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3.5K Zen HR package worth its price?
al3xmercer
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I want to create a new Hunter Ranger and i was wondering if that hunter package worth its price to buy ?
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Personally, I would only get it if you really want the pet, title, or hood/cloak transmutes, and consider those things worth ~950k AD altogether (greater bag of holding value deducted from 1200k). It was sort of worth it to me because I named my HR "crazy" and I needed the crazy title for him and my "pig god" cw. But as for whether it is worth it for practical purposes, I would have to say no, primarily because hunter ranger isn't viable for castle never, and suboptimal for most t2+ dungeons. They may balance HR one day, but as it is, dc, gwf, cw, and possibly even tr will be considered preferable to HR.
And there'll probably be people coming in to defend HR, but all you have to do is ask zone or lfg chat how often do people want HR in CN. HAHAHAHAHAHA. This is advice from someone with 5 14-16k gs characters including a formerly near BiS HR who is now shelved.
I was thinking about this too, but was primarily wondering about the companion's passive bonus.
As I have both a CW and a HR is the pet passive useful for both classes?
HR on the other hand, relies very much on split shot at-will for damage in pve. Their encounters hit like wet noodles and our highest damage potential encounter, rain of arrows, has a small aoe and can easily miss, and sometimes using encounters can result in lower dps than just spamming split shot. If you're set on playing a ranged HR, I suggest you try experience group play while being 50 feet away from the rest of the team trying to maximize ranged damage bonus, and observe the negative crowd control effects, before you plunge on the pack for the pet's active bonus. If you are fine with being high range HR, then this is a good active bonus.
Given that you think that it isn't worth it on a CW and perhaps not even on a ranged HR, I'll probably pass on the HR pack unless they ever make a 50 or 60% off deal.
Obviously the account-wide Companion is the big draw, to me the title and such is useless. But I think people are over-down-playing the value of the other items, such as the hood and cloak. You also should get an Adventurers' Helper Pack with it, which includes the usually freebie stuff you can get in-game, but also include an XP Booster to help you get to level 15-20 quickly, which if this is an alt greatly helps with that mundane grind.
In the end, only you (OP) can decide whether to buy it or not.
But do keep this one thing in-mind:
Everyone who poo-poo's the pack (proclaiming it's not worth it) hasn't purchased it, so they're just guessing. Everyone who has purchased it that I've seen feel it's a great value.
angrysprite, I am someone who got the pack and poo poos it.
Fair enough, you're the first *I've seen*.
compared to the feywild starter pack at $20, this comes with a single portal hound companion. it is a green companion and you can only use it on one character. it also comes with a ring, claimable by one character and a 12 slot bag, also claimable on one character. and the adventurer's pack, of course. this item is only purchasable via the website.
the HR booster pack, for $15 more has a blue companion claimable on all characters in your account, a hood & cloak usable and claimable on all characters (starter items), has a greater bag of holding claimable on one character (24 item slots)... not to mention that if you are already making AD in-game, you can subsidize the cost of this item due to the fact that it currently can only be purchased in the zen store. exchange in-game acquired AD for zen and automatically lower your cost of the item.
but ultimately, what is and isn't of value is a personal choice.
And I think it was worth the price but I'd rather have had another $60 pack personally with the new mount / pet etc...
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Calvin
^This. I'd also add this: when speaking with the Rewards Agent, be sure to check ALL TABS. The first tab are boxes - you get a single box in inventory, opening it dumps (almost) everything in inventory. Check the PROMOS tab for the single character stuff (it will state "One Only" - meaning it can be claimed only once and whichever character claims it keeps it, and it cannot be claimed again).
The last tab ("Reclaim") allows you to claim items individually. But the box version is easier, I think.
Also note that the bag of holding (when it is empty) is not bound and can be later transferred to another character or even sold at the Auction House (not that you'd want to, but just saying).
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Another misinformed opinion.
Though the gear (like most in game) can be transmuted, it is real gear, account-wide; blue level stuff and useful for starters. The companion is blue level, account-wide. The adventurer's starter pack contains some nice starter kits and XP booster, etc. There's more, but all this has been rehashed already.
