Ranger drok run! (video)

Now, I believe and know Rangers can do the run great.
But the "evidence" people have provided in this thread so far isn't up to snuff in my opinion.

I'd like to see a non-segmented real run that is clear (ie: you can see the argo bubbles) and not just some spliced low quality video where you can't even see what's going on.

chill, its on the top of my agenda once I get back to Tokyo. I'll get that video up and rolling by the end of next month... which is... when I get back to Tokyo.

I plan on making the video a tutorial in itself, but I'm worried about the size of the file. Mal (and others), how big a file (in mb) are you willing to download? Excellent.

Unlimited size. So long as it's hosted somewhere that isn't slower than christmas.

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Here's a bonus question for R and anyone else using the R/W setup

Using R/W, with
Serpent's Quickness
Dodge
Storm Chaser
Charge!
Shields Up!
Balanced Stance
Whirling Defense
Troll Unguent

How is one able to plow through a spawn such as this (even an early spawn):





Notice the spread of the Ice boys. And there's another one, at the bottom. The guiles are spread out. Everyone is spread out. This isn't all that uncommon either. I would call it about 50/50 chance to see something like this.

So how do you beat getting smacked by 2 or 3 slow hexes with zero removal in above build. And even with the tank-the-damage approach, the guiles beat you down with their shadow strikes while the other crawl gang up on you, as the Icy boys ensure you're walking.

Places like this interest me. Because sometimes, even getting past them, it doesn't mean it's so simple every time. And waiting them out, for a good position, can take 10+ minutes since these mobs aren't pathed like Ice Imps. These guys just randomly mule around.

This is the first place, that I have interest in. There are places after this one, that are similar. Such as past this, there's a corridor with more Ice boys. They sometimes spawn and simply stay in the middile of the corridor and there's no way not to go by without being slowed, again, in a pack of guile-rich-crawls. Though it's minor, compared to that particular spawn, and compared to the next one after that:

Dreadnought's Drift. I find that this place isn't a 100% place to run. One has to run half way practically, check out the spawn point of the Heretics, and if they're in the way, turn, run back and re-zone if able. There's just no way to 100% run this area every time with the above Ranger setup. Re-zoning pretty much is required if the spawn is bad. Again, spawns making a lot of difference (for obvious reasons).

Anyhow, I look forward to some good stuff.

Cheers!

What I would have done, if I was in the position that you are in the picure, is hug far right, try to get into the little alcove, safely. If thats impossible, keep running, again, still hugging far right.

oh, and get sentry's armor. It helps more than you would expect. Heya,

That still doesn't mean it would make it. There's at least two hexes here that will be cast on you, before you ever get down that hill in this situation. Hugging the right and dipping into that corner will not get you down the hill either.

And if it does happen to work, at the bottom of the hill is the other Golem waiting to hex you again, assuming you survived this, with your already low health at that point, even with stances/troll engaged.

And as for Sentry's Armor, isn't that Factions only? - Not buying Factions just to have armor

Anyhow, I look forward to some videos of how people navigate through things like this, or if a re-zone is simply neccessary. It would be nice, I imagine, to have a small compilation of the same area, with different spawns, and how they're successfully run. Only a few areas really would benefit this, but it would definitely be a nice tool.

Cheers!

all I will say is learn to run boy, learn to run. You ever see a W/Mo tank 10 ice golems and 10 grawl before? Diddn't think so. W/Mo's are squishy, unlike rangers. I will have to disagree here, warriors have more tolerance for physical damage than rangers ever could, and with Sentinel's Armor they have just as much resistance to elemental damage. 13 Strength I believe is needed in the drok running build for W/Mo, 12+1 minor rune or helm.

I do believe a ranger could run Droknar's Forge, but with less garuntee to tolerate bad spawns.