Focus Effects - what to take?

[Regolas]

<p>I thought it would be a good idea to discuss focus effects and their use for a ranger.</p><p>I've decided on mine but I'd like some opinions from others to make sure I haven't missed one that's important. I can't remember all of them off the top of my head though.</p><p>So there are a few no brainers, like the improvements to quick shot, storm of arrows, etc, that obviously increase your DPS.</p><p>But what about the rest? Which focus effects have you chosen?</p><p>For a new ranger, what ones would be the choice at what level?</p><p>I haven't bothered with the one that improves our defensive stance, as I am never in it, for example.</p><p>I picked the + potency and + CB ones at the end because I felt I ran out of useful ones to pick, but I may change that after discussions on here.</p>

[Vifarc]

<p><cite>Regolas wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>I haven't bothered with the one that improves our defensive stance, as I am never in it, for example.</p></blockquote><p>I'm always in, it's my prefered one, as the one ranger tank of Norrath <img src="/eq2/images/smilies/b2eb59423fbf5fa39342041237025880.gif" border="0" /></p>

[Neiloch]

<p>I got all the ranger specific ones except for the defensive stance. The general ones don't seem that good outside of PvP imo, but i'm never in defensive stance either so I took the 2 crit bonus.</p>

[Twyxx]

<p>I took in-combat run speed instead of the triple shot one.</p>

[tomsky]

<p>I took all the ranger ones, EXCEPT:</p><p>Primal Reflexes -10% hate - In group/raid, chances are you are going to either have a troub and cap you, or Peaceful link.</p><p>Nox enfeeblement - 50% accuracy - It hits 98% of the time anyway, its not worth any more</p><p>So I took the CB and Potency ones instead.</p><p>I kept defensive stance as its nice for BG's *shrugs*</p>

[Regolas]

I took primal reflexes as I find hate reduction useful, don't raid and don't always have a bard in group. Didn't bother with focus aim or nox infeeblement or defensive stance. Got potency and cb ones.