Hunting Arrows = Slashing Dmg

brandi7920 · 01-30-2006, 09:11 PM

Ok, so I learned something yesterday and I'm going to share just in case there is anyone else that was clueless. LOL

You can purchase Iron Hunting Arrows from the vendor in the Willow Wood near the Graveyard.

I learned this from a fellow ranger on the world ranger chat channel last night. Talk about excited!!! I had no idea that you could buy those from a vendor! I've been stocking up on them everytime I see them on the merchant board. All I have to say is...5 silver per stack is WAY better than 5 gold per stack!

Yah...so I invested in a second quiver specifically for my shiny new vendor purchased slashing arrows! Woot!

Thanks for the info..and figured I'd pass this along in case I'm not the last Ranger to know. LOL

(btw, for younger Rangers, some mobs are immune to pierce, and so having slashing arrows on hand is pretty important - particularly in raiding situations)

dubbs · 01-30-2006, 09:47 PM

I usually buy my Hunting arrows from the merchant in Maj'dul. When you zone in and go through the big wooden doors, he's the first guy on the left, very easy to get to. He only sells the Fulginate Hunting Arrows, they cost a little over 3 Gold a stack. Just so everyone is clear, your Combat Abilites are not affected by arrow tier (tin, iron, feyiron, fulginate...) but your Auto-ranged Attack is. We may not use Auto-ranged that much, but when it is used, the damage difference is huge.

Blixx0 · 01-30-2006, 10:34 PM

The arrow type makes so little diffrents it is not worth ever using high end arrows... Everyone keeps tell me how much more damage they do with Fulg arrows at 3 gp a stack. So I parsered it... 20 stacks of Iron Hunting arrows at 1gp and 20 stacks of Fulg Hunting arrows at 60gp... Poisons I am using arePhantasmic Visions :Stun target for 4 sec (15% proc rate 30 Proc)Bite of the Shissar :-871 disease/poison mitigation (20% proc rate 80 Proc)Adeste Disruption Rare :508dd + 82dd + 79/tick (25% proc rate 200 Proc)At level 58 I ran Roost, Vault of Dust, and Started The Santorium once each night killing everything in the zone. I made it 6 more mobs into the Samtorium with the Fulg Hunting arrowsStats self buffed Str 177 Int 177 Agi 220 Sta 185 Wis 156

Iron ArrowsI did 48% of my damage from poison procs, 6% from weapon proc, 5% from self buff proc, Combat Arts 36% , Auto-Fire 5% Total Int based damage was 58%Total Str Based damage was 42%Average DPS per shot 825

Fulg ArrowsI did 48% of my damage from poison procs, 6% from weapon proc, 5% from self buff proc, Combat Arts 35% , Auto-Fire 6% Total Int based damage was 58%Total Str Based damage was 42%Average DPS per shot 833Over all damage output was a 1.009% increase... For 59gp

Spectralmist · 01-30-2006, 10:42 PM

Thanks for the above info. I'd wondered about that.

I have a ton of iron slashers that I carry, but I was wondering if it was worth it to upgrade a bit. Now I know. I'm also glad I'm buffing my Int...

Crychtonn · 01-30-2006, 11:12 PM

You can also buy cheap Iron Hunting arrows from the merchant by the Lighthouse in Antonica. Very easy and quick to get to by using any of the Bells in Qeynos to zone to Antonica. Stacks of 99 are around 8s or somewhere close to that.

Use Curse of the Djinn debuff poison (debuffs slash resist) and you'll get some real nice hits with these little T2 arrows.

