The ultimate Ranger(bow dmg) / Monk (healer) build IMO...

Wow, and I thought I was the only person that thought of R/M combo... awesome. This will be great guidelines for me. ranger/monk is one of the best survival PVE types while soloing with henchmen

Thanks very much Kha.

I am very keen on Read the wind and favourable winds, but i am not sure if i could replace anything other than hunters shot with them. Also i am unsure of the how useful they are exactly in damage output.

Barrage is so powerful against the groups you so often find in PvE i dont think i could ever remove it from the build, and consequently i sadly cannot incorporate Word of healing, though this would be very useful. I am intrigued by Essence bond, but as it depreciates your Energy regeneration by 1 arrow, how powerful is it?

Ideally i would have a skill which would generate energy to add to the benefits of expertise and allow me to repeatedly power and precision shot.

I have never used anything other than the Resurect skill for the simple reason that it has allowed me to revive entire parties, when i have been the last man standing, so many times i cannot remember. When most of your party is being camped on by hungry beasts you thank god you can do this from a distance and take your time. I always ensure that i have enough energy so that once the resurect has completed i can instantly bring them back up to health, and i generally just bring back a Tank first so they are not dependant on energy. I find Read the Wind very handy (Favorable Winds I have honestly never tried) and the extra damage along with the speed it adds is nice. Hunter's Shot is a GREAT skill. Good damage, possible condition, low cost and fairly low recharge. But you can do without it since you have Barrage.

I understand the power of Barrage in PvE. Even when there aren't a lot of enemies grouped together it is good to have. But doesn't hurt to try other combinations. Used properly, Essence Bond can be very handy and worth the -1 energy regen. Cast it on the warrior that is getting a lot of hits and you will be raking in the energy. As long as something is physically attacking your target, it will beat having that 3rd regen arrow.

Resurrect and Restore Life are just personal opinions to which to use. I've had more success with Restore Life and find the fact that it gives energy too a great bonus, but if Resurrect works for you then use it.

Skills you might want to replace are Power Shot (I think Dual Shot or Penetrating Attack are better), Hunter's Shot and Heal Party. Three heals is far too much for a ranger to have in a build. 1 is enough, 2 if you really arent comfortable with 1. It can be nice to have heals with a monk secondary, but too many and you are taking away from your main role. One main monk is more than enough for healing on missions as long as they know what to do. Ween yourself off of feeling you have to support your team with healing so much.

Maybe even try Smiting Prayers instead of Healing Prayers to see what your build can be like focused on pure damage output (or try a four attribute build).

I don't think you can have Healing Prayers +1 rune, since your a ranger primary, unless there's something else giving it.... Xellos is right. A ranger primary can only use ranger runes. The only other thing I can think of that could give it is a held item that gives +1 (x% while using skills) but obviously that wouldn't be since the build is based on using a bow.