Ranger play style

tony · June 16, 2011, 08:30

Hi all,

I've been a regular if infrequent player over the years, but I've always played a Mage. I've noticed that currently at cLvl 3? I'm playing more like a weak warrior with utility spells. Relying on Anduril for kills and spells for escaping etc..

Just having got the ammo branding spell I realised how nice this could be so I thought I'd try and play a Ranger for a change.

The thing is I can't see how you would play when you use up consumables (arrows etc) so quickly. Playing test characters I seemed to go through 99 arrows in a couple of levels!

Do you simply recall back to town often and stock up? Do you save arrows for bigger fights and use a melee weapon 90% of the time?

Any tips would be appreciated!

(and yes, I've read all threads about rangers already on here, but no-one specifically mentioned the arrow problem.

)

dos350 · June 16, 2011, 11:41

carry lot of arrow,

Derakon · June 16, 2011, 15:18

At first I thought you said you were at clvl 3 and was wondering how the heck you'd found Anduril already.

Rangers do a lot of melee to augment their ranged combat, yeah. Big targets can be killed entirely with ranged, or softened up before melee starts, but for small targets it's simply not worth the bother and broken ammo to shoot them to death. Ranger melee is the worst of the hybrid classes but it's not bad.

tony · June 16, 2011, 17:06

Thanks guys!

ChodTheWacko · June 16, 2011, 18:34

Yea, there's no need to waste arrows unless you need to.
For a while your melee weapon does far more damage than your ranged attack anyway!

- Frank

Derakon · June 16, 2011, 19:05

Of course, having a ranged, spammable attack (not limited by your SP) is quite nice even if its per-turn damage doesn't match what you can do in melee.

June 16, 2011, 08:30	#1
tony Rookie Join Date: Jun 2011 Posts: 11	Ranger play style Hi all, I've been a regular if infrequent player over the years, but I've always played a Mage. I've noticed that currently at cLvl 3? I'm playing more like a weak warrior with utility spells. Relying on Anduril for kills and spells for escaping etc.. Just having got the ammo branding spell I realised how nice this could be so I thought I'd try and play a Ranger for a change. The thing is I can't see how you would play when you use up consumables (arrows etc) so quickly. Playing test characters I seemed to go through 99 arrows in a couple of levels! Do you simply recall back to town often and stock up? Do you save arrows for bigger fights and use a melee weapon 90% of the time? Any tips would be appreciated! (and yes, I've read all threads about rangers already on here, but no-one specifically mentioned the arrow problem. )

June 16, 2011, 11:41	#2
dos350 Knight Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: nimbin, australia Posts: 542	carry lot of arrow, __________________ ~eek Reality hits you -more- S+++++++++++++++++++

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June 16, 2011, 15:18	#3
Derakon Prophet Join Date: Dec 2009 Posts: 9,024	At first I thought you said you were at clvl 3 and was wondering how the heck you'd found Anduril already. Rangers do a lot of melee to augment their ranged combat, yeah. Big targets can be killed entirely with ranged, or softened up before melee starts, but for small targets it's simply not worth the bother and broken ammo to shoot them to death. Ranger melee is the worst of the hybrid classes but it's not bad.

June 16, 2011, 17:06	#4
tony Rookie Join Date: Jun 2011 Posts: 11	Thanks guys!

June 16, 2011, 18:34	#5
ChodTheWacko Adept Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 155	Yea, there's no need to waste arrows unless you need to. For a while your melee weapon does far more damage than your ranged attack anyway! - Frank

June 16, 2011, 19:05	#6
Derakon Prophet Join Date: Dec 2009 Posts: 9,024	Of course, having a ranged, spammable attack (not limited by your SP) is quite nice even if its per-turn damage doesn't match what you can do in melee.

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