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I *heart* Titanic leggings

It's like a lionheart helm...for your crotch. :)

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stolen: "Why Ranged Atk Power > Crit% (Hunter's only)"

I'm ripping off Bondok, an officer of the fabled and he is ripping off someone else.

At one point in the game I was solely convinced that +crit% was the damage factor for Hunter's (PvE of course). Over and over I've played with my talents and weapons even when I was in all blue. Last year right when I joined the Fabled I met a Hunter by the name of Khrash. (vox immortalis). Even before Khrash gained a lot of his Epics this dude did a fuck ton of damage, overtime and consistantly.

In my talks with him he has convinced me, in recent days within the Fabled, and since I've changed my build to my roll as a Puller and a High DPS output Hunter.

As a favor he wrote up his thoughts and why Hunter's are #1 in DPS hands down in PvE. And why Ranged Attack Power (agility,atk power bonuses) is greater then Crit bonuses on weapons.

Hunter's this is not a you should do this Post, but to be the best in our roll as DPS and mass damage overtime, this Post is a good read. Also when we start talks about ATK Power,Agil and +bonuses on weapons that we should be allowed to bid on. This post should be the firepower we need to convince others what our roll is and how to do it well with the right equipment.

Khrash wrote:

The Hunters primary attribute is Ranged Attack Power and +Hit. +Crit is always nice to have, but certainly nothing you would want to keep if you can dramatically increase your RAP by losing it. You will hear arguements from other hunters such as "But 1% crit is equal to 52.6 Agility!" but its NOT. Yes, in the sense that 52.6 agility does equal 1% crit in turn it does not equal 105.2 Ranged Attack Power. 14 RAP = 1 DPS 105.2 RAP = 7.5 DPS This far outweighs +Crit. Your average hit is increased the higher your Ranged Attack Power goes. Your sweet spot, and what should be sought after, is 1300 RAP minimum. To go along with this you should seek +9 HIT, but again, do not give up RAP to obtain +Hit. RAP > HIT > CRIT. Look at it that way. As to what bow/gun/xbow to use. This can be argued, but let me put this on the table. What you see for "DPS" for the weapon does NOT apply to a Hunter. You must look at minimum and maximum damage and compare this to the Speed of the weapon. You are looking for high low damage, high high damage and slow speed. Example: Crossbow of Imminent Doom Binds when picked up Range Crossbow 103 - 155 Damage Speed 3.10 (41.6 damage per second) +7 Agility +5 Stamina +5 Strength Requires Level 60 Passive: Improves your chance to hit by 1%. Dropped by: Ossirian the Unscarred 5.65% The above Xbow is the second best droppable ranged weapon in the game for a Hunter. This comes from the AQ20 instance off the final boss. Its drop rate is fair and not overly rare. Note the low damage versus the high damage. This xbow is SICK. With 1300+ RAP and +6 HIT your average Multi-shot and Aimed Shot will be incredible. Also keep in mind that in most instances a good Hunters 'white damage' is only 43% of his/her total damage. The other 57% come from Aimed Shot/Multi-Shot/Arcane Shot/Serpent Sting. Your choice of Ranged is extremely important, but you must choose based on your build and what you feel is important. For myself I am a Marksman Build 100%. 5/34/12. This build is optimal Marksman Build. I prefer RAP over everything and I choose to obtain through Agility/+Attack Power Items. I prefer slow speed ranged, high low damage, high high damage ranged. As to melee weapons. Yes, people will bitch moan and complain about our choices, but they must see them from our perspective. Hunters generally do not care about DPS on melee weapons as our melee is both weak and simply ineffective. We look at the stats of the weapon. Does it have +agility? Does it have +hit? Does it have +crit? Does it have +attack power? If an item has these stats on them we look quite favorably on them and depending on how much of each it has will apply how much weight we give to them as we wish to max out our RAP. Keep in mind that Hunters obtain 2:1 Agility ratio on RAP. Agility is incredibly important to a Hunter. If a Weapon has 2 or more of the above stats on them we generally wish to obtain that item as it will help us in our goal of maxing our RAP. The best Combo of weapons for a Hunter who is a RAP Whore is the following: MAIN HAND: Fang of the Faceless Binds when picked up Unique One-Hand Dagger 66 - 123 Damage Speed 1.90 (49.7 damage per second) Requires Level 60 Passive: Improves your chance to get a critical strike by 1%. Passive: +28 Attack Power. OFF HAND: Warblade of the Hakkari Binds when picked up Unique Off Hand Sword 57 - 106 Damage Speed 1.70 (47.9 damage per second) Requires Level 60 Passive: +40 Attack Power. "The seething flames of hatred." The Twin Blades of Hakkari OMG! Hear the Rogues cry! Now listen to me for a second. Yes, I understand that obtain a great benefit from these 2 weapons or at least one of them, but Hunters also obtain a great benefit from them. Hunters obtain, with +15 Agility Enchants, 128 Ranged Attack Power and 1% Crit. This combo of weapons is by FAR the best weapon combo a Hunter can obtain bar none (besides perhaps some insane BWL weapons which I have not researched as it is out my reach at this time). Another great combo is: MAIN HAND: Brutality Blade Binds when picked up Unique One-Hand Sword 90 - 168 Damage Speed 2.50 (51.6 damage per second) +9 Strength +9 Agility Requires Level 60 Passive: Improves your chance to get a critical strike by 1%. OFFHAND: Core Hound Tooth Binds when picked up Unique One-Hand Dagger 57 - 107 Damage Speed 1.60 (51.2 damage per second) +9 Stamina Requires Level 60 Passive: Improves your chance to get a critical strike by 1%. Passive: +20 Attack Power. With this combo we obtain, with +15 Agility Enchants, 98 RAP and 2% Crit. This also is an insane combo of weapons for Hunters. Obviously there are other combo's out there, but I am pointing out 2 which stand out in my mind. Personally I use, for now, the Dal'Rend's Set. MAIN HAND: Dal'Rend's Sacred Charge Binds when picked up Main Hand Sword 81 - 151 Damage Speed 2.80 (41.4 damage per second) +4 Strength Requires Level 58 Passive: Improves your chance to get a critical strike by 1%. Dal'Rend's Arms OFFHAND: Dal'Rend's Tribal Guardian Binds when picked up Off Hand Sword 100 Armor 52 - 97 Damage Speed 1.80 (41.4 damage per second) Requires Level 58 Passive: Increased Defense +7. Dal'Rend's Arms Again, with +15 Agility Enchants, This combo is insane giving me 110 RAP and 1% Crit. This set is generally out of reach of most Hunters simply due to the rarity of the main hand drop. Yes, get your Hunters this set if you can, but I wouldnt hold my breath. Thats about it for now. PEACE! __________________ Khrash 60 Tauren Hunter

