I'm R/Mo right now.. should I change?

Hey everyone,

My first character was a fire Elementalist/Mesmer. I liked this character quite a bit and leveled it to 13. Me and my cousin decided to start new characters just because we never got the chance to play at the same level (he was way ahead of me). I started a Necromancer but for some reason didn't really like it. Now, I've created a Ranger. I like this profession a lot. I picked Monk as my secondary.. I'm not sure if that was a good choice or not? What do you think?

I'm mainly trying to cause as much damage as I can from a distance but still be able to stay alive and survive the ranged attacks. This is for PvE by the way. Any tips towards a secondary profession and maybe some skills to look for?

Thanks,
Joey

Any secondary profession can be made to work, and /Mo gives you plenty of offensive and defensive opportunities. And if it doesn't work for you, you don't have to use it; many rangers stay "pure" and don't use any skills from their secondary profession. Rangers, IMO, are the profession with the most reason to stay pure, as expertise (the most important ranger attribute) doesn't affect spells, and unless you're a R/W, your secondary skills will be made up of lots of spells.

One you can, using vigorous spirit and live vicariously on yourself can net you roughly 15-20 points of health per hit you make on something, I like doign taht witha ranger monk

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for PVE JUdges Insight and Barrage are supposed to be good. For tightly packed mobs Ignite arrow, TIgers FUry, DUal Shot, and and occasional psn arrow can be nice. A pet can also be a decent mini tank to draw some attention away from you, but remember that if/when they die your skills are disabled for 8 seconds. As for secondary ele is nice for damage, necro has some flexability, monk has heals/res/damage too. Many rangers use mostly all ranger skills anyway, ranger is a very flexible class, so 2nd class doesnt usually matter as much. I'm probably switching to R/Mo just for the Res/rebirth instead of using that darn Res Signet. Judges Insight can be nice too vs undead. Before we can suggest many skills we need to know what style of play you like or plan on doing since rangers are flexible. Do you plan on using henchies a lot, going out in a well balance group w/other players, do you want a lot of instant damage, do you wanna sit back and snipe and apply conditions such as bleeding/psn/crippling while ur team does most the damage?

I myself play an R/Mo so I can probably help you on a few things...

Firstly I really dont use my monk skills except resurrect, why? It requires no attribute points to be effective, and, as rangers tend to spend their timeat the back and are tougher than spell casters, I find my ranger is often the last man standing and can resurrect people quite handily.

If your worried about the healing aspect of your R/Mo, it can easily be addressed by a painfully understated skill belonging to rangers: Healing Spring. It heals quite a bit of health over 10 second, currently my lvl 15 R/Mo at wilderness survival 7/8 (this is its attribute) is healing 39 for 2 secs, so in 10 secs thats over 160 health regained. This skill is very versatile, because if your are a stand-back ranger it helps the spell casters A LOT because they are mostly targeted in PvP and PvE. It's also useful if you want to be an in-the-fray ranger, supporting nearby warriors. As for healing yourself quickly, troll unguent works every time. Another handy skill which I would only recommend if your far from the fight is Fertile Seaon, it gives you a nice armour bonus and silly amounts of health which your spellcasters will love you for, it also works well when your are resurrecting because you can take a lot more damage whilst going about your good buisiness.

If your still concerned about your damage gealing capabilities because your not something like an R/E I would look to your ranger bow/animal companion skills, Smites I feel are a waste of time with R/Mo's.

Hope that cleared a few things up for you! (Sorry for my long windedness...)

Healing spring can heal for a lot but takes 3 secs to cast and is so easy to interupt, while Troll Urgent can give you 90 health in 10 seconds , takes 2 secs to cast, and isn't as easily interupted, but i guess you could cast Dirt/Whirl Def to help use Healing spring. Decaff have you ever tried Judges Insight? I'm thinking of using it for pve and pvp, since holy damage is hard if not impossible to resist unlike elem damge and physical. I'm thinking of switching from R/N to R/Mo for Rebirth and possibly Judges insight.

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ok i was a little off on the cast times, but Troll I think only heals for around 90...it says for 10 secs you gain health regen of up to 9. So I assume that means 9 life per second, but could be 9 pips of regen which would be much better. Still Troll you can cast without being interupted so easily and run away while still getting healed, while healing spring you have to stand still and is interrupted so easily, in which case you have to wait another 20 secs to use again. But combined with Dirt or Whirl Def could be pretty effective.

Each pip of health regen is 2 health per second. Troll Unguent actually heals for more than Healing Breeze does.

I'd say that a R/Mo is a good choice. It gives you access to skills like Mend Ailment (goodbye Blind), Vengeance, Resurrect, Rebirth (best PvE res, by far), Remove/Smite Hex, Healing Breeze, Vigorous Spirit, Judge's Insight, Infuse Health (doesn't require any points into Healing Prayers to be effective and it can save a dying Monk), and Healing Hands.

Yeah Healing spring is easily interrpted, but look again at my post; I recommend using it to help your spellcasters who will be takin damage (rather than you the ranger) or your warriors (who again tend to have more damage aimed at them). I guess in PvP it's mildy less useful than PvE because someone will notice what your up to, but either way it remains a very effective group heal thats not a monk skill.

And no as I said I don't use many monk skills, so no Judge's Insight. Why? Is it particularly handy for an R/Mo?

Thanks for all the replies guys. One of the posts above asked what kind of style I want to use in a fight. Well I'm aiming to use the max amount of henchmen and just cause lots of damage to an opponent. I usually like attacking one opponent at a time and killing it, then the next etc. I'm not sure why.

If you're looking to do damage as a R/Mo, a Barrage set-up is probably the best way to go.

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