Stridure

well if next LU things are not fixed for ammo and rangers you can expect to find one less ranger logging in....im tired of being put on the top shelf to gather dust while alot of the other classes are polished daily and put in nice glass case for everyone to admire

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Dantel

Lol, that's an interesting way to put it.

I've been having fun on PvP, playing an SK and Coercer just to screw around. Just waiting to see what the changes will be. It's pretty fun actually

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feldon30

State of our Class -- totally fucking borked.

The "arrow fix" nerfs arrow damage by 20-40%.

I am starting to think a ranger is an assassin who hasn't finished their betrayal quest.

I am lvl 68 Ranger. IT was my first alt (My conjy is 72). Why in the world would I go to all the trouble to get special bows when they aren't going to do shit for damage?

Safana

It's funny how you idiots are repeating shit you have read somewhere without knowing anything. Arrow damage is only decreased for t7 ammo (dt ammo) because that ammo now is lvl65 (and does not scale to 80 therefore). Damage for t8 ammo (ferrite) is increased by ~3-5%. Not sure about the hit ratio, but is was around 95% in SoH yesterday.
Also:
- we get str imbued rings procing from ranged (which increases a very important stat for us, that we are low on normally)
- we get increased damage (and faster casting on some) of our low recast CAs
- we get CoB proccing on ranged (yes, they added that again, hope it remains this time)

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Crychtonn - Bylar

My biggest let down with the changes is that the distance from mob portion on Coverage hasn't been dropped.

Wesda

Mobs proximity (even non aggro ones) is my main concern with coverage... but it's true that with epic bow, distance if a joke... (+20% bonus staying in 0-5m range, or coverage for... +20% bonus...)

Hexus

After playing with coverage a bit, you can use a stealth skill like Rear Shot on the move, coverage after you've backed up, and then move back into the bonus range for the mythical pretty easily for a double bonus before the coverage bonus expires.

Just requires some creative thinking, they'll probably nerf rear shot next.

/shrug

-Hexus-

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Vailenn

Yea Hex I've been jousting out like that with coverage for some time now. Although I have to agree with Crychtonn that it's a pain in the ass.

Someone said this was a perfect example proving SoE has absolutely no fuckin' clue about the ranger class. I would have to agree that it certainly hits the bullseye as a good example of thier lack of understanding.

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speedycerv

another prob besides repeating arrows and coverage, is the attack hawk that is pretty cool except it NEVER HITS THE MOB. It's supposed to transfer agro but only if it hits the mob, which in cases for raids, never hits. 37 swings 0 hits. gg taken off hotbar.

Safana

Wrong... either you are blind, dumb or both.
- look into your outgoing damage tab (check pet hits mob in chat options)
- look at the damage numbers (kinda yellow by default) displayed over the mobs head
- look at attack hawk in your outgoing damage in ACT, misses are displayed seperatly (pet as combatant)

Master 1 Hawk Attack did 36 DPS in VP Wing 1 and 2 and had a tohit of 69%

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