI with the haste and agility is a little less useful because we dont need agi and I am already sitting at 71% haste self buffed.Those are still some of the best rings for melee DPSers in the game.</div>

[Emperors]

Thanks for the suggestion on armor.  It works out great because we are doing a HOS raid tonight and LOA next week.  What equipment would you recommend from DT as we will be working on that for the next few months as our big Saturday night raid?

[VisualFoundry]

<BR> <BLOCKQUOTE> <HR> bentgate wrote:<BR> <DIV><BR> <BLOCKQUOTE> <HR> VisualFoundry wrote:<BR> <BR> <BLOCKQUOTE> <HR> bentgate wrote:<BR> <DIV>In terms of KoS gear you want to start in Labs and get the Nemesis gear. It is pretty good but the legs and boots have intelligence so IMHO those are the best peices. The Fearling Tot Bulb Bone from Lyceaum is a great help with +29 str and +29 Int and +ranged I beleive. The Ring of Retenkalier (sp?) is nice with +7 ranged<STRONG> but then you have o give up a MC crafted imbued ring</STRONG> which I really like<img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" />. The relic BP i think is stil the best for the affect. Lyceaum also the Grinning Dirk of Horror which is the best DW in the game IMHO.<BR><BR>HoS has DoN and ASWB so start running those raids as well. <BR></DIV><BR> <HR> </BLOCKQUOTE> <P>Actually giving up that MC imbued ring isn't so bad if the one you're replacing is a str ring. It still amazes me how many rangers are running around wearing these when it says pretty clearly that it only procs on melee attacks. But then I suppose I was running around wearing one until someone pointed it out to me.</P> <P>I would have to agree that Labs is probably the best place to start equipping yourself for t7. There are plenty of chances for relic drops and the named mobs drop some relatively useful stuff (though seemingly more for shaman and bard). Lyceum has a few nice things as well, including the Sinew Wrapped Long Bow. <BR></P><BR> <HR> </BLOCKQUOTE>Yes I have a strenght one and yes I melee when using my melee CAs. I have the GDoH and the DoN why would I not want to melee for a brief few while I pop off my melee CAs. Both of those hit for over 1000 quite a bit. The ring procs all the time giving me almost a permanent 26% DPS boost and strength as well. I will take any DPS boost I can take. So you are saying you absolutely never melee NEVER NEVER NEVER<img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" />. On raids that DPS boost is really nice and basically has me sitting around 41% DPS self buffed all the time. Now the AGI with the haste and agility is a little less useful because we dont need agi and I am already sitting at 71% haste self buffed.<BR><BR>Those are still some of the best rings for melee DPSers in the game.<BR></DIV><BR> <HR> </BLOCKQUOTE><BR>Guess I should have phrased this a little better. By all means, there are benefits to wearing the str ring, but I have chosen to use an agi ring and the Ring of Relkententinar as that combination has yielded the best results for me personally. Yes, I melee in raids, but I use melee auto-attack less than 1% of the time, and most of that is an accidental result of me not hitting my ranged auto-attack button before the timer for the melee CA has finished. I intended my earlier post to be informative to those who were not aware of that issue with str rings, not as a sleight on anyone's knowledge or ability.

[VisualFoundry]

Additional suggestion - try to kill the crab in Fallen Dynasty as often as possible, drops very nice bracers and arguably the best scout pants in game pre-EoF

[Zendi_Perma]

<DIV>There is a good discussion on ranger raiding gear in another post.</DIV> <P>Message Edited by Zendi on <SPAN class=date_text>01-23-2007</SPAN> <SPAN class=time_text>06:04 PM</SPAN></P><p>Message Edited by Zendi on <span class=date_text>01-23-2007</span> <span class=time_text>06:04 PM</span>

[Ranja]

<div><blockquote><hr>VisualFoundry wrote:<div></div> <blockquote> <hr> bentgate wrote: <div> <blockquote> <hr> VisualFoundry wrote: <div></div> <blockquote> <hr> bentgate wrote: <div>In terms of KoS gear you want to start in Labs and get the Nemesis gear. It is pretty good but the legs and boots have intelligence so IMHO those are the best peices. The Fearling Tot Bulb Bone from Lyceaum is a great help with +29 str and +29 Int and +ranged I beleive. The Ring of Retenkalier (sp?) is nice with +7 ranged<strong> but then you have o give up a MC crafted imbued ring</strong> which I really like<img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" />. The relic BP i think is stil the best for the affect. Lyceaum also the Grinning Dirk of Horror which is the best DW in the game IMHO.HoS has DoN and ASWB so start running those raids as well. </div> <hr> </blockquote> <p>Actually giving up that MC imbued ring isn't so bad if the one you're replacing is a str ring. It still amazes me how many rangers are running around wearing these when it says pretty clearly that it only procs on melee attacks. But then I suppose I was running around wearing one until someone pointed it out to me.</p> <p>I would have to agree that Labs is probably the best place to start equipping yourself for t7. There are plenty of chances for relic drops and the named mobs drop some relatively useful stuff (though seemingly more for shaman and bard). Lyceum has a few nice things as well, including the Sinew Wrapped Long Bow. </p> <hr> </blockquote>Yes I have a strenght one and yes I melee when using my melee CAs. I have the GDoH and the DoN why would I not want to melee for a brief few while I pop off my melee CAs. Both of those hit for over 1000 quite a bit. The ring procs all the time giving me almost a permanent 26% DPS boost and strength as well. I will take any DPS boost I can take. So you are saying you absolutely never melee NEVER NEVER NEVER<img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" />. On raids that DPS boost is really nice and basically has me sitting around 41% DPS self buffed all the time. Now the AGI with the haste and agility is a little less useful because we dont need agi and I am already sitting at 71% haste self buffed.Those are still some of the best rings for melee DPSers in the game.</div> <hr> </blockquote>Guess I should have phrased this a little better. By all means, there are benefits to wearing the str ring, but I have chosen to use an agi ring and the Ring of Relkententinar as that combination has yielded the best results for me personally. Yes, I melee in raids, but I use melee auto-attack less than 1% of the time, and most of that is an accidental result of me not hitting my ranged auto-attack button before the timer for the melee CA has finished. I intended my earlier post to be informative to those who were not aware of that issue with str rings, not as a sleight on anyone's knowledge or ability.<hr></blockquote>That is funny b/c I have the opposite. I have the Ring of Relkententinar and a str ring<img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /> To each his own i guess</div>