best way to twink a ranger ?Follow

Ceremonial Iksar Breastplate

Lamentation

Lupine Dagger

Crystal Chitin Armplates

Nightmarewood compound bow


That should be a good start, all sell for a few k each on FV and privide a good start for a twink. No idea about other servers prices but I can only base on my own experience

The ikky bp will provide you with excellent self regen, useful and noticeable to level 25 or so. The ikky bp provides you with self PL

The lammy and lupine dagger will grow with you. Both improving over time, once level 45 the lupine will provide you with free wolfform BEFORE you gain the spell.
The arms are simply great for newbies.
The bow will grow with you and never be a poor option.

just noticed nightwood is 46 only bow .. hmm, let me think of another ..

Rain Caller

You can complete the trueshot and then the rain caller quests yourself with your main if you like for this one :)



Edited, Mon Jun 21 07:53:05 2004 by JennockFV

Um, because I am level 65, have been for longer than I can remember and do not worry about such things

The ikky bp is an item I have farmed for friends and guildies specifically to PL alts. The weapons are useable. it is only the bow.

Go away troll, how about suggesting something for him and not criticising?



Edited, Mon Jun 21 11:20:18 2004 by JennockFV

I THOUGHT I had given him advice...

I'm sorry if I'm going to do something stupid like READ the question and take into consideration people's level before giving advice.

Okay, since you've decided to defend someone taking a blatent shot at someone for trying to be helpful, why don't YOU try showing me where in my original post I was criticizing the OP???

As far as my recommendations. I recommended AC and HP items BECAUSE I understand that rangers are often expected to tank. I also understand that it has been shown time and time again that STR has very little to do with damage output. I recommended DEX because it helps with any processes that the OP might be using, as well as helping with skill increases.

As far as your sta recommendation...at level one a ranger is going to be getting at best 1HP per point of sta. So do you still think that STA is a good choice for him over HP items?

Yes, I could have just given him a list of items to buy, but I don't know what server he plays on, what the economy of that unknown server is, and since when is pointing someone in a direction, and saying, "do the work for yourself" a bad thing or a criticism?

Also, I'd like you to SHOW me the humor in Jennock's reply to my post please. Maybe I am hard headed, but I fail to see it...

Edited, Mon Jun 21 14:08:21 2004 by danreynolds

Okay, let's see...If someone attacks me, I need to keep my mouth shut and accept the correction of my "betters"(How you come by the attitude that jennock knows more than me is pretty unclear though. Higher rating perhaps?) and keep my mouth shut.

However, if I attack someone, then instead of letting my "better" correct me, a third party (that would be YOU), can jump into it, call me unknowledgable and then proceed to tell me to shut up and take it?

Sorry, I don't take to the "yessir masta" crap too well.

As far as your suggestions...do YOU know what server the OP is playing on? Do YOU know the cost of items there? No, none of us do. For all we know iksar BP could be selling for 15-20K. Let's look at what would happen if that were the case.

The OP would go through the list, buying the specific items suggested, without any COMPARISON whatsoever. He would finish this list of 4 or 5 items having spent up to 20K or more. That leaves him with all of 5k or so to buy the rest of his 25-30 items. One of those four or five items even being a weapon that doesn't process till level 45(Which would be the same as telling a level one paladin to spend the cash to get a deepwater helm, or telling a level one druid to spend the money getting elder spiritist vambraces. Will they help? Eventually, but there are better ways to spend the cash at level 1)

What part of "DEX affects skill advancements" DON'T you understand??? If you've got 25k to spend on gear for a level 1 character odds are you're going to have to good weapons(which are FAR more important in determining your melee damage at low levels than ANYTHING else) and probably going to have a way to powerlevel yourself. In that situation, skill increases ARE more important than the 1 HP(possibly less) per STA that you're getting.

If you don't agree, fine. Post your own opinion. That way the OP will have several different pieces of advice to follow. Just to come in purely to attack me, when I was DEFENDING myself from what wasn't even(by your own admission) a criticism of my advice, but a personal attack(no matter how humorous you found it) is just plain stupid. And how you come to the conclusion that jennock knows more than me is incredible, considering he/she not only recommended buying a dagger that won't process till level 45, and a breastplate that has been generally known to be very overpriced for years, a weapon that clearly there are much better alternatives to now, but also initially a bow that CANNOT even be used till level 46!

