noob in need of advice

im tryin to figure out how to set up a b/p ranger for skills and attrubites can anyone help me out thank u

Yes check the campfire forum under Ranger. Bet you find tons of the builds there.

Go R/Mo

Good Skillbar = throwdirt, barrage, distracting shot, whirling, troll unguent, comfort animal, charm animal, rebirth

Good Attributes Spread = 15 Marks, 13 Expertise, Rest into wilderness (i used an expertise mask with a sup marks rune

Weapons = Zealous composite bow of defense, xxx longbow of defense

Fingers of Chaos negate Whirling Defense. Bump Expertise down to 12 and Marksmanship up to 16. Weapons: Flat or horn bow with zealous and +health (most of the damage that actually kills comes from various armor-ignoring mesmer spells).

barrage, distracting shot, savage shot, throw dirt, Any Res...sig or rebirth, charm animal, comfort animal, Favorable winds or Winnowing or whatever.
For the last slot, if other rangers are carrying the spirits, i use Dust trap (strictly for defense) or Storm Chaser if im the puller.

Marksmanship: 16
Expertise: 10 or so
Wilderness: i dont know, 9 or so
Beast Mastery: 5-8 or so

Weapons: I use Dragos Flat, and Vampiric both customized.

why on earth would u ever choose a flatbow over a longbow with the arc a flatbow has? i suggested a recurve because it has the fastest arrow flight time/reloading. i used a 15%/-10 armor recurve with zealous and ar +5 and worked like a charm on every run.

uhhhh.....because flight arc wont really matter once Favorable winds is up. duh?
and recharge time is just about right for barrage.
and both dragos were very cheap to buy and customize.
Never had any energy issues.

worked like a charm on every run.