I have read a dozen different forum posts and each seems quite confused. I've been a solo player for a couple of years but, in the last few months, joined a progressive, comfortable guild and have been really gearing up.
As a consequence, I have taken to examining the finer details and squeezing out as much damage as possible. Though my gear is not as good as others in our guild, my DPS is frequently the best (in the Gruul encounter, for instance).
Something that I have never thought to ask, however, is how Attack Power and Ranged Attack Power compare. I am a beastmaster, with most of my points in that section (some in marksman and three in survival). If you had a weapon with X RAP or another with X AP, will the AP not also be RAP?
It seems to me that AP is either ranged or melee, whereas RAP is a bonus only to ranged - therefore the AP weapon (assuming all numbers and characteristics are the same) would be better.
1) Correct?
2) If that is correct, would I be better off with (for pants):
Falcon's Call
or
Nethercobra Leg Armor?
I assume the latter.
It feels odd, having played for so long, to ask... but it must be asked... as there seems so much disagreement on the subject.
Thanks.
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Your argument about RAP vs AP doesn't contribute to much, because as a hunter, you would be at range, so you would benefit from both evenly.
Falcons Call was from pre-BC, one of the head/leg enchants from ZG, so it is quite a bit worse. with Nethercobra, you're getting +26 AP, + 12 crit, -10 hit, and -10 stam.
The stam doesn't matter much, and once you're geared for pre-kara, you will have enough hit, so crit would be better, and Falcon's Call would be very hard to obtain right now, as almost nobody raids pre-BC, and it wouldn't be worth the time.
Falcons Call was from pre-BC, one of the head/leg enchants from ZG, so it is quite a bit worse. with Nethercobra, you're getting +26 AP, + 12 crit, -10 hit, and -10 stam.
The stam doesn't matter much, and once you're geared for pre-kara, you will have enough hit, so crit would be better, and Falcon's Call would be very hard to obtain right now, as almost nobody raids pre-BC, and it wouldn't be worth the time.
Correct. AP = MAP and RAP. RAP = eeh, RAP.
So theoretically, AP>RAP, but thinking like that you might as well pick +STR gear.
And yeah, the Nethercobra Leg Armor is better no matter how you count.
So theoretically, AP>RAP, but thinking like that you might as well pick +STR gear.
And yeah, the Nethercobra Leg Armor is better no matter how you count.
I think the only time that you would even consider the Falcon's Call is when you have extremely low Hit Rating. But even then, I'd try it out in Cheeky's spreadsheet to see what would be better. I'm guessing that the nethercobra would make up for that lack of hit.
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"Correct. AP = MAP and RAP. RAP = eeh, RAP.
So theoretically, AP>RAP, but thinking like that you might as well pick +STR gear.
And yeah, the Nethercobra Leg Armor is better no matter how you count."
I thought as much.
Thanks!
Actually, AP being better than RAP is not necessarily a bad comparison. RAP isn't going to buff your raptor strike on jousts. On the other hand, str only adds MAP (and the same as agility, which also adds more) so your comparison is invalid.
skribs wrote:
Actually, AP being better than RAP is not necessarily a bad comparison. RAP isn't going to buff your raptor strike on jousts. On the other hand, str only adds MAP (and the same as agility, which also adds more) so your comparison is invalid.
I know, I know, I was just trying to make the point that when hunters start glancing towards melee stats, they're on very thin ice.
As far as the AP v RAP argument goes, they are completely interchangeable hunter wise... You still get +200 RAP from bloodlust brooch even though it says +200AP so it really doesn't matter.
1 AP = 1 Rap + 1 Map.....
And i dont think there still is a lot of gear (of any) in tBC that has Ranged attack power instead of Attack power.
And i dont think there still is a lot of gear (of any) in tBC that has Ranged attack power instead of Attack power.
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