Little guide on how to grind your characters

[kannC]

Originally Posted by Tamui

I'm no expert in hunter as mine is only lvl40
I'd like to point out, why don't you get parabolic shot and perhaps rapid shot?
Also, Spell Elude is useless unless you have Lady Luck on your side.

It should be Acrobatic instead of Spell Elude in actual setup, i clicked the wrong one in trainer

I only use SB and actually i only have a SB so I didnt spend point of parabolic shot but actually i probably will when i have a 35range slow long bow for ensnaring dmg (i suppose Ensnaring range depends on bow range right? correct me if i am wrong). I once spend 4 pts (tried 1 pt too) on rapid shot, but after using my new setup, i dont have enough points and lazy me that i want to avoid one mouse click action on activating it. Also the hit chance reduction seems scaring to me.

As i said before, i will post my damage result and here is

Again, thanks Tamui pointing out my error

Revised setup here

http://goo.gl/xnQsE


More comment and recommendation are welcomed. Lets make this topic active again.

Oh...I remember i read somewhere here or Gamesamba about a hunter crit setup. Let me find that later

[Shwish]

You only need to spend 1 point in parabolic shot and 1 or 2 in rapid shot. You should consider 1 point in dirty fighting too. And you must have a 35m longer in your inventory, no matter how bad the damage is. If you run into an enemy in the warzone it'll come in handy.

Other than that your grind setup looks pretty solid. Try to learn how to kite as it helps minimize your rest time quite a bit. I really don't think you need death sentence for grinding but its up to you.

Also keep tracking all the time, if you track an archer try to put a tree or rock between you and him to prevent him from tracking you, and camouflauge when he gets too close. Its really hard to kill a level 60 while in a grind setup at that level so its best to just avoid him unless you feel particularly ballsy. Don't use cold blood on mobs, save it for any enemies that you cant avoid.

[kannC]

Originally Posted by Shwish

You only need to spend 1 point in parabolic shot and 1 or 2 in rapid shot. You should consider 1 point in dirty fighting too. And you must have a 35m longer in your inventory, no matter how bad the damage is. If you run into an enemy in the warzone it'll come in handy.

Other than that your grind setup looks pretty solid. Try to learn how to kite as it helps minimize your rest time quite a bit. I really don't think you need death sentence for grinding but its up to you.

Also keep tracking all the time, if you track an archer try to put a tree or rock between you and him to prevent him from tracking you, and camouflauge when he gets too close. Its really hard to kill a level 60 while in a grind setup at that level so its best to just avoid him unless you feel particularly ballsy. Don't use cold blood on mobs, save it for any enemies that you cant avoid.

Thanks Shwish, i will try to check the commerce channel or NPC merchant for a range 35 bow.
I tried DF before and i will certainly practice using that later, at least in "theorycrafting" DF is a good skill.
About Kiting, i read about the strafing thing but I couldnt manage to do that, probably i have to search on youtube 8)

I usually keep tracking once i killed 3 mobs and interestingly see the attached image. I was taking screen shot on my stat and did a tracking for safety sake, 4 archers near (180m) so i immediately logout Any comment on my stat?
By the way, who were those 4 archers? Leave your name here for fun 8)

[JainFarstrider]

Dark Barbarian, Tigerious, Rhany, and Dejaneer

[blood-raven]

Originally Posted by kannC

By the way, who were those 4 archers? Leave your name here for fun 8)

May i ask to keep this a serious thread?
I don't see how posting 4 random names will help any of us grind a character.
Non of the above are even archers...

[Piotin]

Originally Posted by Piotin

What about petless "grind"setups (or hybrid if possible). Any tips on that?
My hunter is only lvl 35 but those pets are more of a nuissance to me than anything else ...

Anyone?
Already made it to lvl 39 thanks to realm tasks.

[Freeverse]

Originally Posted by Piotin

Anyone?

I'm sure you already figured out, there is no complicated philosophy.

Either: Shileld piercing - ensnaring - normals - next mob please
or: Dual shot - ensnaring - normals - next mob please
from time to time tear/break apart and Ambush

Nevertheless grinding with pet will always be 50% faster

[Piotin]

Bleh, I was hoping for something more spectacular
I'll probably stick to pet for the time being (+ realm tasks).

Thanks.

[Shwish]

Originally Posted by Piotin

Anyone?
Already made it to lvl 39 thanks to realm tasks.

I've done a couple of levels petless but that was level 50+ with epic bows. If you're leveling within your realm walls I see no need to go petless.

If you're still bent on grinding petless I would firstly advise you to get evasive tactics as this spell cuts the damage you would receive substantially.

As I said before, learn to kite. Without a pet the mob will definately reach you if you're standing still so moving away from the mob while shooting at it will reduce the amount of hits you take. It also prepares you for fighting warriors when you do eventually reach a high enough level to go to war. The wild spirit passive helps a lot with this.

Another very important rule to kiting is to never press your back ("s") key. If I could unbind that key I would. This is generally known as backpedaling and its a bad habbit I see a lot of archers do in a fight. Its better to rotate your camera and use your strafe keys while quickly turning to fire when you need to. This applies to warlocks too.

You should be putting points into the specialist passive in the longbow tree when you have enough to spare. It increases shortbow damage too so don't be shy to use it. It won't make up for the lack of a pet tho.

in terms of tricks you should have ambush ready when the mob gets too close. Retaliations is a handy tool when grinding level 55+. Try to get attack speed leggings, even a small amount makes a big defference. Other than that keep your amour points as high as possible.

Its not going to be easy but at the end of the day it will make you a better hunter. Now I'm starting to regret not doing more levels petless. u.u

[blood-raven]

So i saw a guy using sticky touch while grinding.

Sticky is not usefull, ever.
Don't waist time to cast it, max out the dmg and that's all you need.
Debuffs on mobs are a waist of time and mana