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Skill point struggle.

Posted: Sun Mar 09, 2014 2:17 am
by Eik
Currently I am 107.
The skill I'm using are:
Steady aim (32/25)
Sharpen wep (25/25)
Double shot (23/24)
Light heal(24/25)

Stats are:
Strength-255
Dexterity-175/295
Focus-10
Vitality-120
My problem is with my skill set up i have 13 extra skill points just sitting there. I dont know where to put them. I dont know what to do with them. Do I need to change skills? I would just dump them into rapid but I feel thats a waste.

Re: Skill point struggle.

Posted: Sun Mar 09, 2014 2:47 am
by Candies
Lmao. You didn't max light heal... You should dump those str points into dex because dex will increase your buffs. Then max out:

Sharpshot-Max
Sharpen-Max
Double-Max
Lightheal-Max
Steady-Rest

Re: Skill point struggle.

Posted: Sun Mar 09, 2014 3:42 am
by Landoril
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Currently I am 107.
The skill I'm using are:
Steady aim (32/25)
Sharpen wep (25/25)
Double shot (23/24)
Light heal(24/25)

Stats are:
Strength-255
Dexterity-175/295
Focus-10
Vitality-120
My problem is with my skill set up i have 13 extra skill points just sitting there. I dont know where to put them. I dont know what to do with them. Do I need to change skills? I would just dump them into rapid but I feel thats a waste.
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Looking at your Stats: The Ranger And Rogue "rule" someone always quotes on the Forums is (ignoring Vit) 1:2:2 or 2:1:2 ie Str:Dex:Vit.

Your build is in between both options and while you gain some advantages of both you don't get the high benefits. But a lot of people like that even build.


For your skills: I think they are pretty good. If you have haste gloves rapid is not needed really.

I would always max steady and light heal. Steady gives attack and dmg. Sharpen is ok but if you solo the group buff can be ignored.

If you go Dex then i would use sharp shot for the remainder of the points. Many dont like it but if you use JUST after an auto it seems Insta cause the next auto will have two numbers over the mob. The higher the Dex the higher the dmg and it has a small cool down.

Just my opinion.

Re: Skill point struggle.

Posted: Sun Mar 09, 2014 5:50 pm
by Candies
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Currently I am 107.
The skill I'm using are:
Steady aim (32/25)
Sharpen wep (25/25)
Double shot (23/24)
Light heal(24/25)

Stats are:
Strength-255
Dexterity-175/295
Focus-10
Vitality-120
My problem is with my skill set up i have 13 extra skill points just sitting there. I dont know where to put them. I dont know what to do with them. Do I need to change skills? I would just dump them into rapid but I feel thats a waste.
.

Looking at your Stats: The Ranger And Rogue "rule" someone always quotes on the Forums is (ignoring Vit) 1:2:2 or 2:1:2 ie Str:Dex:Vit.

Your build is in between both options and while you gain some advantages of both you don't get the high benefits. But a lot of people like that even build.


For your skills: I think they are pretty good. If you have haste gloves rapid is not needed really.

I would always max steady and light heal. Steady gives attack and dmg. Sharpen is ok but if you solo the group buff can be ignored.

If you go Dex then i would use sharp shot for the remainder of the points. Many dont like it but if you use JUST after an auto it seems Insta cause the next auto will have two numbers over the mob. The higher the Dex the higher the dmg and it has a small cool down.

Just my opinion.
Agreed :D

Re: Skill point struggle.

Posted: Wed Mar 12, 2014 3:18 am
by Napol
I agree but the extra pts should go into sharpen not steady. Steady should be maxed first.

Re: Skill point struggle.

Posted: Wed Mar 12, 2014 1:38 pm
by Hawkye
Currently I am 107.
The skill I'm using are:
Steady aim (32/25)
Sharpen wep (25/25)
Double shot (23/24)
Light heal(24/25)

Stats are:
Strength-255
Dexterity-175/295
Focus-10
Vitality-120
My problem is with my skill set up i have 13 extra skill points just sitting there. I dont know where to put them. I dont know what to do with them. Do I need to change skills? I would just dump them into rapid but I feel thats a waste.
Put them in rapid shot

Re: Skill point struggle.

Posted: Wed Mar 12, 2014 2:19 pm
by Landarin
If you have 300 dex, I dont know why you would need steady aim yet. I would drop steady for sharpshot or entangle myself. One hit with sharpshot would be more than any damage bonus from steady. Or, if you have survivability issues, entangle will solve that problem.

In my experience at your level I would go for something closer to this

str 200
dex 300
vit 200-250

sharpshot
doubleshot
sharpen weapons
entangle
rest in rapid
(every build should always assume max LHeal imo)

I found the key to 100-120 is to do the most damage as possible in the least amount of time. I think maxing rapid or putting too many points in rapid while you use skills like sharpshot and double is a waste since they tend to overlap each other. Sharpen weapons gives you added damage without a cast time, but an argument can be made that 1 or 2 longshots per mob will do more damage than sharpen can.

I have a hard time getting rid of entangle while leveling, it lessens the amount of time between kills by a ton, it allows me to handle adds with ease and it helps me forget when I dont have money for pots and lixes.

Re: Skill point struggle.

Posted: Wed Mar 12, 2014 9:44 pm
by Candies
Meh. I use entangle now because I have no choice,cause I'm in close quarter combat and I'll be taking heavy damage, but I wouldn't recommend it for a ranger with a bow...

Re: Skill point struggle.

Posted: Thu Mar 13, 2014 8:36 am
by Ability
Meh. I use entangle now because I have no choice,cause I'm in close quarter combat and I'll be taking heavy damage, but I wouldn't recommend it for a ranger with a bow...
I think it's very usefull when you're on knucks.

Re: Skill point struggle.

Posted: Thu Mar 13, 2014 8:42 am
by Ability
Currently I am 107.
The skill I'm using are:
Steady aim (32/25)
Sharpen wep (25/25)
Double shot (23/24)
Light heal(24/25)

Stats are:
Strength-255
Dexterity-175/295
Focus-10
Vitality-120
My problem is with my skill set up i have 13 extra skill points just sitting there. I dont know where to put them. I dont know what to do with them. Do I need to change skills? I would just dump them into rapid but I feel thats a waste.
Put them in rapid shot
Agreed. My rapid is at 13 i believe and i like it lol :)