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Gareorn · 01-30-2007, 12:27 AM

RagingWolf wrote:

Its funny carrying arrows doesn't require math

It does if you bring your "A" game. On average, a Ranger will burn ~1k arrows an hour while raiding or clearing a heroic instance. Thanks to Rabbitfly who posted early in the "Arrows" thread (which you might want to read), you can summon the following:

adept 1 - 9 hours and 30 minutes = 2000 arrows
adept 3 - 7 hours and 20 minutes = 2000 arrows
Master 1 - 5 hours and 30 minutes =2000 arrows

Assuming you have the M1 version, it takes 5 hours and 30 minutes to make 2K arrows. In the same amount of time, you have burned 5.5K arrows. If you started with 4k arrows, at the end of the night, assuming you raided for 5.5 hours and you summoned arrows at every opportunity exactly when it was available, you'll only have 1.5k left in your bags. In order to get your arrow supply back up to 4k for tomorrow nights raid, you need almost 7 hours of down time to summon more arrows. Either that, or you go purchase 2.5K arrows. Rinse and repeat for your 3rd raid night and again for your 4th.

As you can see, the ability to carry more arrows doesn't even come into play. Because eventually, you are going to run out of arrows. If you chose to spend points in the AA to double your arrow making capacity, that's up to you. I submit that it is wrong to make one DPS class waste 5 of their AA points to ease their raid costs when they are only class that has to pay to raid in the first place. It's a nice gesture, but at the most, it just means that you don't have to buy as many arrows. You will still have to buy arrows though. Besides, the 5 AA points spent to help with a person's arrow woes, would better serve the raid force if spent in a DPS increasing ability.

Eventually, you will get to the point where you are spending plat to raid just like the rest of us. And your post will start out something like... "Now I see what you all meant about the arrows. I can't keep up anymore." And when you do, the rest of us get to line up to smack you in the back of the head. That's if any of us are still here.

Edit: Anytime there is math in one of my posts, you can expect an edit. :smileytongue:

Message Edited by Gareorn on 01-29-2007 12:04 PM

01-30-2007, 12:27 AM	#27
Gareorn Loremaster Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 1,144	RagingWolf wrote: Its funny carrying arrows doesn't require math It does if you bring your "A" game. On average, a Ranger will burn ~1k arrows an hour while raiding or clearing a heroic instance. Thanks to Rabbitfly who posted early in the "Arrows" thread (which you might want to read), you can summon the following: adept 1 - 9 hours and 30 minutes = 2000 arrows adept 3 - 7 hours and 20 minutes = 2000 arrows Master 1 - 5 hours and 30 minutes =2000 arrows Assuming you have the M1 version, it takes 5 hours and 30 minutes to make 2K arrows. In the same amount of time, you have burned 5.5K arrows. If you started with 4k arrows, at the end of the night, assuming you raided for 5.5 hours and you summoned arrows at every opportunity exactly when it was available, you'll only have 1.5k left in your bags. In order to get your arrow supply back up to 4k for tomorrow nights raid, you need almost 7 hours of down time to summon more arrows. Either that, or you go purchase 2.5K arrows. Rinse and repeat for your 3rd raid night and again for your 4th. As you can see, the ability to carry more arrows doesn't even come into play. Because eventually, you are going to run out of arrows. If you chose to spend points in the AA to double your arrow making capacity, that's up to you. I submit that it is wrong to make one DPS class waste 5 of their AA points to ease their raid costs when they are only class that has to pay to raid in the first place. It's a nice gesture, but at the most, it just means that you don't have to buy as many arrows. You will still have to buy arrows though. Besides, the 5 AA points spent to help with a person's arrow woes, would better serve the raid force if spent in a DPS increasing ability. Eventually, you will get to the point where you are spending plat to raid just like the rest of us. And your post will start out something like... "Now I see what you all meant about the arrows. I can't keep up anymore." And when you do, the rest of us get to line up to smack you in the back of the head. That's if any of us are still here. Edit: Anytime there is math in one of my posts, you can expect an edit. :smileytongue: Message Edited by Gareorn on 01-29-2007 12:04 PM __________________ Leader of the vast right-wing conspiricy... Hiding from the world's smartest woman in a bunker under a Hooter's restaurant.