Hello Comunity, I wanted to ask some info on Hunter.. as it should be spec to run in solo? And that RA are more indicated as top (4l) after the fields of training. I had I had thought 50 launches 40 Bow 35 silence rest beastcraft.. or should 50/44 launches 40 beastcraft (for self yellow) 35 silence rest Bow? Thank you for the answers.. and apologies for the English little

If you want to kill something in RvR go for :

Spear 50, stealth 35, Beastcraft 43 and bow 15.

(strongest pets, all buffs except red d/q, max out melee-ability)



if u want to try to play it as an archer from time to time (but dont expect to pwn anything, even if i actually respecced to this after being full melee ) go for:

Spear 39, stealth 35, bow 45, BC 32

(Backstun, very good bow-ability, mediocre buffs)



and if u think u can neglect stealth then go for:

Bow 50, Beastcraft 42, Spear 39, stealth 1

(maxed out bow ability [for whatever this might be useful], good buffing/best pet, good melee ability [as good as spear can be, but since it is derived from str&dex id go for it anyways and not for sword + BS is very nice and lvl39 sword-stun-style is followup of blockstyle,so.......])


Edit: For going solo i would advice the first spec (melee spec).

I agree with Gemma, but I think when you do a bow hunter, then you don't need the backstun at 39 spear. The anytimer at 34 is also useless in PvP because the growthrate of Engage+Wounding Thrust is still the better anytimer.
Because of that, my Bow-Hunter in Thidranki was specced:
29 Spear
45 Bow
40 Beastcraft
rest Stealth (33 at 49)
As RA's you can take Purge1, MoS2-3, PD 2-3, AugDex, IP1

With Critshot and RapidFire you can do good damage until the enemy comes near to you, where you
a) run away (maybe in the water with nereid), get some distance, maybe use your speed, and then fire again to do more damage.
b) take a lvl49 dmgadd charge and hit the enemy with your spear. (you should also have a haste and dex barrel).
A good spear is the Long Claw of the Wulfen from yar, with a lvl49 lifedrain proc.

When you see stealthers, immediately fire your dmgadd charge and attack them to prevent them from PA'ing you. Press Purge at the beginning to cure their weapon poison. Use the after evade style Return Thrust with Engage as backup and use their followups. IgnorePain1 can be useful.

----------------------Ding! ---- Level 50 and 4L2! -------------------------

As fun as this was in Thid, it sucks in Agra. The most soloclasses you meet are stealthers with severe damage and friars with insane evade. You have the option to go to hadrians wall and charm a healpet (pictish druid), and then go back and get killed by a stealther duo or a fg ^_^

That's why I respeced to pure Melee Hunter:
50 Beastcraft (+93DexQui)
36(+14 atm) Stealth
44 Spear
Rest (9) Bow

I took Purge, PD3, MoS4(soon5) and I usually run around in groups now to detect stealthers and kick their ******' ass ^^
I even think about specing to:
50 Beastcraft
50 Spear
27 Bow
10 Stealth

Maybe with highRR, I can try to go solo again, but atm it's no fun.

Rector wrote:I agree with Gemma, but I think when you do a bow hunter, then you don't need the backstun at 39 spear.

If u do a bow hunter without stealth u should go for the backstun! Reason: You will almost ever run in grps where you stay near the casters/support (no sense firing your bow next to your dps`ler), if then some enemie melee comes for the casters/support you can switch to spear and buy 5 secs time for real melee to get the add.

If you go with stealth and run solo you will need the backstun in many situations where you meet on stealthers. Often you dont have enough time to get a good shot, better come from behind and stun them. You will be suprised how many "true" stealthers there are with lower stealthskill than yours (with 35 + 11 + rrspecbonus). Bow vs "true" stealthers is almost ever the wrong choice due to the following reasons:

1. You are very close to your target .......vice versa. Even vs "visibles" at max range its hard to get them down to a low hp-value (2-3 shots regular). Versus a skilled Nightshade its one critshot and then you`ll get his dd right into your face, and on top its not that unlikely that you miss with your shot, so no gain)

2. They almost ever won't do you the favor to stay still, so you will lose target often when they go out of view due to stealth.

3. Some stealthers dont play all the time with stick/face (they do want to bring o some nasty positionals sometimes too), so you even have the chance to run through them->face->BS (ok have to admit that this is a rare thing to accomplish^^) while already engaged in close combat.


However, that are all just my 2 cents. I guess there are and were some successful bow-hunters which will disagree with my thoughts and believes. Saying that i beg you mighty hunters : Raise your voice!!! And enlighten us about your mighty bow-ability and tactics (or how you are forced to use a certain GTAOE-attack as main-attackmode cause that is the only....mmh.. guess ill stop that right here, everythings said already)

As bow hunter I was most of the time solo, that's why I didnt miss the backstun. When I saw a stealther in front me, I attacked him immediately with anytimer and dmgaddcharge up.


This is one of the situations where bow-hunter in BG was fun =)

video link

woudlnt sword be a better way to go? or isnt there an after evade stun herè?

sword damage is 100% based on str, and as hunter you dont have much str, thats the problem.