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blackxxwolf3
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I'm a trapper hr and i tried combat also. with these changes the giants in the third region of spin ward rise kill you almost every time. i do everything perfect and they almost always kill me. they cc chain me and murder me. i feel so frustrated Ive gone through 400 pots and over 60 major injury kits. im so close to quitting because of the frustration Ive been having with this new mod. im not trying to sound like the person that wants my class to be op. but i keep watching cw's gwfs gf's and tr's pass through this content with ease and im dieing all the time. and im very good with my trapper. lots of experience. and i have level 65 greens and blues on.41k hp.
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Um I'm a Trapper Hr myself and I don't seem to be having any problem with that place. I'm lvl 65 and doing great with a lil teamwork and solo play. You probably need to switch around some stats and get some def/deflection up. Also pets that's heal do help out too.
I haven't reached this area on live but when I did it on preview, I didn't have many issues as trapper. The giants took longer to kill but I didn't suffer any issues as described. On preview I was wearing the blue pve set that could be purchased from the ToD campaign store. Forgot the name of the set.
Btw remember that it levels with you, so it will get better stats each level, currently it gives my CW 53k HP at lvl 69, without the set he have around 26k.
He said he were fighting giants. Roots dont work against them.
yeah i tried everywhere to get into a party. everyone basically said **** you. some literally said it. then others complained saying i shouldnt be asking for help and how i need to l2p and how badly i do and how i need to just quit. ive played a lot of games and this community is the worst.
Sometimes, changing around the skills you're using can be a game-changer.
EVERY time i go melee i m dead.
Hr is now the squishier class in game by far and its getting frustrating. Going back staring at the tree....nice tree.
2. The quick fix for durability while leveling is to get a minor frost which prevents mobs from attacking you for a few seconds.
3. I'm still experimenting and I am putting 5 points into bloodletting. My math is that's 5% more LS when in melle and you are most likely to take damage. Given the new stat curves that's a decent boost for 5 points.
4. Use dodge. I suppose it comes a little easier to me as I play a tank almost as often as my HR so the attack animations are slow and obvious to me for most mobs. You can actually walk away from most of them.
5. I am using hindering, plant growth, and steel breeze all of which can be used without completely closing with mobs.
Hope that's more helpful than my last post.
This.
Fox shift, I don't use this on my bar anymore but it's my go to if I have issues with something. Not only do you get Fox's Cunning immunity, and nearly up all the time as trapper, you get damage immunity when you use fox shift at the right time.
Same with other skills, I swap them as needed.
I'm using Cordon of Arrows now and I like it. Nice to blow stuff up for a change with big crits. Good combo with Rain of Arrow as well, while I change up between Thorn Ward and Split the Sky although I hardly get the chance to cast StS more than once due to its slow animation and hard-hitting mobs during quests. I do tend to stay close to the mobs to get Combat Advantage from my Wild Hunt Rider companion with Aspect of the Pack. I foresee a few more changes once I am able to do dungeons at lvl 70.
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My guess is u are not equip with lvl70 armor set, which is important. If u are using them, its impossible the giant could 1 hit u. I can last more than 6 hit from the giant range power with the lvl70 pvp set. The swing and lightning power is <font color="orange">HAMSTER</font>. They got slow animation and u shouldnt got hit by those except if u are not paying attention. If u plan to rotate blindly, try use forest ghost before going in. If u are not lvl 70, i advice to avoid doing the giant quest except if u have more than 50k hp or have a team with u. Never played a trapper myself so cant give any advice on rotation but i m doing fine with my archer. Good luck.
Edit : Oh yea..try get 1 giant down asap. Ur life will be easier when there is only 1 giant left.
im 70 now but when this was posted i was 68. kinda hard ot use 70 armor set when im 68.
Avariel Merilwen: Burn baby, MoF/Rene
Aejun The Silver: Devoted to Healing, DevOP/Justice
Mina Rosepetal: Super Natural, Pathfinder/Melee
Frost: Benchwarmer, Soulbinder/Fury
Mind posting a more detailed explanation of the archery spec/style you run?
I am having a very hard time with my archery HR. I'm level 63 now and since I had very little gear back in mod 5 (GS of around 12k) mobs tend to eat me alive if I'm slipping up even with a guardian angel as companion. I got some level 61 rare gear which imporved my survivability, but my damage dropped a lot. At least I'm not constantly dead :P
And respeccing to Trapper/Combat is not an option to me. I am an archer and ranger and that's why I play archery
I'm holding my free respec until I reach 65 so I can spec into Cordon of Arrows as I think that's going to be key to solo Archer play. I'm also thinking of dropping Stillness of the Forest as mob density now makes getting that bonus tricky.
Aelar Hawkwind - Archer
Karrin Feywinter - Mistress of Flame
Errin Duskwalker - Executioner
Darquess - Soulbinder
I settled on Rain of Arrows, Cordon of Arrows and Thorn Ward in the end. (Aspect of the Pack and Lone Wolf, Seismic Shot, Forest Ghost, Rapid and Split the rest) I used a Wild Hunt Rider as my companion. I open with TW and then cast CoA in front of me followed up by RoA and then another CoA, drink pot(s) and loot. Didn't dodge too much - lazy play from previous mods. I'd like to jump into some dungeons now to see how different things are. My guess is I'll be dodging a lot.
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I use the same rotation as lirithiel, though in a different order. I try to avoid mobs getting to me, so I cast Cordon of Arrows on a mob group, then Thorn Ward, then Rain of Arrows in the middle of CoA. CoA has this slight delay before it attacks which lets me cast other stuff on mobs before they notice they're getting attacked. The CoA activates during RoA casting and the mobs are pulled nicely together under it. By then another CoA charge is up so I cast that to catch up anyone who's not dead yet and then just use rapid shot until they're all dead. If any escapes and runs to me, I'll switch to melee and use all my melee encounters and sometimes Forest Ghost to get away and wait until my ranged powers are off cooldown.
I also only have the Eternal chest piece as I don't have enough reputation stuff to buy the rest of the set.
Thanks lirithiel, that helped me quite a bit and maybe I can make it work too! Seems I need to bully someone in my guild to help me cover until 65 then... :P
Granted it's not enthralling gameplay but it does the job on the way to 70. The Eternal gear is available from lvl 61 in case you weren't aware. Just wish I'd have gotten it from the start.
Also I'd consider running with a defender companion instead of a healer for questing. You get to facetank mobs slightly less.
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I only have a green Mimic as a defender, is that sufficient survival for the little guy? Or do I need to look for a blue/purple companion, especially one with AoE attacks?
As for the Eternal set, I do have the chest piece already but not the rest. I lack campaign currency to buy it (I'm a rather new player and only have two boons per campaign before Mod 6 hit)