Tinkering with RDM/RNG

[Omgwtfbbqkitten]

Re: Tinkering with RDM/RNG

Breaking the latent on ranged weapon will take a bit longer than other weapons. Expunger is basically the Bow equivelant of Coffinmaker, so you should see a difference when it does break.

As far as gear goes, I'd go with Paluwhan Body over Tabard.

[Callisto]

Re: Tinkering with RDM/RNG

As far as gear goes, I'd go with Paluwhan Body over Tabard.

Working towards that for my COR as well. And yeah, the latent thing is killing me. As soon as I finish Expunger I have to start Dagger of Trials, I'm starting COR back up next week so I'll probably have to do my Coffinmaker soon, and then Gun of Trials after that. At least with Coffinmaker/GoT I could feasibly use them in xp without most people even noticing, but I'm pretty sure if I show up to meripo as RDM/RNG spamming Sidewinders somebody is going to pitch a bitch about it.

[tdh]

Re: Tinkering with RDM/RNG

Y'know, I never thought about using Dynamis to skill Archery. There are times where I'm not doing much while waiting for somebody to Refresh or cast Phalanx II on. Firing an arrow or two per mob would be a way to spend the time. I wouldn't sub /RNG but I could dump on some decent RngAcc gear and still land my shots.

I usually get to use Dynamis as a means to skill Healing Magic, and that's about it.

[Callisto]

Re: Tinkering with RDM/RNG

I didn't get a chance to bring my RAcc set to Dynamis as I had to be the ls bank last night and hold coins, but my Expunger did finally break! With horn arrows I did about 70~ per RAtk to the Attercops, 500~ per Sidewinder. Sidewinder is much more consistent than Vorpal or Savage, and using Joyeuse for TP I believe I do kill EPs slightly faster than using /DRK or /WAR, but the stat boosts, JAs, and utility spells still make them preferred soloing subs at the moment. I'll pick up a stack of Demon Arrows tonight and see how it changes things. On Saturday I hope to get a merit party so I can test hitting VTs with sleep arrows, until then I have to start dagger of trials and hopefully get a Besieged or something to cap out my Archery.

[Callisto]

Re: Tinkering with RDM/RNG

Necroing my own thread!

Awhile back I had been playing with this, but I didn't really have the gear for it, and it's kind of hard to get people to come out for a messing-around meripo sometimes(although we did recently do an awesome one involving a DNC and a BLU/WAR bloodtank).

Problem 1 got solved thanks to leveling COR, forced me to get a Paluwhan body, Behemoth Rings, and a Light Gorget, as well as to become accustomed to TPing with Joyeuse then firing ranged attacks.

Problem 2 has now been solved thanks to Campaign Battle, where I can mess around with all kinds of stuff on low-evasion mobs!

Anyways, I have no clue what got me in the mood to try something like this again, but I got the urge to and I had some free Tuna Sushi, so I went and nabbed some Demon Arrows. I was able to put together some reasonably decent sets:

TP Set

Joyeuse
Genbu's Shield
Optical Hat
Spectacles
Hollow Earring
Loqacious Earring
Paluwhan Khazagand
Tarasque Mitts
Ruby Ring(would probably swap this to Garrulous Ring next time)
Woodsman Ring
Amemet Mantle +1
Potent Belt
Duelist's Tights
Ogre Ledlesens

WS Set

Same as above, though switched in a few pieces:
Expunger
Demon Arrows
Light Gorget
Crimson Finger Gauntlets
Behemoth Ring(used 2 on my normal RAtks, but only 1+Light Gorget swapped in for Sidewinder)
Royal Knight's Belt(couldn't really find anything better than the +2 STR/AGI)
Crimson Greaves(I'm going to try using Rutter Sabatons or Heroic Boots for this next time, needs moar STR)

Luckily Campaign mobs evade like bricks, so I at least didn't have to put up with whiffing all of my Sidewinders(I actually didn't miss a single ranged attack all night). As expected, damage was somewhat low, considering I had minimal STR pieces(I'm going to work on getting Rutter Sabatons and Galliard Trousers at some point, Paluwhan pants would be better but I have to use all my tags for Nyzul Isle.) Sidewinder hit everything for about 400-450, Barrages did about 230~, and regular ranged attacks did 60~. While this is rather low in terms of DD, my Vorpal Blades as /DRK using Joyeuse really aren't any better, if not slightly worse when I miss a hit.

I really am hoping to get 2 things accomplished over the weekend, A) drag a BRD friend out to Campaign so I can try with Minuet on, and B) get someone to tank Colibri for me for a bit so that I can get my last 4 skill levels on Archery and see how hittable they are.

Mind you this is just something I do to mess around(kind of funny to get like 15 /checks in campaign when a RDM busts out Sidewinder), and I don't advocate it for party use in the slightest, although maybe it might find some use in Sea during kited fights or something, but you'd really have to go all out on gear.

It's pretty fun though, I played it the same as COR, except I didn't have to run and find a Sprite to save my life when I pulled hate.