Spectralmist · 01-31-2006, 12:26 AM

The village merchants (Willow Wood, etc) all sell them as well. Not to hard to come by...

supersupervisor · 01-31-2006, 04:45 PM

so....im wasting my bloody muney for indium arrows?? whats the diff on them - 2.018%??? boy....

well its not like i buy arrows often - lol - my backup quiver is M1 - but its still mean - the DMG shud be way more

o well...thats all i can think of for now! L8r!

supersupervisor · 01-31-2006, 04:46 PM

1 more thing - blix000 (or any1 else who knows) where do u get those dmg results - id like to see some of mine - if u mind telling me? ty in benifit

Blixx0 · 01-31-2006, 08:15 PM

I am running a 3rd party parser program that sorts the combat /log. Do a search for EQ2 Parser... They are pretty easy to run and will tell you what is going on in the combat.

tom1301 · 01-31-2006, 09:11 PM

Nice Info, Blixx000, thank you SMILEY

One more thing: Can you state on what level your combat arts where (most apprentice or possibly most at master), since this should have impact on the str-based damage vs. int-based damage ratio.I'd like to parse my damage for myself, but since i'm playing the german EQ2-version, there's pityfully no suitable parser.Thank you,tom1301

Blixx0 · 02-01-2006, 08:53 PM

Sorry you are correct... All of my skill are at Adept3 and all my gear is Legendary crafted...

I was also running stun poisons full time for best arrow damage... My melee weapons were both piercing damage so I could exclude the damage from the arrows.

Message Edited by Blixx000 on 02-01-200611:00 AM

Jay · 02-02-2006, 01:28 AM

Blixx000 wrote:
The arrow type makes so little diffrents it is not worth ever using high end arrows...
Over all damage output was a 1.009% increase... For 59gp

I think the point of the OP was to indicate another source of slashing arrows for use against pierce-resistant mobs.

01-30-2006, 09:11 PM	#1
brandi7920 Loremaster Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Nashville, TN Posts: 182	Ok, so I learned something yesterday and I'm going to share just in case there is anyone else that was clueless. LOL You can purchase Iron Hunting Arrows from the vendor in the Willow Wood near the Graveyard. I learned this from a fellow ranger on the world ranger chat channel last night. Talk about excited!!! I had no idea that you could buy those from a vendor! I've been stocking up on them everytime I see them on the merchant board. All I have to say is...5 silver per stack is WAY better than 5 gold per stack! Yah...so I invested in a second quiver specifically for my shiny new vendor purchased slashing arrows! Woot! Thanks for the info..and figured I'd pass this along in case I'm not the last Ranger to know. LOL (btw, for younger Rangers, some mobs are immune to pierce, and so having slashing arrows on hand is pretty important - particularly in raiding situations) __________________ Nymaria

01-30-2006, 09:47 PM	#2
dubbs Loremaster Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 160	I usually buy my Hunting arrows from the merchant in Maj'dul. When you zone in and go through the big wooden doors, he's the first guy on the left, very easy to get to. He only sells the Fulginate Hunting Arrows, they cost a little over 3 Gold a stack. Just so everyone is clear, your Combat Abilites are not affected by arrow tier (tin, iron, feyiron, fulginate...) but your Auto-ranged Attack is. We may not use Auto-ranged that much, but when it is used, the damage difference is huge. __________________

01-30-2006, 10:34 PM	#3
Blixx0 Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 28	The arrow type makes so little diffrents it is not worth ever using high end arrows... Everyone keeps tell me how much more damage they do with Fulg arrows at 3 gp a stack. So I parsered it... 20 stacks of Iron Hunting arrows at 1gp and 20 stacks of Fulg Hunting arrows at 60gp... Poisons I am using arePhantasmic Visions :Stun target for 4 sec (15% proc rate 30 Proc)Bite of the Shissar :-871 disease/poison mitigation (20% proc rate 80 Proc)Adeste Disruption Rare :508dd + 82dd + 79/tick (25% proc rate 200 Proc)At level 58 I ran Roost, Vault of Dust, and Started The Santorium once each night killing everything in the zone. I made it 6 more mobs into the Samtorium with the Fulg Hunting arrowsStats self buffed Str 177 Int 177 Agi 220 Sta 185 Wis 156 Iron ArrowsI did 48% of my damage from poison procs, 6% from weapon proc, 5% from self buff proc, Combat Arts 36% , Auto-Fire 5% Total Int based damage was 58%Total Str Based damage was 42%Average DPS per shot 825 Fulg ArrowsI did 48% of my damage from poison procs, 6% from weapon proc, 5% from self buff proc, Combat Arts 35% , Auto-Fire 6% Total Int based damage was 58%Total Str Based damage was 42%Average DPS per shot 833Over all damage output was a 1.009% increase... For 59gp __________________ Chaos begot fear, fear crafted bestows discipline, through fear and discipline Norath shall be conquered, Cazic-Thule's wisdom be praised Blixx/Antonia Bayle(RP) Founder/Journeymen of the Overlord

