Decision time.

[Sharnath]

I've been toying with the idea of turning my sword and board ranger into a archer. I currently use an 8x hcw one hander and wanted to know a bit about the feasibilty of both sword/board and archer as a ranger. I'll list my stats and such and thank you all in advance for your opinions.

Sharnath
Weed Mage.

Sharnath (at level 55), your current skill bonuses and ranks (including all modifiers) are:
Skill Name | Current Current
| Bonus Ranks
Armor Use..........................| 140 40
Shield Use.........................| 158 58
Combat Maneuvers...................| 164 64
Edged Weapons......................| 214 114
Ambush.............................| 165 65
Physical Fitness...................| 114 28
Dodging............................| 157 57
Harness Power......................| 154 54
Survival...........................| 172 72
Stalking and Hiding................| 192 92
Perception.........................| 159 59
Climbing...........................| 105 25
Swimming...........................| 105 25
First Aid..........................| 172 72

Spell Lists
Minor Spirit.......................| 20

Spell Lists
Ranger.............................| 37
Training Points: 37 Phy 36 Mnt


Normal (Bonus) ... Enhanced (Bonus)
Strength (STR): 95 (22) ... 95 (22)
Constitution (CON): 70 (10) ... 70 (10)
Dexterity (DEX): 100 (35) ... 100 (35)
Agility (AGI): 90 (25) ... 90 (25)
Discipline (DIS): 82 (11) ... 82 (11)
Aura (AUR): 84 (22) ... 84 (22)
Logic (LOG): 66 (8) ... 66 (8)
Intuition (INT): 100 (25) ... 100 (25)
Wisdom (WIS): 90 (20) ... 90 (20)
Influence (INF): 47 (-1) ... 47 (-1)

[Silvanostar]

How would you train in ranged + ohe + shield + cm?

Thats quite a lot of tps you'd be needing

[Clipt]

They wouldnt be?

[Drew]

Lots of people do OHE + archery, you just have to give up a lot of secondary skills and realize you won't be ultra efficient at either. It's really hard to screw up a ranger though, so it's possible to do. Personally I would just go with archery, you can always fixskill back in less than a year or buy a fixskill potion if you hate it.


Rangers are supposed to be archers these days, all our skills are being tweaked to nudge us in that direction.

[Sharnath]

I guess I should have been a bit more specific.. I will either stay sword/board or reallocate completely to an archer. I suppose I was wondering about the feasibilty of the ranger archer in the late game. I constantly cringe in fear of losing my weapon and as an archer its not near as hard to replace a 4x bow as it is to replace an 8x hcw one hander. Just looking for some input from some of the ranger archers in the room. Thanks again in advance.

Sharnath
Weed Mage

[Stunseed]

Your ability to kill faster will increase, as will your lack of defense. You will either depend on a physical structure to lessen your pain, or hide constantly to avoid being hit altogether.

Arshwikk and Rabenwolf are archers in the post-cap game. Regyy is TWC, and Odysia with her 28,995 million post-cap exp ( kidding ) is OHE/Archer.

As an OHE'er, you should train in enough CM that you learn cman disarm for defense. Or use an e-bladed axe where you might lose it.

[Drew]

My personal belief is that rangers are the best class for archery, you will have no problem with it endgame.