My Ranger/Elementalist finally hit level 20 and I could see that in the desert I would no long be able to use my pet so I set up for what I thought would be my near end-game set of skills; having saved a lot of points for this time.
I had read the R/E guide in the posts section and went with:
+11 Markmanship w/ item
+10 Expertise
+10 Fire Magic
+1 Wilderness Survival w/ item
And I use normally preparing for battle:
Conjure Flame
Kindle Arrows (could use Ignite I suppose)
and start firing using:
Power Shot
Dual Shot
Where is all of the damage that I thought I would get? I am using a Firey Short Bow of Markmanship that does 14-24 damage ++ the goodies and I am amazed at how little damage I am doing.
Any advice as to how I can tweak this build to increase my damage output would be greatly appreciated.
P.S. I am talking about my damage output now, not after progressing and finding some new elite skills.
Thanks in advance for your replies.
A question about damage
Wolfedude
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arnansnow
to increase your damage output, use ignite, and use poison arrow(E) instead of power shot.
also get some fire skills.
also get some fire skills.
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JoDiamonds
Also, there's a number of fire-resistant enemies in the desert.
wbaldwin67
Get a flatbow or a longbow.. you get more reach and when you fire at max distance you will see some nice numbers popping up. And yes.. poison is a must.
Wolfedude
I have a Poisoner's Longbow that has:
13-25 damage and lengthens poison on foe
I could use this instead of the Firey Short Bow and get a little more range but will that negate the Conjure Flame which only works "if you are wielding a fire weapon"? Or will I still get the fire damage?
Additionally, should I use Poison Arrow or use Apply Poison? By the way, I do not have the elite Poison Arrow skill yet.
Additionally, should I use Conjure Flame, followed by Ignite Arrows, followed by Apply Poison? In other words try for all of these skills to be going at the same time?
Thanks.
13-25 damage and lengthens poison on foe
I could use this instead of the Firey Short Bow and get a little more range but will that negate the Conjure Flame which only works "if you are wielding a fire weapon"? Or will I still get the fire damage?
Additionally, should I use Poison Arrow or use Apply Poison? By the way, I do not have the elite Poison Arrow skill yet.
Additionally, should I use Conjure Flame, followed by Ignite Arrows, followed by Apply Poison? In other words try for all of these skills to be going at the same time?
Thanks.
Wolfedude
I sure would appreciate a little more advice regarding my last proposals.
