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Archer based Ranger - PVP guide?
shadow5930
Member, Neverwinter Beta Users, Neverwinter Guardian Users Posts: 502 Bounty Hunter
Hey Folks!
I've really enjoyed playing combat for a while now. I follow V's guide for it and it's served me well. I don't use the forest ghost/stormstep trick in PVP, as I view it as a potential exploit and until there's a confirmation one way or the other, I won't use it.
That said, I am looking at swapping to full ranged for PVP. There's plenty of potentials that can be done with it, even in pm vs pm, imho. There is one guide that's sorta ranged but it's focus is pve/pvp, instead of a straight pvp build. So I'm curious; are people wanting a PVP guide for ranged archers? Meta aside, if I can come up with something good, would people want to see?
~Reginer
I've really enjoyed playing combat for a while now. I follow V's guide for it and it's served me well. I don't use the forest ghost/stormstep trick in PVP, as I view it as a potential exploit and until there's a confirmation one way or the other, I won't use it.
That said, I am looking at swapping to full ranged for PVP. There's plenty of potentials that can be done with it, even in pm vs pm, imho. There is one guide that's sorta ranged but it's focus is pve/pvp, instead of a straight pvp build. So I'm curious; are people wanting a PVP guide for ranged archers? Meta aside, if I can come up with something good, would people want to see?
~Reginer
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I have a rough build in mind but it'd be nice to see what someone else has to say about Archery PVP.
The bad thing with Ragners right now, is that their best abilities and 'combos' are either confirmed as bugs or are thought to be bugs. So, for instance, if you are not using the Ghost/Stormstep thingy, then you shouldn't use Hindering strikes on Unstoppable warriors, which is an officially confirmed bug.
Anyway, I am also looking away from the combo, and went for Ghost/Serpent but back to the topic...I would really like to see a gathering of observations about PvP as archery. To be honest up to now I haven't seen a proper PvP guide. I've only seen gearing suggestions (which were quite obvious), and a gathering of tooltips for abilities. Let's see some real practical tips, if you get the time to gather them.
There is a route to go with the binding to not use grasping and avoid that bug. It's the 3 second stun that if you have enough recovery you can get an aimed off on them without them being able to hit you. I've noticed that combat is solid for taking down TRs. I've also noticed ranged can take down GWFs, even in unstoppable, as high output eats through them with enough ArP. Which all HR gear has in spades.
I run an Archery build (all the way to the capstone feat), but it's more of a hybrid in play style. Not sure it's what you're looking for, but you can see it in action via the Watch PVP Videos link in my signature.
As for the bug, I do agree. That's part of why I removed stormstep. Once it IS fixed, I'd put it back. I do use disrupting shot a lot and that's a nice pump when stormstep is active, without using the bug. Until it is fixed, I plan to use the extra distance feat + lone wolf. If people are going to try to range me, they'll be dealing with the full DR buff. If I get mobbed, well.. mobbed is mobbed, range or melee.