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Should i respec my HR from Archery to Trapper?
tellistorterra
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Hello. it has come to my attention that i have enough AD to convert into Zen to respec my HR.... should i want to.
I want to ask this of all the Xbox/PC HRs their opinions and why i should/shouldn't respec.
I'm on the fence about it. while i prefer the range, i do suffer if i accidentally get too much aggro from adds. and in a previous dungeon i did some time ago, a Trapper HR tanked mobs and did a ton of damage back. it was truly awe inspiring.
Keep in mind, i have PvE in mind and no PvP (pvp in neverwinter is not my thing. not on xbox. not on pc..)
of course, i could always do the other option and save my AD for other things (not sure which first though lol)
I want to ask this of all the Xbox/PC HRs their opinions and why i should/shouldn't respec.
I'm on the fence about it. while i prefer the range, i do suffer if i accidentally get too much aggro from adds. and in a previous dungeon i did some time ago, a Trapper HR tanked mobs and did a ton of damage back. it was truly awe inspiring.
Keep in mind, i have PvE in mind and no PvP (pvp in neverwinter is not my thing. not on xbox. not on pc..)
of course, i could always do the other option and save my AD for other things (not sure which first though lol)
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I'm going to respec from Archery soon. I've always played like a trapper anyways, so... why not be more efficient.
DC - "The Unholy"
Guild: Ruthless
Castle Never - First gel cube fight, the gate to the left opens up and you see lots of mobs advancing towards the party. Do you:
A) Sit back taking pot shots at the cube and adds that has swarmed the party and hope to not get overrun.
T) Tell party "I got this", leave party to fight cube whilst you charge straight into the 20+ mobs down the stairs and wipe them out in time to go back up the stairs to help the party kill the cube
Pirate King Farming - spawn in assist with first room then party peels off to the right. Do you:
A) Follow them and hope nothing aggros you otherwise you will start kiting mobs everywhere.
T) Head left, take out the mobs in that room pull the lever then start working on the mobs in the next room whilst your party is still in the other room.
Ultimately here is your decision. Do you:
A) Want to be a person that needs 4 other people to keep you safe at all times so that you can attack targets, needing a healer to save you and a tank to keep those nasty mobs away.
T) Be a person that having 4 other people is a nice thing, heals are appreciated but roots will provide a higher HoT than any healer and roots again will keep mobs in place whilst you kill them (or leave them to the mercy of the roots that will kill them).
Its all preference really, if you want to stick as archery don't view it as a dps build, more of a party support buffer. Comanding Shot + Hawk Shot + Binding Arrow will give you 3x melee buff encounters that will be far more helpful for the team.
I don't tend to visit these forums often as I didn't see the point in two trappers posting their guides in same social space, both j0kerspsycho and myself of guides on here, with his being more geared towards PvP ( I don't enjoy the sport ). I tend to post on Reddit so as to spread the word out more. Point being if you do go trapper, there are guides availible that have been heavily refined for either PvP or PvE that you can work from.
But for epic dungeons, it was not going so well. The mobs were too big and too strong. So I refeated for Trapper and equipped powers suggested by Katozee. Not, I haven't got to run an Epic dungeon yet (waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa), but I am taking MASSIVELY less amounts of damage. Even though my build before was similar in that I wasn't just standing there shooting arrows, I still wasn't moving around as much, and would get hit.
Trapper is faster. I can take out a small mob of cultists in a flash. I run through dailies like I eat through cake (yessssss cake).
I miss rain of arrows for single bosses. But I suppose you can always slot that for those times if you wanted, but it probably won't be as strong since you aren't really rocking any archery perks to up the damage.
However. I have heard tell of magical arrow raining badasses, you know some sort of witchery where they can slaughter the many without changing stances. But I like changing stances. I chose HR for duel wielding after all.
Well the forums you are in now have two guides designed around the xbox one is called:
Drisdhaun AoE PvE Build - Which is mine but I've since updated and refined and moved it to MMOMinds to avoid hitting character caps
The other is:
PVP/PVE Hunter Ranger build - Written by j0kerspsycho, who from my humble opinion focusses more on the PvP side, which is a good thing for the PvP chaps out there.
Either way here is the MMOMinds link to my guide: http://mmominds.com/2015/05/23/katozees-hunter-rooter/
I found the true meaning of Happiness in the game. I am not just hanging back and poking the mobs, i am engaged and kicking ***.
I am just minted level 60 so gear and enchants are not to their fullest, but i have a 10650 GS and have gone from finishing 4th or 5th in damage to leading the charts(doing 2x the next closest) as well as most kills. I have found that I am truly controlling the mobs, instead of a support role only.
I do not worry about adds anymore. as with the Trapper spec, we do have the ability to tank
(in a rooted way :-) )
i assure you, that if you respec , you will not be disappointed.
Glad the guides could help you some mate. Imo Archery is the best tree, others are viable yes, but trapper is the way to go for sure, i dont think you would regret it! And good luck with the chemo, my grandmother had breast cancer and it can be difficult but hang in there mate!
You will still be kicked, people have their ideas of what they want, just gotta find a group that u can run with constantly.
GL and Happy Hunting!
Aldren Boweing - 60 HR
As for the dungeons. You can expect a kick, but less so in tier one dungeons. Also if ur the only ranger ur prob gonna stay as ur not a loot threat, with more good trappers comin hrs get kicked less
although i want to clarify a misconception, as an archery HR, i very rarely ever went to bottom 2 with most damage. usually 2-3 place
Rapid Shot, Split Shot, Rain of Arrows are my BnB
but i noticed that i switch to melee for the damage buff enough to make me question if i should respec anyway. since trappers switch ever few seconds anyway. i'll look at guides now so i know what to spec when i do. might keep my current gear set
Did Icespire's Frozen Heart just now. resulting damage. not once was i downed, and only a couple times did i lose enough health to use a potion. i think i can accept this change
not to sound mean, but if you saw my comment prior to your's you would see i did respec. and i feel the same way. before we were super duper cautious. now we feel like we can take on an army lol
All I have to say is thank you guys.
Like other comments above I was an archer up to 60, praying for adds simply ignore me, mainly during the boss fights (just hate those trolls from frozen heart end).
Now I really feel empowered now. I can move ahead of group during epics, do most of well of dragons on my own and fight against garakas without dying with a single random shot.
I still make a lot of mistakes during the rotation and find myself with larger cooldowns than expected, or clumsy dying for golens due to wrong movements, but it´s fine. Now i have to practice and adjust char stats to really improve my dps and results.
And yes, watching those cultist soldiers dying from roots of one single shot is just great!
Run the dungeons and skirmishes anyway. I'm a mediocre player at best, and have never been kicked from a Tier 1. The only times I have seen votes to kick are on disconnected players when we really need to get a replacement because of multiple wipes (looking at you Aberrant Assault). For Tier 1 instances, I think most people are more concerned about just having another body in the party to burn through it faster than having the perfect team, since looking to fill that slot would likely take longer than just going with the party the system pulls up.