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I'm currently a 52 dwarf hunter. I've had the same gun since lvl 39 and can't seem to find any guns for my lvl. My question is should I try and bring up my bow skill and get a good bow until I hit outlands? Or does someone know of an instance that I can get a better gun. Thanks for any help.

Get the Bloodseeker. All you have to do is win an AV. After, you go to one of the dwarves outside the entrance, north of Tarren Mill. Talk to him, pick up some gold and a kick-*** x-bow that will last you until you hit outlands.
I´m a Hordie and did this quest a long time ago, so the info might be a bit off, but the way I remember it, you don´t even have to pick up the quest in advance.

I did learn all the trainable skills, but at lvl 54, is it worth trying to get either the crossbow mentioned or a good bow from AH and then take the time to try and lvl up my skill to the same lvl as my gun skill? Wouldn't it be a little hard to essentially grind on the low lvl mobs first in order to up skill? I've looked on AH constantly and can only find guns for lvl 39 and lower, is that just because not many engineers make guns anymore due to the expensive mats?

Also unless I'm completely blind, I can't seem to find any info about PVP rewards for BG's and arena's. I ask because maybe if there is a decent gun pvp reward I'd just spend some time doing bg's for the badges to get the gun. thx for any info as always

Yes, it;'s well worth the effort. It's quite easy, really. Take your new weapon, fill your quiver/ammo pouch with cheap ammo, and go do some skinning of grey beasts, or mining of iron ore nodes, or collecting of easy herbs. Whatever plays to your Trades. Let the Pet tank, and fire away. Your new skill will rocket up very fast, and you'll get some salable items while you raise the skill.

There are some gaps where it's difficult to find ranged weapon upgrades. My memory is a bit faint, but I think that 54th you're at one of them. You need 58 for the AV quest reward bow (it's not a BG faction thing, you just need to pick up the quest and win a single AV), 60th for a couple Engineer made guns (which would be replaced very quickly once you hit BC), and there's not much else outside of Instances. Probably your best Instance grind would be Scholo for the Ancient Bone Bow. It's usable at 56th, but you if you're rested you might make the levels waiting for it to drop.

Your best bet is to level to 58th, pick up the AV bow, and head to Outlands. Grinding BG faction will be slower, and you'll still be 54th at the end of the day.
If you really want to do this via BGs, go speak to the BG quartermasters. You can see what they sell and plan accordingly. I don't recall if there are any decent ranged rewards, but I never focused on BGs for my ranged weapon upgrades, so there may be some if you look around.

To level up your bow/xbo skill, go to westfall and find a defias pathfinder. They have a ranged attack they can use forever. Once you're there, spam the following macro until you go OOM, then wait for it to go back up. If you start getting low on health (i.e. after 10 minutes or so) just arcane shot him, eat, and pull another.

At level 52 this would be quite hard though, as the mobs are level 55 or something. This really only becomes viable after 60. And is only afkable at 70

Yeah, I've found my second BM hunter (I should probably be ashamed I created a second one on another server) at level 34 is having little difficulty with one level 38 mob. I just have to give my pet several seconds to firmly grab aggro before helping out. I've found a scorpid with poison works best for single mobs.

I've been buying armor and weapons at auction ahead of need, providing they're cheap of course. I've been watching for level 34-45 armor with 'of the falcon' and 'of agility'.

If you're on Whisperwind send Sebaceous a mail message. He can make you a dark iron rifle.

Edited, Oct 16th 2007 12:34pm by ItsaGaAs