I am currently playing an Archery Pathfinder and was wondering how an Archery Stormwarden would fare.
Quite frankly for a "support" class, I don't see a lot of support (Hunter's Teamwork) compared to Stormwardens, and while there is an Artifact Bow that supports rapid shot, there is no bow that supports Hunter's Teamwork which is my primary At-Will (other one is Split Shot), and my overall feeling is that the "support" aspect of the Pathfinder means very little in a group that has at least one other debuff class. Am I seeing that wrong? What is my role in a team? Maybe it's just me
Am I actually supposed to use Hunter's Teamwork? Isn't that THE pathfinder power?
Also, what's the stance on the Draconic Gear? Yay? Nay? Go for 2 Dread Legion and 2 Grand Warden? I don't have the spare time to farm for black ice to support a full set, so that's not an option for me.
I am currently running with 4-set Royal Guard. Stats-wise by replacing it with Draconic Gear I will gain about 1k Power and some recovery and lose some (800ish) armorpiercing - Nothing that can't be countered by using the appropriate jewlery and/or enchantments, if necessary. (At least that is my experience on my tanky-tank Guardian Fighter)
I play mostly PVE with the occassional Gauntlegrym, usually with my guild. My current gearscore is ~15000, 4600 Power, 2100 Critical, 2600 AP, 1100 Recovery, 800 Defense 1000 Deflect and 1400 Lifesteal. It's still a work in process. I am aware my AP is a tad high and my crit needs much improvement.
Questions questions questions...
- you're not support in either PvE or PvP; you're a hybrid, hardcore killer with nasty DPS and great survivability as well if you spec Combat
- Royal Guard is the PvE/PvP set that you desire, especially as you can't get Black Ice gear. The cooldown reduction is insane allowing you to play a very enjoyable and active ranger. I absolutely love this set. Only CW's High Vizier comes close - but RG is more fun, while HV is more party utility. Some will say RG stats are bad - I disagree. They are great if you can min-max, especially for somebody that does both PvP and PvE.
- if you go pure PvE, I suppose Archery Stormwarden is the way to go, with whatever gives you more Power. I'd still keep RG set to spam encounters such as Rain of Arrows.
In conclusion, I'd keep RG and accessorize with lots of +Power and probably go Archery SW for full PvE nukeage, and if you care about PvP at all and wanna try it as well, I'd still keep RG and accessorize for tankyness, LS and DPS, and go Combat Pathfinder.
By the way, you can PvE successfully on a Combat Pathfinder quite easily. It still has great DPS , especially single target, and is very fun to play. You will also become extremely tanky and the selfheals from Life Steal are very cool.
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- you're not support in either PvE or PvP; you're a hybrid, hardcore killer with nasty DPS and great survivability as well if you spec Combat
- Royal Guard is the PvE/PvP set that you desire, especially as you can't get Black Ice gear. The cooldown reduction is insane allowing you to play a very enjoyable and active ranger. I absolutely love this set. Only CW's High Vizier comes close - but RG is more fun, while HV is more party utility. Some will say RG stats are bad - I disagree. They are great if you can min-max, especially for somebody that does both PvP and PvE.
- if you go pure PvE, I suppose Archery Stormwarden is the way to go, with whatever gives you more Power. I'd still keep RG set to spam encounters such as Rain of Arrows.
In conclusion, I'd keep RG and accessorize with lots of +Power and probably go Archery SW for full PvE nukeage, and if you care about PvP at all and wanna try it as well, I'd still keep RG and accessorize for tankyness, LS and DPS, and go Combat Pathfinder.
By the way, you can PvE successfully on a Combat Pathfinder quite easily. It still has great DPS , especially single target, and is very fun to play. You will also become extremely tanky and the selfheals from Life Steal are very cool.