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Hi all. Don’t know if I already posted here before so I’ll begin with long-time forum veteran of other forums, first time poster here. So I am right now playing a lot with my 1st alt (an at the moment level 69 Sylvari Ranger). I am right now on the road of bringing him to level 80. I’m doing a trial run with a gear set I picked up at level 65 and am wondering advice and opinions at level 80 because I don’t know if (at all) this gear set should be what I end up with at 80 and need some advice from fellow Rangers. My level 65 gear set is as follows:
level 65 Masterwork Valkyrie medium armor complete set (Power/Vit+Ferocity) with complete set of Superior Rune of the Ranger (escalating Precision/Ferocity bonuses with +7% dmg bonus with a pet in combat)
level 65 Assassin’s Longbow with Superior Sigils of Air and Frailty
level 65 Assassin Sword and Dagger combo with Superior Sigil of Earth on sword and Superior Sigil of Venom on dagger
level 65 set of Emerald Platinum jewelry (Power/+Precision+Toughness)
level 65 Assassin’s Harpoon Gun and Spear with Superior sigil of Earth and Hobbling on the Harpoon Gun and Superior Sigil of Earth and Frailty on the Spear)
Ranger pets: Black Bear (land primary), Alpine Wolf (land secondary), Armorfish (sea primary), Shark (sea secondary)
My initial thoughts on the build is while I see a lot of direct damage coming from the character (and can usually drop enemies to my level who get past my bear before they get close to me because I usually critically hit enemies up the wazoo) the weaknesses I see is that his total HP is anemically low with the build and there have been times where I have been surrounded by enemies that got past the bear and I barely made it out alive even with good movement and use of skills. Plus I designed my sigil set in that each sigil (except Superior Sigil of Air) boosts performance of a condition the weapon already inflicts with its skill.
Those are my initial thoughts. If I keep this build the one thing I might change is Jewelry at 80. From a Platinum Emerald set to a Azurite set for the Power/Toughness/Vitality combo. Also if I keep this build into level 80 my armor at 80 will be exotic level, weapons and jewelry will be rare level. But of what I’ve done at 65 and aside from my own thoughts on it what are yours? My goal for the Ranger is to be an all range consistent crit hit damage dealer who unlike a “glass cannon” build can take at least 2-3 big hits before being in trouble. Thanks in advance for thoughts and advice and until next time I am out!