And I'm not sure what dialect of English you're speaking, but if I had wanted to sound smart and useful despite not knowing anything, I would have taken what jennock said and changed the wording enough to make it seem like an original idea. THAT would be an example of trying to sound smart and useful when you don't know something.

Prove to me jennock is a better and not only will I shut up, but I'll even apologize.

This list however doesn't do that. A breastplate that is overpriced, one weapon that won't process until level 45, another weapon that YOU YOURSELF said wasn't the best choice, and a bow that CANNOT be equipped till level 46...

That's the list of someone who knows what they're talking about?

The fact that you two are posting to attack me, when I was the one initially attacked, I was just defending myself, shows me that it's not about someone knowing more than me, it's about me not having a post count over 1,000, or my name not being green or red. I'm not "part of the club", jennock is, so you attack me, and ignore what started all this.

Sorry if I'm not the type of person who's going to be in awe of someone because of meaningless post counts or rating.

The number of times you've posted on this board and the ratings of those posts have no bearing on your knowledge of the game, nor are they any indication of your knowledge of the game.

I'm sorry if the two of you have that little self confidence that you have to try lording yourselves over someone else over a game, but honestly, that's your problem, not mine.

Ah, so let me get this straight...

If I get my rating to Guru level then this discussion is over in my favor?

I'm going to assume you were trying to be humorous in your last post. If you were serious, I would suggest making an appointment with a qualified psychiatrist to help boost your self worth and self esteem.

Then don't participate in them.

Reinman, you made me giggle with that last one. These EQ trolls are so gullible.

Twiztid

Omg, flame war lol. It is true, I have been 65 for too long, but that does mean I do not PL occasionally. I also did not have all the time in the world to make a post
When I PL, we tend to make 'PL kits'. We buy one or two good weapons, regen item, clicky DS like an 8th ring. I have never yet fully equipped a new character, they gain items over time.

The Ikky bp is priceless for self PL'ing and has great resell value. You lose nothing by buying one and then re-selling it when you outgrow it. I would never underestimate the usefullness of +5 regen on a brand new character. It is easy to self farm (with a tracker) and if you cannot 2 box, it will cut your downtime in half.
If they are cheap or you have time, buying or questing an 8th coldain ring for self DS is also good

Reinman gave an excellent list, kudos to you!

Edited, Tue Jun 22 03:06:37 2004 by JennockFV

Thanks Maam!



Actually, with 9 damage you will be fully utilizing this daggers ratio at level 1, so yea I would say it is a good level 1 twink weapon. For the first 20 levels, you really only care about the delay because of the damage cap, and 18 delay is excellent.

So kudos to you too, Jennock!

Edited, Tue Jun 22 03:27:47 2004 by Reinman

this post is hillarious. someone ***** in someones wheaties.
im going to rant a bit sorry to everyone
/rant on


no i really dont want to get in the middle of the color battle, of who has the best lookoing color, or the most posts. but like dan said it depends on what server you are on. on sullon zek server the bp alone can cost 25k.

now jen has been 65 for a long time and that is all well.



well if you have a fuzzy memory of twinking melees, and the question is how to twink a melee...i dont need to continue.





i am not sure where the critisism is in dan's statement. maybe you disagree with what he says, and that is your opinion, but as far as critisizing i dont see it.

IMO the forums are for questions and not to see who has the biggest balls or see who is smarter than who. but to try to help out.
/rant off

sorry about that i couldn't help myself. now you are welcome to attack me outright because i am blue and you are purple or whatever. lol.











Edited, Tue Jun 22 14:58:55 2004 by Miccah

LOL
you are right i dont know how to quote so lets try again, lol.


did it work?
even though my color here is meaningless to me. lol
and btw yeah friar i think you would have won.





Edited, Tue Jun 22 14:52:10 2004 by Miccah