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Ranged combat, newb/veteran question

Posted: Mon Jun 19, 2006 9:05 pm
by captainr
Hail all. I played beta of Ryzom and really liked it(cuz I could "cheat" and gain 1 lvl of meele per mob, healers were lvling me), but my friends who were ranged didnt like it(if you remember it was really gimped), so they all left and I left too... I came back in December 05, but still didnt stick with the game. Now after all the updates im on the 7day trial again. I want to be ranged. Whats the current status on it? Useless in PVP? PVE? Any reason to get it? or will I lag behind my compades mages/warriors? Please post any othe tips/trick you think I thoud be aware of. Thank you all.

Re: Ranged combat, newb/veteran question

Posted: Mon Jun 19, 2006 11:24 pm
by norvic
PvE you will probably suffer abit but still be a good team player, PvP is a different story, you can hold your own with ranged. Aslong as you dont mind to work hard to level 3 skills at once (range,forage,craft) you can sort out the AoDs, heavy melees however are a pain in the ass unless you have room too manovere.
You can be AoD in a month maybe less with power lvling and cats, with Melee, Master in not much longer if you put the time in, ranged you can give them a run for their money but the time spent too LvL the three skills takes significantly longer.
Ranged is like the Navy ;) the senior service, the rest are just troops :p

Re: Ranged combat, newb/veteran question

Posted: Tue Jun 20, 2006 2:26 am
by captainr
norvic wrote:PvE you will probably suffer abit but still be a good team player, PvP is a different story, you can hold your own with ranged. Aslong as you dont mind to work hard to level 3 skills at once (range,forage,craft) you can sort out the AoDs, heavy melees however are a pain in the ass unless you have room too manovere.
You can be AoD in a month maybe less with power lvling and cats, with Melee, Master in not much longer if you put the time in, ranged you can give them a run for their money but the time spent too LvL the three skills takes significantly longer.
Ranged is like the Navy ;) the senior service, the rest are just troops :p
heh tnx alot for the reply. Well I dont mind at all to lvl forage and craft, I like crafting and in fact I took a foraging package when I created my toon, knowing that I'd have to make ammo. Now what is AoD and what are cats? Last time I played I didnt hear bout those.

Re: Ranged combat, newb/veteran question

Posted: Tue Jun 20, 2006 3:32 am
by ghyselsj
captainr wrote:heh tnx alot for the reply. Well I dont mind at all to lvl forage and craft, I like crafting and in fact I took a foraging package when I created my toon, knowing that I'd have to make ammo. Now what is AoD and what are cats? Last time I played I didnt hear bout those.
AoD = Avatar of Destruction, the master title for elemental. (so, 250 elemental)
cats = Experience Catalyzers. Consumables. Every 100 xp you earn while they are activated, gets doubled, and 1 cat (or crystal) gets used. E.g. you would gain 2000 xp off a mob, but have cats active, so you get 4000 instead, and 20 cats disappear.

Re: Ranged combat, newb/veteran question

Posted: Wed Jun 21, 2006 12:34 am
by captainr
well Im definately going ranged then...can I learn 250 ranged and say 250 melee?(aka specialize in 1 melee weapon and 1 ranged weapon?) or does the melee tree get locked once I get 250 ranged?

Re: Ranged combat, newb/veteran question

Posted: Wed Jun 21, 2006 5:28 am
by blaah
captainr wrote:well Im definately going ranged then...can I learn 250 ranged and say 250 melee?
you can master all skill trees (list is here).