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Old 02-26-2008, 11:23 AM  
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Here we go!!
I am a Ranger of 70 levels. I soloed to 70 and in the near future I plan on raiding T8 with my ranger once I hit 80. I need some advice! I am asking these questions in a raiding context so please only post reply that a regarding a raid setting. I have some idea's and assumptions of what my answers will be but for the sake of time I'm just asking from a Raiding Ranger's standpoint.

1. What stat's should I be concentrating on.
2. What AA lines should I be going down.
3. Combat art cycle's. (I am aware of timing of auto attacks and double attacks.
4. Any specific gear/addornments that I should work on obtaining.

I know this is alot of information to be asking and if you tell me to piss off I'll understand...

Thanks in advance!
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Old 02-26-2008, 11:32 AM  
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Im sure there is at least three threads on each of these topics here in this forum. >.<
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Old 02-26-2008, 12:08 PM  
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AA LINES PRED.
agil. int. str. take end ability in agil some debate on str vrs int end ability i have tried both and depends on your grp and raid setup. int end line seems to the majority.
AA RANGER
Take the focus line, poison line,and double attack line . The rest you can either spread between your roots or pathfinding or (god forbid) SOA
STATS
str,int ,agil is only for power pool. Some sta and wis.
CA cycle
There are some post here on this. It mostly a preference and depends on your bow. With 9 sec delay it aa then 2 cas then aa rinse repeat. You can however throw in a few. I use coverage i havent had much trouble using it, some however hate the spell, but it does help on stealth fire and sniper . Some will tell you sniper not worth it. Timed at the end of a fight ,with the mob low on hit points it has it uses.
GEAR
Non raid gear. There alot of gear and has been discussed in alot forums, but u want to mix range crit,range da,haste adornments ,same as before, str int dps mod haste. I carry a couple each of piece for resist, but again resist arnt a high priority as str and int and crit and da stuff. Trooper scale boots are nice. Some quest reward and merchant faction stuff is nice. Get faction in tarens grasp, get quest for earing of waste hunter, thugga neck from quest.

Last bit advice for raiding, carry arrows for what your going after. I currently use 2 , field and bodkin. Field on yellow and up mobs , (ie most raid zones ) bodkin on places like Pr. Raiding as ranger means one thing. Out dps the avg mages and scouts. Cause a good mage or a well played brigand ,swashy, gona be equel to you in rok. IMO. I personally dont top the parse in my guild in most raid zones with a sickass assassin, good warlock , awesome brigand, a very well played necro, so it depends on those around you. But i can and do hold my own. Enough to be wanted on raid anyway.
Have not yet raided VP, but close , so i have to let others tell you thier horror stories from there.

This has been discussed in length in these forums. I would like to however here about what some the top rangers are using for ca cycles. I has been a while and alot changes to spells have come about.
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Old 02-26-2008, 12:09 PM  
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you should just betray to assassin til they help rangers out because as an assassin you will put out far more dps, and you wont spend as much money on arrows
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Old 02-26-2008, 12:23 PM  
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you should just betray to assassin til they help rangers out because as an assassin you will put out far more dps, and you wont spend as much money on arrows
THE QUESTION WAS ABOUT RANGERS ASSHAT. YOU WANT TO BE ASS GO BE ONE. SOME OF US LIKE BEING RANGERS AND DONT TAKE THE COWARDS WAY OUT . GO BACK TO ASSASSINS BOARD SUCK EACH OTHERS DICKS AND WAIT FOR THE BAT TO HIT YOU ALL IN THE BALLS !!!!!

Why is it when some ask a simple question and ask for help your whiny bitchass mofos have to come here and say this crap. I believe their plenty post about betrayal go read them. Leave the ranger alone let them learn and become hopefully become one the few rangers that when we do out parse the assassin in some fights . You go screaming in to the nite . NERF NERF NERF THE RANGER OMG 1 BEAT ME ON THE PARSE 1 TIME . THERE EPIC TOO GOOD .
Please take the assassin crap to thier boards. If this ranger wanted to be ass hat like you they would have posted on that board saying how do i turn myself into an asshole.

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Old 02-26-2008, 01:27 PM  
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LOL @ the Assasin....and yes i've seen many of my questions answered on here and yes their posts are dated but good god pages and pages of forums and I spent a good 8 hours pouring through these pages...and it's hard to tell what has been changed and what hasn't...Please help a fellow ranger be lazy...This ranger was the first toon i created when coming to eq2...I stopped playing her regularly in her 30's cause it wasn't an eq1 ranger Yet, I never gave up on her, and soloing through the levels I never noticed half the nerfs that have been mentioned here. I have noticed one saying tho "I'm going to work with what i'm given...and I'm going to make rangers proud everwhere....or at least i hope so.....if not /delete my toon and pretend i never existed...

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Old 02-26-2008, 01:40 PM  
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I have been a ranger since dec 04 and will be one till i decide to leave game.
DELLONA most the info here is current and you can read thru it and i recommend you do if you plan to start raiding. There are alot good pointers here. To be a ranger you can point and shoot. To be a raid ranger though learn adapt to your group and one day owe an assassin and when you do. SPANK THAT MOTHER.
(got nothing against assassins just assholes that play assassins. Most are good people and know our dilemma and feel for it. Some are just asses.)
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Old 02-26-2008, 02:35 PM  
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THE QUESTION WAS ABOUT RANGERS ASSHAT. YOU WANT TO BE ASS GO BE ONE. SOME OF US LIKE BEING RANGERS AND DONT TAKE THE COWARDS WAY OUT . GO BACK TO ASSASSINS BOARD SUCK EACH OTHERS DICKS AND WAIT FOR THE BAT TO HIT YOU ALL IN THE BALLS !!!!!

Why is it when some ask a simple question and ask for help your whiny bitchass mofos have to come here and say this crap. I believe their plenty post about betrayal go read them. Leave the ranger alone let them learn and become hopefully become one the few rangers that when we do out parse the assassin in some fights . You go screaming in to the nite . NERF NERF NERF THE RANGER OMG 1 BEAT ME ON THE PARSE 1 TIME . THERE EPIC TOO GOOD .
Please take the assassin crap to thier boards. If this ranger wanted to be ass hat like you they would have posted on that board saying how do i turn myself into an asshole.
I think you read a bit far into Pheelin's words... Honestly, I think you are over-reacting to a sentence designed as a farce on SOE.
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that's one helluvan angry ranger rofl
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Old 02-26-2008, 03:56 PM  
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YEP Im tired of everyone answer being just betray.
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