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stryker268 · 07-05-2007, 04:13 PM

EQ2Magroo wrote:

Oh, and one other thing I mention to all the Rangers I group/raid with. Max out your STR value ! Why do people put all their effort into AGI ? CA damage is based on STR. 60% of our DPS comes from CAs. I've been in raids with Rangers who have 300 STR, and that's way less than half of what it "should" be.
Oh wow. I'm sorry but I really can't agree with this statement as a whole.   Yes, strength contributes alot to how how hard your attacks hit. But I don't agree with a ranger's CAs being 60% of our damage.
I've been playing with ACT and on our last couple raids I've found a couple interesting things.
   1) Auto-attack is anywhere from 40-48% of my total damage on raid.
2) Caustic poison does roughly 13-16% of my total damage
3) quick shot (proc off of our offensive stance) was about 6-8% of my damage
4) Power of Marr (proc off of Qeynos Kilij) was roughly 5-7% of my damage.
   In fact the ONLY CA that made it into the top 8 list of damage types was Triple Volley at about 3% of my total damage outpput.
Now granted, alot of the other procs came of of the CA's that I used. But in a strict snese the actual CAs only made up about 15% of the actual damage that I did.
While in raid i typically run around 700-750 str and about 400 int (Int being what increases your proc damage I believe.) My gear is pretty good except for my bow. Haven't been able to get my hands on top tier bow yet and I am using the Recurved Hearslinger. Once I get a good bow I can only see that as taking even more away from CA's as my auto-attack damage should be even higher.
While Str is very important, what people are really missing is the importance of Int in their damage. The Agi is only important to me because of the AGI AA line with the increased casting speed. I used to be speced STR-AGI until i re-geared and got some +Int equipment. Once i did this I changed my spec to AGI-INT. My parses went up by about 400-500 dps.
I guess what i am trying to say is that while Str is important, it is not the end all stat that we need. IMO Int is actually just as important and should not be ignored.
If I am missing something or my thinking is flawed please tell me. I am always trying to improve and would appreciate the help.

07-05-2007, 04:13 PM	#12
stryker268 Loremaster Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 30	EQ2Magroo wrote: Oh, and one other thing I mention to all the Rangers I group/raid with. Max out your STR value ! Why do people put all their effort into AGI ? CA damage is based on STR. 60% of our DPS comes from CAs. I've been in raids with Rangers who have 300 STR, and that's way less than half of what it "should" be. Oh wow. I'm sorry but I really can't agree with this statement as a whole. Yes, strength contributes alot to how how hard your attacks hit. But I don't agree with a ranger's CAs being 60% of our damage. I've been playing with ACT and on our last couple raids I've found a couple interesting things. 1) Auto-attack is anywhere from 40-48% of my total damage on raid. 2) Caustic poison does roughly 13-16% of my total damage 3) quick shot (proc off of our offensive stance) was about 6-8% of my damage 4) Power of Marr (proc off of Qeynos Kilij) was roughly 5-7% of my damage. In fact the ONLY CA that made it into the top 8 list of damage types was Triple Volley at about 3% of my total damage outpput. Now granted, alot of the other procs came of of the CA's that I used. But in a strict snese the actual CAs only made up about 15% of the actual damage that I did. While in raid i typically run around 700-750 str and about 400 int (Int being what increases your proc damage I believe.) My gear is pretty good except for my bow. Haven't been able to get my hands on top tier bow yet and I am using the Recurved Hearslinger. Once I get a good bow I can only see that as taking even more away from CA's as my auto-attack damage should be even higher. While Str is very important, what people are really missing is the importance of Int in their damage. The Agi is only important to me because of the AGI AA line with the increased casting speed. I used to be speced STR-AGI until i re-geared and got some +Int equipment. Once i did this I changed my spec to AGI-INT. My parses went up by about 400-500 dps. I guess what i am trying to say is that while Str is important, it is not the end all stat that we need. IMO Int is actually just as important and should not be ignored. If I am missing something or my thinking is flawed please tell me. I am always trying to improve and would appreciate the help.