Pro Tip: Ignore comments like then one I quote above unless they actually provide usefulness in their comment (on the basis of "I purchased it, don't like it because..." and actually explain WHY they don't like it.) Comments like the one above are made by people based on opinion because they believe their opinion (rather than actual useful feedback) are important to others. Srsly.
As for the above commenter: what they say is fair enough. How useful what they say is subjective, I suppose.
I purchased it. I thought it was fair value and I'm happy with it. Even using all the account-wide items on a new character I've created (and it's awesome having a hood and cloak on a low-level GWF - people asking me "how?"). LOL
-shrug-
Now please prove that your own comments are not a form of purchase justification. Your "don't listen to them or anyone like them because their opinions are wrong since they don't agree with me and they didn't buy the pack" concept rings hollow seeing as you didn't argue with the other posters who made a positive comment but didn't specifically say that they purchased the pack.
Now then for $35 you can get an account-wide hawk that is fairly decent. You can get some starter gear that will be replaced within the 2 weeks it takes you to get to level 60. You get an XP booster which is a little unnecessary seeing as the game practically throws XP at you. And most of the items in the starter pack are easily replaced by in-game items the game chucks at you face-first for free (such as the stone of health, only useful at high levels so it basically takes up an inventory space until level 60).
In other words $35 will provide one hawk that's fairly useful (which is what I said earlier) and items that are either useless when you touch level 60 or only useful when you reach level 60 (about 2 weeks if you play the game a lot). The transmutation gear looks interesting but you'll probably ditch it for other stuff later on. Furthermore since you can retransmute to this but may not be able to do so with transmutation items from holiday events those will hold more weight, meaning the second you get your hands on them the pack transmutation items will be nothing. Human nature dictates that irreplaceable items be more highly valued and so you'll value your holiday versions over your ranger pack versions.
So no, my opinion was not misinformed. I considered buying the ranger pack as well but comparing the price to purchase it, the time it would benefit me, and the other things I could use the money on and the duration they would benefit me, the mathematics pushed the favor of me not purchasing it. This gave me $35 to spend on Steam Sales which I put to good use buying Just Cause 2 and the amount of fun I had with it backs up my calculations regarding the ranger pack.
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The pet in my opinion is the worst part of the package. It’s a striker, which means it’s useful during low levels and completely worthless at 60. The ranged damage bonus it gives would only benefit a Hunter Ranger, so the fact that any character on your account can use it is a moot point. Hell, I’d even argue if the ranged damage bonus is even helpful to a ranger as it’s impossible to hit a target/enemy from 100 meters away. So maybe at level 60 you decide to use the pet during dungeons because you are mildly role-playing. Well, since the hawk is not an augment pet, it will be dead when you need it alive the most, which is during boss fights. Hunters do not need extra damage from their pets, they need a tank during leveling or heals while soloing at 60.
If you were to ask me which part of the pack is truly useful it would be the health stone that comes with it and has 200 charges. Ranged hunters are fairly squishy late game, and having a potion that heals for 100% of your health is amazing.
I can’t speak on if you should get it or not. It was mostly a waste of money to me, but maybe you will feel differently.
I bought the pack, and have leveled a HR, still have a slot open for another character down the line. I already have 5 60s.
-The cloak and hood were very nice to late teens/early twenties. The hood is attractive enough that I may use it for transmute.
-The Bag of Holding is worth 1000 Zen on its own.
-The slotted weapons were decent. I threw Rank 4 Radiants in each, and was a mini-god for the first dozen or so levels. Of course, you can buy the epic scaling weapons from the Rusted Iron lockbox from the AH, so...
-The hunting hawk is my favorite dps companion, and I use it on my HR and my lvl 60 GF when she's running dailies. Also, if you play Sword Coast Adventures, each hero having a level 25 companion with thief skills on all dice is quite helpful. I find the Active Companion bonus useful on my HR, CW (when she bowls things over with Shard and finishes them off with at-wills), and DC.
-The miscellaneous pack of xp boosters, etc. is not that exciting - but I sold the Stone of Health for ~100k AD.
Again, think about your situation, and if you have/will have multiple characters.