01-30-2006, 10:42 PM	#4
Spectralmist Lord Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Atlanta, GA Posts: 123	Thanks for the above info. I'd wondered about that. I have a ton of iron slashers that I carry, but I was wondering if it was worth it to upgrade a bit. Now I know. I'm also glad I'm buffing my Int... __________________

01-31-2006, 12:26 AM	#6
Spectralmist Lord Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Atlanta, GA Posts: 123	The village merchants (Willow Wood, etc) all sell them as well. Not to hard to come by... __________________

01-30-2006, 11:12 PM	#5
Crychtonn Loremaster Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 684	You can also buy cheap Iron Hunting arrows from the merchant by the Lighthouse in Antonica. Very easy and quick to get to by using any of the Bells in Qeynos to zone to Antonica. Stacks of 99 are around 8s or somewhere close to that. Use Curse of the Djinn debuff poison (debuffs slash resist) and you'll get some real nice hits with these little T2 arrows.

01-31-2006, 04:45 PM	#7
supersupervisor Lord Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 63	so....im wasting my bloody muney for indium arrows?? whats the diff on them - 2.018%??? boy.... well its not like i buy arrows often - lol - my backup quiver is M1 - but its still mean - the DMG shud be way more o well...thats all i can think of for now! L8r! __________________ Angelofpain 70 Conjuror Splitpaw server Angeloftears 70 Warlock Splitpaw server Darknesses 60 Ranger Splitpaw server Flywithme 51 Berzerker Splitpaw server Fireforged 63 swashbuckler Darathar server Iceforged 25 monk Darathar Server

01-31-2006, 04:46 PM	#8
supersupervisor Lord Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 63	1 more thing - blix000 (or any1 else who knows) where do u get those dmg results - id like to see some of mine - if u mind telling me? ty in benifit __________________ Angelofpain 70 Conjuror Splitpaw server Angeloftears 70 Warlock Splitpaw server Darknesses 60 Ranger Splitpaw server Flywithme 51 Berzerker Splitpaw server Fireforged 63 swashbuckler Darathar server Iceforged 25 monk Darathar Server

01-31-2006, 08:15 PM	#9
Blixx0 Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 28	I am running a 3rd party parser program that sorts the combat /log. Do a search for EQ2 Parser... They are pretty easy to run and will tell you what is going on in the combat. __________________ Chaos begot fear, fear crafted bestows discipline, through fear and discipline Norath shall be conquered, Cazic-Thule's wisdom be praised Blixx/Antonia Bayle(RP) Founder/Journeymen of the Overlord

01-31-2006, 09:11 PM	#10
tom1301 Loremaster Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 40	Nice Info, Blixx000, thank you One more thing: Can you state on what level your combat arts where (most apprentice or possibly most at master), since this should have impact on the str-based damage vs. int-based damage ratio.I'd like to parse my damage for myself, but since i'm playing the german EQ2-version, there's pityfully no suitable parser.Thank you,tom1301

02-01-2006, 08:53 PM	#11
Blixx0 Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 28	Sorry you are correct... All of my skill are at Adept3 and all my gear is Legendary crafted... I was also running stun poisons full time for best arrow damage... My melee weapons were both piercing damage so I could exclude the damage from the arrows. Message Edited by Blixx000 on 02-01-200611:00 AM __________________ Chaos begot fear, fear crafted bestows discipline, through fear and discipline Norath shall be conquered, Cazic-Thule's wisdom be praised Blixx/Antonia Bayle(RP) Founder/Journeymen of the Overlord

02-02-2006, 01:28 AM	#12
Jay General Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 2,137	Blixx000 wrote: The arrow type makes so little diffrents it is not worth ever using high end arrows... Over all damage output was a 1.009% increase... For 59gp I think the point of the OP was to indicate another source of slashing arrows for use against pierce-resistant mobs. __________________