I need help on thumpers

i c no point in thmpers after pet nurf........

never played 1 but my friend keeps crying about it I don't see, nor have I experienced, a major impact from the pet nerf.

Hammer ... this is the ranger forum? If you plan on hammering I'd suggest a Warrior primary, those with the better armor If you're going all hammer expertise lets you spam those hammer attacks much more often than warriors would, and having flurry on hammers kinda defeat the purpose of having a slower-harder hitting weapon since it decreases the damage..

Hammer ... this is the ranger forum? If you plan on hammering I'd suggest a Warrior primary, those with the better armor


I must have missed the part that helps you keep up LR at all times?

Flurry? I'd be careful on insulting people's builds without having much experience with any.
He has knockdown skills and "On Your Knees!", that keaps LR up all of the time.

I don't see, nor have I experienced, a major impact from the pet nerf. It depends on how your opponents fight. At least it means that if you actually kill a pet in TA/RA it might actually have a use. All i bother killing a pet for is for adren (when thumper) and to blackout the opponenets skillbar for a bit... after which *comfort animal* ressurects with 200+ health. Although the trade off of DP for pets to absolutely nothing done to the shitty AI they have isn't fair. It'd be nice if pets actually gained some sort of will to attack something when there mater dies... as oppose to sitting on top of your ****ing corpse. Moment this hits PvE beastmasters are gonna become even worse, moment the crappy AI kicks in, pet dies, pet becomes useless.

I'd be careful on insulting people's builds without having much experience with any. Meh, now you'r doing it yourself, and on a personal level at that.
Now, relax, the post was intended rather lighthearted, but I'll try to keep it in mind.

Search, read, then post. Repeat the first step. Dude, if you got nothing to say or you think you're too clever to help him, just don't say anything at all. People start a thread asking for help, and you diss him without helping.

Even if the rest did put him down(I didn't read every single reply), most of them at least bothered to give him links and the info he's searching for.

Do pets get DP in places where you don't (competitive missions)? If they don't you may wanna keep it there... Update notes:
Updated Ranger pets to acquire Death Penalty when they die. This currently applies on PvP maps only.

They should only get DP in PvP maps only.

Hammer ... this is the ranger forum? If you plan on hammering I'd suggest a Warrior primary, those with the better armor


I must have missed the part that helps you keep up LR at all times?

Flurry? It appears I must elaborate on how it works. ^_^

Run up to enemy. Use Lightning Reflexes to increase attack speed and provide a defense. Hit enemy until devastating hammer is charged. Hit enemy with devastating hammer. Hit crushing blow and On Your Knees at the same time.

Voila! Enemy now is writhing in pain on the floor, and your Lightning Reflexes are recharged, so you can do it all over again! No need for this beast mastery silliness. ^_^

It appears I must elaborate on how it works. ^_^

Run up to enemy. Use Lightning Reflexes to increase attack speed and provide a defense. Hit enemy until devastating hammer is charged. Hit enemy with devastating hammer. Hit crushing blow and On Your Knees at the same time.

Voila! Enemy now is writhing in pain on the floor, and your Lightning Reflexes are recharged, so you can do it all over again! No need for this beast mastery silliness. ^_^ At which point your enemies monk casts Mend Condition/Ailment and target ally is now laughing at you for pointlessly applying Weakness on there caster. Unless you intend to bring Fierce/Heavy Blow, don't bring Devastating... end of story. The point of hammer bash is that its extremely low adren cost when you consider you gain some from Ferocious Strike. Tigers Fury, always ready to use. Hammer Bash, quite spammable, means you can use it for interrupting just as much as causing pain.