Danny wrote:

Isador wrote:1.RF2 only has a lower endurance cost.
2.Rapid Fire, except of Sureshot, still does least damage over time.
3.The "drop casters fast"-thing will change a bit in the higher levels.

Wow, thanks a lot for the info! That really helps. I wasn't entirely pleased with my old spec, so now I can spread out the skill points a bit, I'll see...

(EDITED)

40PF (Last Dex/Qui buff)
35Bow (RF1)
44 (Pierce)

Didn't have time to finish that before, so I will now.

40PF
35Bow
39Pierce
18CD
35Stealth

30 points left. But I'm not entirely happy with that spec either. I'm thinking if I should go 30 stealth or 35 stealth. Is there a major difference? Bah... I'll just put an extra point into CD and be done with it. Leaves me with 11 skill points. Oh well Time to play since my guild has CK in Braemar.

Oh, PS, any suggestions about how I should alter this spec are welcome. I hate having any extra points over.

Final spec will be Edited...

40Bow
40PF
39Pierce
18CD
30Stealth

And that's FINAL (Until higher RR at least)

looks not bad

Only 40 bow? (/shakes head no) Archer class? maximum bow. What is the point of having an archer and not focusing bow damage? I would get a semi-tank or something like and use a short bow then. Or a mid Hunter instead of ranger/scout.

Ranger and Hunter do well in melee combat, too. scout - not really

IMO you stealth is a bit low, else it's some nice spec.

Rufus = Bierbaard right?
You never saw a melee ranger on live
You can´t onehit a enemy in emain with your bow as you might think and 40 bow is enough hmn 30stealth hmn with 50 30+11 +rr so the stealth isn´t so bad ... Danny if you go 34 pierce you can spec more Stealth so you are harder to find and you deals good damage with 34 pierce

@Rufus, there is not much difference between bow spec + rr + item = 50 or bow spec = 50.

Ara << bierbaard

btw im the skald u killed bt i was lvl 27 so i dont worry^^

aragorn oki i jsut kill da caster in thidranki 1 shot and im lvl 42 tehy lvl 46

<< bierbaard

i could not find my old acc for forum and i forget pasword and email that why my name is no longer bierbaard

50 bow
50 PF

Super bow damage!
er... you will hit like a deseased rat in melee but... talk about archery!

rufis ure crazy ure gonna hit like a granny with a walking stick bt with bow ure gonna insta kill them most i think ^^

At lvl 40 (if I get a free respec then) or higher RR, I respec to

40PF
50CD
39Pierce
18Bow
5Stealth

Yay hehehe . You would need to do a lot of shoot-run-hide. It worked very well for me (scout), imagine if with the extras of maximum PF too...

trust me rufis it works^^ im ranger

Razzer wrote:On classic Server melee Ranger do well, because they benefit from their self buffs and do decent damage against other stealther.

On this note, I would like to add that I do not believe this to be the case on uthgard from my own playing experience. The performance is actually sub par than to what I recall reading from the critshot forums. I need to do more damage testing on uthgard but something seems very wrong in general with the damage across the board (including bow) for ranger (and perhaps other hibernian melee specs as well). Some examples include me hitting chain wearers with max melee resist using slash styles for more damage than i hit mid studded users or leather users (both of which should be vulnerable to slash).