(S2)Naturals Ranger Question Corner!

[NaturaI]

It's hard keeping up with my old guides with the little time I do have and with all the new content coming out there is so much to work on.
Therefore! I decided to do this!

Post any questions you may have about AM/Hybrid/Nature rangers and I'll answer them to the best of my abilities!
I'll check this once a week to answer any questions that may have been posted!

Or if you can catch me, (S2)Natural, in game come say Hi and just let me know you saw this thread!

Hope to talk to some of you soon

[Daisydra]

when can your mortal build solo RV NM?

[NaturaI]

Depends on how much money you want to spend... lol
Otherwise, it's pretty hard to solo RV NM as a mortal.
I don't remember when exactly I could solo RV NM but it wasn't until I was lvl 60, although there are a lot quicker ways to improve your toon now so i'd say as long as you work on what you can, you should be able to do it before first rebirth.

[Daisydra]

alright thanks how about soul?

[NaturaI]

For nature, starting off, I work on your blue and yellow for now. Get all of red to like 5 or so for the % atk. You'll use patk eventually when you get rain of arrows so its not a total waste now to get str. That'll help you the most when trying to do dungeons.

[jobetcs]

What affects magic arrow - attack speed or cast speed?

[R242720525]

attack speed

[Insanity]

Casting speed only affects skills with a casting time.

[NaturaI]

What they said!

The only ranger skills that cast speed effect are Strong Shot and Pierce Arrow(Lv130) for Anti-Mage and Arrow Rain(Lv130) for Nature

[jobetcs]

Thanks. So so the bonus cast speed from epic saint's sets are useless
I really love nature rangers. I still have a lot of questions

Why is the ranger's bonus stats per level-up unbalanced? Not enough INT bonus. (r2games has no love for Nature Rangers )
Also are nature rangers good in pvp (without getting tenets/heraldry only getting bonus from soul)? I have a level 99 Eidolon nature ranger with epic slayers set and good soul build. I do tremendously good in dungeons able to solo Exelorn NM with ease. I dont last that long against any class lol.

[NaturaI]

A ranger is only as good as you are. As of now, you seem more of a PvE/farmer which will help you upgrade your toon, but you need to learn what to do/how to fight on your own. Its not something someone can teach you.

As for why the int bonus is unbalanced... im not sure. Probably cuz rangers can use both Patk/Matk so we have that advantage over all the other classes.

[TheChocolateDip]

What gems should i use on my nature ranger if i am going full intell,I was thinking either amber gems (increases PDEF) or Garnets (increases crits).

[NaturaI]

What gems should i use on my nature ranger if i am going full intell,I was thinking either amber gems (increases PDEF) or Garnets (increases crits).

Ambers are fine. I would recommend citrine wherever you can put them. Garnets on the other hand are useless because there's no point going past 100% crit rating. Other than that, get atk spd, crit damage %, and topaz. Prioritize Jades over ambers and sapphires though because more hp will help against both magic and physical attacks.