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Originally Posted by Kinneko

*raises hand* I confess to being a 1v1 Ranger I'm also a high stamina ranger. I also use Aren. So I'm a non-cookie cutter ranger. I will say this about 1v1 Rangers--they don't kill as fast as other classes. Your crit rate will be kinda low, but you can fix that a litle bit with statted equips/awakenings/jackalope/etc. Just be prepared for in game ridicule for not being the generic "full dex" ranger or "30 sta rest dex" ranger.

I juggle both types, actually. As of since Lv 85, I've been AoEing a great deal. I think going back and forth keeps things interesting. You get tired of AoEing, go 1v1, you get tired of 1v1, go AoE.

xD Yeah.. your 1v1 ranger-ness is crazy.. xD in a good way :3 .. I probably should have equipped +DEX rings when I was 1v1ing =.=;

Originally Posted by Kinneko

Maybe I'm just delerious from 2 hours of sleep, but isn't that the same outcome twice for two different scenarios? (High sta vs. Low sta) Or was it... +Dex for both? Was it meant to be like that? *scratches head*

Ah no.. that was me being delirious and brain dead from writing so much.. thanks for the catch.

Originally Posted by guorbatschow

holy crap. great work youve done there. nice layout too.

Thank you ^_^

Originally Posted by guorbatschow

based on the experience from both my ranger and knight i have to disagree on the elementing part:

When I read this I was like .. "I knew I should've asked guor to double check my work before posting .. >.>;;"

Originally Posted by guorbatschow

i think most aoers know this: there is a limit to the damage decrease by def/block. which means, for example as a knight, going higher than a certain amount of def is not going to make the received damage any lower. in fact, at that point, blocked damage is the *same* as normal received damage. that minimum damage is level based. which means, once you level up, the minimum damage received from the same mob decreases.

example: a lvl 106 knight with 1.6k def receives around 200 damage from a mammoth. blocked damage is the same. even with 2k def its still 200 damage. however, once he levels up to 107, the damage decreases to 150. (dont nail me down on the numbers, its been a while that i aoe'ed without element at mammoths)

HOWEVER: opposing element decreases that minimum damage (roughly cuts it by half with a +3 elemented suit)

having said that all...
the point is, same element *does* help, but in the in the levels when you begin to level at a mob, for example lvl 90-92 at kerns, you better use an opposing elemented suit, since blocked damage still is pretty high. opposing element also saves you from high crits. people who are finished with muffrins and have to face popcranks (no element) sure experience that. popcranks hit hard without elemental protection.

now once you have leveled a few levels at that mob and feel comfortable leveling there now, not taking too much damage and not having too many near-death experiences anymore, then you can consider changing to same elemented suit.

You make very good points that I didn't think about..~ o: .. So, are you saying that reduced damage from a mob is more desirable than the 0's? I personally really liked those 0's x3 .. .. .. but I've never used a stronger element before to testify which is better. I'll take your experienced word for it ^-^

Originally Posted by guorbatschow

almost forgot the other part i wanted to say: fire element on the bow only increases fire arrow DoT. water decreases it. fire element even increases the DoT when its against a water mob. but fire arrow DoT still gets a reduce in damage because of water elemented mob. fire element does not increase other skill damage.

Thanks :3 .. I'll add that in.. wasn't sure about the +water-ness regarding fire arrow's DoT. As for the fire element and other skill damages, if you check out the link, power2 tested a +fire elemented bow and found like, a +30 damage increase for ice arrow, arrow rain, and piercing arrow. Not a significant increase, but an increase nonetheless o: .. I was also under the impression fire element doesn't increase other skill damage until I saw the screenies to prove it, which is why I linked it there :3