Talk:Ranger/@comment-110.55.0.124-20120824192322

For those who want to make use pawn Rangers here are some tips:

I have found out that pawns prefer using skills that deal outright the most damage often. So in choosing equipment, make sure your Bows are stronger than your dagger. This in turn makes the pawns use longbow skills more often. In addition, the personality of the pawn helps in combat preference of the Ranger. Mitigator inclination as primary helps in making sure your ranger uses Tenfold ad Endecad shots more often. This also makes them help thin the enemy ranks for you. A trait I would not prefer as primary for them is challenger. Im not sure if you also experience this but my ranger seems to just run around abit if i have it as primary when there are no more magicians or ranged monsters around. Also, be mindful of your skills chosen as gambit shot is a very uber skill for a ranger sometimes you'll find your ranger having trouble attacking very often as they prefer to use this as their initial skill. Doing so usually depletes their stamina and you'll see your pawn often struggling for breath thus they attack less often but if they do manage to score a gambit shot well is beautiful.

Another option to do is to remove daggers so as to ensure 100% bow preference but i prefer not to because I find reset and useful and sometimes I like it when my pawn goes into melee for the hundred kisses vs giant monstrers and the dazzle blast. Reset skill helps too. Do not worry though aslong as you prioritize in having a larger bow damage over dagger they'd still act like real rangers and would only use daggers as last resort.

So far I liked the results. My ranger now uses Tenfold and Endecad shots very often and I am having fun sitting around and watching my pawn kill the enemies for me. The tenfold animation is really fun to witness aswell as a successful gambit shot. Oh yeah you can experiment with the skillsets and I think a good third skill option is the one that rends the body part of the rangers target. My ranger build consists of hundred kisses dazzle blast tendfold endecad and for third bow skill i switch between gambit or comet every often.