Few questions, please help.

[John Doe III]

Okay, Ranger got from 20-23 today and hoping to get to 27 later..Anyways, I had some questions and was hoping someone could help. I'm a Mithra Rng/Nin, every HQ equip except body and legs.

1. When fighting and really dont have to worry about your money expenses (TH2 thief) can you just spam arrows during battle? Throughout those 3 levels in Qufim I used about 6-7 stacks I think. Level 17 +5 acc. I made a macro for shoot --> wait 15 --> shoot and it works pretty well. Is that okay? Or any recommendations.

2. Anyways, I have every good equip at my level. With about a total of +20 Range acc I think, I would hit the mob sometimes 1/5 times and sometimes 5/5 times..without the ACC up ability thing. What's with this? Is it just random or?

3. I also got up to +14 STR for my Ranger and I did less damage than if I equiped my other rings (+rangeatk 4) and were at +7 str. I also did kind of terrible damage to IT mobs, such as 30-50. Maybe often going to 70 but not many times. Stick with STR rings or no?

4. Should I start leveling up Gun and Crossbow just to keep up to date? I mean gun basically has the same WS's I think as Bow...so I wouldn't see the harm in it.

Thanks.

[greysenn]

1.) You're going to have to shoot as much as you can without pulling hate. What you can get away with changes lots form level to level, mob to mob, and tank to tank. Personally, I hate shoot macros, and use Ctrl+D.

2) Sad fact of life. You accuracy bonus isn't high enough yet to enjoy consistant results. Since youre /ninja, 28 will be a huuuge help to you, instead to just the huge help it is for warrior. You also get another nice jump at 30, so don't fret, you're almost there!

3) Yes, damage is strength sensitive, moreso on some mobs than others, but I notice every little bit. The weapon you're using is miserably outdated currently (Power +1) probably. I used silvers at those levels for some better damage output, but you probably won't really start being "happy" with your damage until you upgrade at 30. I'm also going to assume you're using mithkabobs

Rings: Get the best +1 ranged acc rings you can, and stick to them for xp groups. I would also go with the horned arrows at 29.

4) I would. Easier to skill it up now than it is later. It generally takes me less than 1 stack of bolts per level to keep marksman capped.

Hope that helps, and post your setup sometime!