Hi everyone,
I have been playing EQ2 since 2 years ago, have always played Mage class in any RPG game, and same in EQ2, Necro and Illusionist. I started on AB, and been doing top DPS for all that time without any problems.
3 months ago i decided to check out PvP after quitting just before RoK came out and getting disappointed by AoC, I loved it, was playing Warden, Warlock for the first 2 months.
A month ago i decided to make a Ranger, i'm having a blast of course playing him, everyone does 
. He's now level 46, and i don't think i have trouble with DPS really, but i want to reach max potential. I can't get Fabled and stuff like that, but i try my best to balance my gear.
Couple of things i did ... first i noticed that when i got MC42 gear i had like 375 STR, VERY low resists. Now i went for Treasured/Legendary gear, with +CA Damage. That put my CA damage back to how it was with all that STR (got lower STR, will say how much in a bit), maybe 150 damage less on my 2k+ Hidden Fire, but the rest of the CAs are the same, here's the shocker to hardcore Rangers (who will for sure call me a n00b), i have only 235 STR. My resists are 2k all nearly, my health is 4k, mit is 37%, avoid is 27% in offense. My total +CA Damage is 180. My bow damage went down from 570 to 480 or something on the max because of the STR drop.
I have 69 AAs, full INT and AGI line, full Extension line. My logic is that i need to defend myself from those melee classes who see me on track and i can't hit them hard and fast enough before they come close, they already saw me coming, that's the first 5 points in that line, i use that stance only if i go into melee, the extension just gives me 8m more on my bow and more hit chance.
I use Longarm to hit from faaaar away, works great, works awesome on runners.
I use DoT (Hemo) Poison, works great on runners also, i use Fettering and Warding Ebb till i hit 50/52 to use the one that decreases defense.
I use Intox then stealth, then use Steady Aim, then Hidden Fire, then ranged back attack (snare one, forgot its name), Honed Reflexes then Feral Instinct, then fast cast CAs (2, one has deaggro and other fire damage), then the slow ones ... Triple Shot, Trick Shot, Miracle Shot. If in the middle of those he starts running at me, i use Leg Shot when he gets in range (has 42m range, the rest have 58m). When in melee range, i switch Defense Stance, i cast my defense reduction, then Kerra mit debuff, then poison debuff (INT line), then stun/snare, and sprint away casting Leg Shot in the middle.
Now, my question is ... lol ... what am i doing wrong? I know i'm doing something n00bish in all this, if not everything, so i would REALLY appreciate any advice, any links to EQ2Flames for advice, tell/link me everything you know/posted/learned from please, even raiding advice. I already read everything i can on these forums. Just need more to make sure i didn't miss anything.
Most go for full STR, but i got same damage without it with +CA Damage, that's just an example, that's why i listed all the above, to give you a full perspective about what i'm doing and what i noticed before giving my generic advice. I thought about just not thinking too much about gear and go with MC as usual, but i don't like following the herd, i want to 'think' about what i'm doing, resists really benefit me in PvP, my level 22 Ranger does great (or so i think o.0) in 1v1 just because of those resists.
Thank you guys in advance for every bit of advice you're going to give me, and know i'll use it well. And sorry about that long post.
OK first thing I noticed is that you have +ca gear. +CA gear is probably the worst buff for Rangers since our CAs suck so much. You should be lookin for RC and RDA gear. In genearl all things being equal it goes RDA>RC>DPS>CA>Haste (only b/c we self buff haste). If we did not self buff haste then CA would be last.You should also spec the Double Shot line before the Extension line. This line will give you way more DPS and kill people much faster.]Also, why are you using Hemo. I would think in PvP you would want to frontload all of your damage for the quick kill. Everyone in PvE uses CAustic because due to our proc rate with bows it does more damage on the ZW. Is there a special pvp reason for using Hemo?