…that I made the ranger class look interesting for the first time.
So I though I would share how I found it fun to play and how I chose my own path without asking everyone what is the “best” built for the class because there is no best way but how you and only yourself enjoy what you do as a ranger.
When I first start the class, what got into me was the desire to help other with heal and buff support making sure people stay alive while we adventure. So I decide that the spirit was the good way for me to go. Upon leveling I realize that they were a pain to;
1-Casting them was long during a fight.
2-By the time I end up the animation “of casting” they would already be dead.
3-I had to choose the right time to cast them because of their “recast timer”.
Then I realise it was not much different than the engineer turret except the casting time. To fix the problem I though why not use the “zephyr” skill first to cast very fast and then cast 2 spiris of my choice and by doing that I had time to start hitting after they are spawn and keep aggro on me.
As far as the buffs with the proper enhanced trait they quite do their job like a Guardians virtue does just more random and more often.
As using weapon I never liked bows fighting personally and when I saw the all the choice of weapons we are given plus the “swap” option I though to simple choose style I like on one swap and use the second swap with additional effect to complement my main weapon which end up giving myself incredible fun result. Let me explain it this way;
First swap set I use:
Main hand:Axe (Allows me to have some range atack.)
Off hand: Torch (Allows me to put a field of fire which enhanced all my axe throw with brn damage and to see better in caves and dungeon because of the light.)
Second swap set:
2-hand sword (because it’s my favorite weapon)
When I start a battle I first use my axe and torch from a distance to put a fire combo field and burn the ennemies "Remember axes bounce between ennemies. Before the fire field end I swap my weapons for my 2-hand sword use my “sweep” skill to generate a fire shield around me. By that time I have put a few bleed effect and burn effect on the monsters and you can see all the pretty “tic” of damage over them dieing rather much faster.
But thats not all… While also my pet does damage I also though why not add some interesting rune on the weapon. I found some that for exemple make monster around you bleed or poison or chilld them when you swap weapon to this rune. Adding a “Rune of geomency” on my sword and on my axe allowed me to add an area of effct bleeding every time I swap my weapon and it all stack with all the bleed and burn damage I am already doing so the more I swap the more intense condition I make the ennemies.
To add to all this “healing spring” combo field and a pet with buff/heal I almost never ran out of health and the monstrs drops like flies while I have fun fire effect on my screen and sudden swapping earth spikes spawing to hurt the monsters around me and my spirits who give me chance to add even more effect in the total.
Am I having? Frak yes and I love it because I chose to make it fun… and between all of you and me, who care if I end up licking the ground sometime? It’s just another fun challenge to test me to try a different tactic of gameplay. There is no perfect build but the build you " choose" to have fun with. Not what the neighborhood say is good.
Enjoy and have fun.