Onyxia Psycho

Takes a second to load. Just an audio file that loops over and over. That guy is fucking nuts.

Not available tonight

I'm meeting some old coworkers for dinner, so I won't be able to do any runs tonight.

Hey Jekyll, Settle A Bet For Us?

Alk says there's a way to point a domain name at a subdirectory of another domain. For example:

www.abc.com
points to
www.xyz.com/folder
so that
www.xyz.com/folder
is the root of
www.abc.com

I told him there's no way to point right at a folder, you'd have to use some kind of redirector from the root of www.abc.com. What's the right answer?

ghetto ipod

this is what i'm missing on my bart ride.

Lets pollish out this rogue

Currently 42. Looking to get Ripposte for a little extra fun.

Ivers, Jekyll, Calhoun... Ideas?

Looking to increase total dps/level faster.

UD Strat tonight? 7ish?

Anyone? Bueller?

You know them, but not their faces...

My brother gave me the link to this hilarious vid of the "Key Art" pros.

On another note(2 posts in 1 to save space) Would anyone have time for Ulda on Saturday? I'm just testing the waters, no plans yet.

Band of Sulfras

Dropped off Rag last night and I won it. Not a bad piece of hardware.

"What happens on the test relm, stays on the test realm"

So, anyone else wnat to make test realm charcters and world pvp to our heart's content with no fear of DK's?

Spore Presentation

Linked to my blog to keep comments in one place. :)

1 for 6 against Onyxia...

... but it was worth it.

engrish goes print

and more happy feeling from me to yew.

Time to *clap* PUMP YOU UP *clap*

ToC + Thursday Strat = $$$$

K, we start at 7-7:15 pm Jekyll will grab Pig farmer and turn in rends head. I will turn in Onyxia's head. We, will get pumped, and roundhouse kick any who stand in our way. Now all we need is Hakkar's head too. then we would wtfpwn. Anywho, we start hopefully ony doesn't take to long, about 7 (anyone need time change?)